Kansas-Missouri Floods of July 1951
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Kansas-Missouri Floods of July 1951 Prepared by the WATER RESOURCES DIVISION GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1139 Records of discharge and of floods in Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, collected by cooperating Federal and State agencies UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1952 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. E. Wrather, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. G. - Price 55 cents (paper cover) Page Abstract..................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................ 1 Administration and personnel........................................................................................................ 6 Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................... 7 General description of floods......................................................................................................... 7 Flood damages............................................................................................................................ 38 Measurement of flood discharges................................................................................................... 43 Stages and discharges at stream-gaging stations............................................................................... 44 Mississippi River at Alton, III.................................................................................................... 48 Missouri River at St. Joseph, Mo............................................................................................. 49 Platte River near Agency, Mo............................................................................................... 50 Republican River (head of Kansas River) near Urleans, Nebr..................................................... 51 Sappa Creek near Oberlin, Kans......................................................................................... 51 Sappa Creek near Beaver City, Nebr................................................................................... 52 Beaver Creek at Ludell, Kans......................................................................................... 52 Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs, Kans. ..^............................................................................ 53 Beaver Creek near Beaver City, Nebr............................................................................. 53 Sappa Creek near Stamford, Nebr........"............................................................................... 54 Prairie Dog Creek at Norton, Kans.................................................................'.................... 55 Prairie Dog Creek near Woodruff, Kans.............................................................................. 55 Turkey Creek at Naponee, Nebr......................................................................................... 56 Republican River near Bloomington, Nebr.............................................................................. 57 Center Creek at Franklin, Nebr......................................................................................... 58 Thompson Creek at Riverton, Nebr.................................................................................... 58 Elm Creek at Amboy, Nebr............................................................................................... 59 Republican River near Guide Rock, Nebr................................................................................ 59 Republican River near Hardy, Nebr....................................................................................... 60 White Rock Creek at Lovewell, Kans.................................................................................. 61 Republican River at Scandia, Kans......................................................................................... 62 Republican River at Concordia, Kans..................................................................................... 63 Republican River at Clay Center, Kans.................................................................................. 64 Republican River at Milford, Kans........................................................................................ 65 Kansas River: Smoky Hill River: Rose Creek near Wallace, Kans............. .......................................................................... 66 North Fork Smoky Hill River near McAllaster, Kans......................................................... 66 Ladder Creek below Chalk Creek near Scott City, Kans...................................................... 67 Smoky Hill River at Elkader, Kans..................................................................................... 68 Hackberry Creek at Gove, Kans....................................................................................... 68 Smoky Hill River near Ransom, Kans.................................................................................. 69 Cedar Bluff Reservoir near EHis, Kans............................................................................... 70 Smoky Hill River near Ellis, Kans...................................................................................... 71 Big Creek near Hays, Kans............................................................................................ 72 Smoky Hill River near Russell, Kans.................................................................................. 73 Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kans.................................................................................. 74 Kanopolis Reservoir near Kanopolis, Kans.......................................................................... 75 Smoky Hill River near Langley, Kans...."............................................................................. 76 Smoky Hill River at Lindsborg, Kans.................................................................................. 77 Smoky Hill River near Mentor, Kans.................................................................................. 78 Smoky Hill River at Salina, Kans....................................................................................... 78 Saline River near Russell, Kans..................................................................................... 79 Paradise Creek near Paradise, Kans............................................................................ 80 Saline River near Wilson, Kans...................................................................................... 81 Wolf Creek near Sylvan Grove, Kans............................................................................ 82 Saline River at Tescott, Kans........................................................................................ 83 North Fork Solomon River: Bow Creek near Stockton, Kans................................................................................... 84 North Fork Solomon River at Kirwin, Kans....................................................................... 85 North Fork Solomon River near Downs, Kans................................................................... 86 South Fork Solomon River at Alton, Kans...................................................................... 87 South Fork Solomon River at'Osborne, Kans.................................................................. 88 Solomon River at Beloit, Kans........................................................................................ 89 Solomon River at Minneapolis, Kans................................................................................ 90 Solomon River at Niles, Kans......................................................................................... go Smoky Hill River near Abilene, Kans.................................................................................. 91 Smoky Hill River at Enterprise, Kans................................................................................. 92 Page Stages and discharges at stream-gaging stations Continued. Mississippi River Continued. Missouri River Continued. Kansas River at Ogden, Kans.............................................................................................. 93 Kansas River at Manhattan, Kans........................................................................................ 94 Big Blue River near Crete, Nebr...................................................................................... 94 Big Blue River at Barneston, Nebr................................................................................... 95 Big Blue River at Marysville, Kans.................................................................................. 96 Little Blue River at Angus, Nebr................................................................................... 96 Little Blue River near Endicott, Nebr............................................................................ 97 Little Blue River at Waterville, Kans............................................................................. 98 Big Blue River at Blue Rapids, Kans................................................................................. 99 Big Blue River at Randolph, Kans....................................................................................