Flash Flood, Hinsdale
- When
- July 16, 12:30 PM MST
- Where
- Hinsdale County, 14 mi WSW of Slumgullion Pass
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 37.821, -107.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Colorado, July 16, 2000
Heavy rains which fell for about 60 minutes resulted in rapid water runoff and numerous mud and rock slides off of Sunshine Mountain. There were 10 large debris slides along a three mile stretch of the Burrows Park/Cinnamon Pass Road.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
Heavy rains which fell for about 60 minutes resulted in rapid water runoff and numerous mud and rock slides off of Sunshine Mountain. There were 10 large debris slides along a three mile stretch of the Burrows Park/Cinnamon Pass Road. Each slide covered 50 to 60 yards of the road. Debris from three of the slides was 10 to 12 feet deep on the road, while the other debris deposits were 4 to 6 feet deep on the road. At least a dozen vehicles were trapped between the slides. And several vehicles were hit by smaller slides and received some damage. 48 people were trapped by the slides and had to be evacuated. It took the county road crew about a week to remove the debris from the road.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5155220.