Colorado River below Glenwood Springs

The past week

What floods at each level

• 37 ft

  Water reaches low point of I-70 on right bank.

• 31 ft

  Railroad yard and John's Building and Home Center on left bank flooded.

• 30 ft

  Water reaches top of left bank, covering Devereux Rd and bridge.

• 23 ft

  Water Reaches bottom of Devereux Road bridge. Water floods lower portions of I-70 in Glenwood Springs. railroad tracks and Amtrack Station flood. Hotels and parking areas around hotsprings adjacent to I-70 flood.

• 20.2 ft

  Water overflows Two Rivers Park Boat Ramp and begins to cover baseball field.

• 20 ft

  Water nears railroad tracks and Amtrack station in Glenwood Springs.

• 18.2 ft

  Water reaches base of Two Rivers Park Plaza. CDOT facility parking lot on Centennial Drive begins to flood. Water enters Two Rivers Park.

• 17.5 ft

  Water reaches telephone poles on right bank.

• 17 ft

  Gaging station destroyed.

• 16.5 ft

  Water begins to cover dirt parking lot on right bank. Grassy areas along right bank flooded. Two Rivers Park Plaza Parking lot partially submerged.

• 15.7 ft

  The lawn and lower portions of the parking lot at the Two Rivers Park Plaza begin to flood.

• 13 ft

  Water inundates low lying grassy areas along right bank of river.

• 12.5 ft

  Walkway to gage house flooded.

• 12 ft

  River Reaches bankfull.

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