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Boulder Front Range Area Flood Information


Most Damaging floods in Colorado
Ft Collins Floods

Floods on major streams of the Front Range [1864-1976]

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1860-1900:
	           1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1    1
YEAR               8    8    8    8    8    8    8    8    9
                   6    6    7    7    8    8    9    9    0
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Bear Creek                         X                 X X    
Big Thompson          X                              X      
Boulder Creek         X            X                 X      
Cache La Poudre       X            X      X                 
Cherry Creek          X            X X     X                
Clear Creek           X        X             X       X X    
Fountain Creek        X            X      XX         X      
St. Vrain Creek       X            X                 X      
Sout Platte River     X            X                 X      

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----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1900-1939: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 YEAR 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789 Bear Creek XX X Big Thompson X X X X X Boulder Creek X X X Cache La Poudre X X X X Cherry Creek X X X Clear Creek X X X Fountain Creek X X X X St. Vrain Creek X X South Platte River X X X ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1940-1981: 1 1 1 1 1 YEAR 9 9 9 9 9 4 5 6 7 8 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 Bear Creek XX X X X X Big Thompson X X X Boulder Creek Cache La Poudre X X Cherry Creek X X X X X Clear Creek X X Fountain Creek X X St. Vrain Creek X X South Platte River X X X X X X ----------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------

Time of year and amount of flooding in the Front Range [1864-1976]

May 1-10		1
May 11-20		3.5
May 21-30		5.5
May 31-Jun 9		9
Jun 10-19		6
Jun 20-29		2
Jun 30-Jul 9		2
Jul 10- 19		6
Jul 20-29		6.5
July 30-Aug 8		8.5
Aug 9-18		1
Aug 19-28		1
Aug 29-Sep 7		2
Sep 8-Sep 17		2
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