Sept 17 - Boulder Creek @ 28th St

Flooding of Boulder Creek

The water level of the creek that runs through Boulder raised significantly during flooding and continues to flow at a constant rate of much faster than normal. A week ago the water in the creek was beautiful, clear, and flowing gently. Take a look at it two days after the last rainfall, today, September 17.

the underpass completely flooded. debris and mud has piled up at the shallow parts.

the creek picked up plenty of trash and debris

the water is still rushing 

flooding onto the trail along the creek

a body of water that didn't exist a week ago

damage to fences that are along the trail but also people's backyards

a raft or something caught on a tree in the middle of the rushing water

this was a dry creek a week ago...it is also flowing fairly fast

Pictures from Sept 17,2013 - Moorehead Ave

*all photos property of Zoey Helgesen unless
otherwise noted*

damage to natural areas surrounding residential areas

Welcome to Moorehead Avenue, Boulder, CO


Today is a beautiful 70 and sunny in Boulder, CO, but we haven't been so lucky in the past six days. Starting last week on Tuesday and Wednesday, heavy rainfall continued through Thursday, stopped for two days, and continued through the day and night Sunday. A full 9 inches of rain fell on September 12th alone, and over 15 inches in the span of five days. This amount of rainfall has a .1% chance of happening in any given year in this part of the world, making it a rare and terrifying event for many of us in the area. Here is the first of a series of photographs showing damage in one neighborhood of Boulder, Colorado, known as Moorehead Avenue, taken today, September 17, 2013. As you can see, there is mainly property damage from basement flooding - clothing, furniture, mattresses, carpeting, and even cars have gone through so much water that they are unsalvageable.

people had to remove and replace carpeting from their flooded basements

ruined mattresses, miscellaneous furniture and personal items

cardboard laid down atop someones basement

dumpster full of one households damaged property

damage indoors. people must replace damaged drywall 

a car put on higher ground to avoid more damage

leftover mud lines the street in areas that flooded badly

thrown away carpeting and furniture

cars airing out under the hood and on the interior

a lot of damage to this house's properties

a lifetime of CDs 

tons of music equipment on the lawn

an infant's shoe in the street

piles of clothes thrown out along with mattresses and other things

a friend's car airing out. too bad it doesn't work anymore

carpet laid out to dry

maybe someone took the opportunity to clean out their house?