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1) Floods

Author

Kalz, Jill

Series

Natural disasters

Pub. Date

c2002

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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

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Provides information about floods, explaining how and why they happen, discussing flood prevention, and looking at the aftermath of floods. Includes a related activity that demonstrates how different soils absorb water differently.

2) Theory and experiments in the prediction of small watershed response

Author

Schulz, Edmond F

Series

Completion report volume no. 42

Pub. Date

1972.

3) State of Colorado 2008 flood documentation reports

Author

Anderson Consulting Engineers

Pub. Date

2009.

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This report summarizes key factors associated with each flood event, such as: storm location and characteristics, rainfall data, hydrologic and hydraulic investigations, descriptions of flooded areas and flood damages, flood damage estimates, and flood mitigation efforts. Additional documentation for these events, including contact information, photographs, and hydrologic/hydraulic computations, is provided in each chapter.

4) Chronology of floods in Colorado

Pub. Date

1991.

5) 1965 flood disasters in Colorado: Legislative Council report to the Colorado General Assembly

Author

Colorado. General Assembly. Legislative Council. Committee on Disasters

Series

Research publication volume no. 106

Pub. Date

[1965]

6) Colorado flood documentation significant floods of June 1997

Author

Browning, Thomas W

Pub. Date

1997.

7) Colorado 1999 flood documentation study

Pub. Date

2001.

8) 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.

9) 1997 Colorado flood documentation technical addendum

Pub. Date

1998.

10) Use of partial flood series for estimating distribution of maximum annual flood peak

Author

Taesombut, Viraphol

Series

Hydrology papers volume no. 97

Pub. Date

1978.

11) 1990 floods in the U.S: a descriptive report of flooding in the Southern States

Author

Clark, John R

Pub. Date

1990.

12) Flooding and Drought

Author

Gifford, Clive

Pub. Date

2005

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IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2

13) Dry Creek flood review, July 9, 1996 Pueblo, Colorado

Pub. Date

1997.

14) 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...