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1) Flood maps, 2013

Pub. Date

2014

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Maps of the nine Colorado counties most impacted by the 2013 floods. Maps for each county include household income, mobile housing units, population density and rental rates.

2) 2013 Colorado flood recovery: three years of progress

Pub. Date

[2017]

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After the rain began to fall on September 11, 2013, the sheer scope of Colorado's worst natural disaster was staggering. In the span of 3 days, unprecedented levels of rain fell on 24 counties and sent high-velocity floodwater coursing through narrow mountain canyons and onto the plains below. More than 18,000 people were forced to evacuate their communities. The floodwaters ripped apart homes, lives and communities. The real story of the Flood of...

3) 1997 Colorado flood documentation technical addendum

Pub. Date

1998.

4) Colorado's 1997 flood season in review: the events, damages, and repercussions of the flooding that occurred in Colorado during the summer of 1997

Pub. Date

1998.

5) A post-evaluation of rainfall reports associated with the Pawnee Creek flood of July 29-30, 1997 in eastern Weld and western Logan counties in northeast Colorado

Author

Doesken, Nolan J

Series

Climatology report volume 98-3

Pub. Date

1998.

6) 2008 flood preparedness

Pub. Date

2008.

7) Chronology of floods in Colorado

Pub. Date

1991.

8) 2011 flood preparedness

Pub. Date

2011.

9) Flood preparedness

Pub. Date

[2006?]

10) Colorado 1999 flood documentation study

Pub. Date

2001.

11) Flood of 31 July 1976 in Big Thompson Canyon, Colorado

Pub. Date

1978.

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On Saturday, July 31, 1976 almost 4,000 people were enjoying the serene beauty of the Big Thompson Canyon. During the evening an intense thunderstorm stalled over a small portion of the canyon, dropping 10 or more inches of rain in a 3-hour period. Because of the steep mountain topography, the rainfall quickly concentrated and formed a virtual "wall of water" which displaced everything in its path. The Big Thompson flood has provided a grim reminder...