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Baca County, Colorado. April 14, 1935. Dust storm. Colorado
Library of Congress · 1935 · J.H. Ward
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USZ62-47982 No known restrictions on publication. Archive record ↗ · Rights
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Baca County on the afternoon of 14 April 1935 -- Black Sunday, the worst duster of the decade. Colorado's south-east corner is the same ground where the drought committee was inspecting artesian wells a year later.
Shows: What the drought did to the air over Colorado, dated to the day by the photographer.
What this does not let you conclude: Any hydrology. A dust storm is a soil and wind event; the drought ranking beside it is computed from streamflow against a century of the same calendar week. 14 April 1935 -- the day that became known as Black Sunday.
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