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In conducting the historical review, USGS Water Resources <br />Data Reports for Colorado were examined. From those report.s <br />the dates that are listed in Table 3 were obtained. They are <br />the dates when large flows were measured at stream gages in the <br />county. Newspapers from the two to three week periods around <br />those dates were examined. In every case evidence of heavy <br />snowpack and/or rain somewhere in southern Colorado was found. <br />In most cases evidence of flooding in nearby areas of Colorado <br />or elsewhere in Colorado was found. Histoxic peak flows in <br />Costilla County are presente8 in Table 3. <br />-18- <br />