Missouri Water Science Center
Estimated Flood Inundation Maps for the Lower Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri
To provide public access to the information presented in this report, this World Wide Web site was created to display the results of two-dimensional modeling between 63rd Street and Blue Parkway, flood inundation maps, backwater inundation maps, and the latest National Weather Service stage forecast for each forecast location within the study area.
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Kansas City, Missouri, began a study in 2003 of the lower Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri, from Gregory Boulevard to the mouth at the Missouri River to determine the extent and character of flood inundation in the Blue River valley from flooding on the lower Blue River and from Missouri River backwater for stages above flood stage.
Project Summary
How to use these web pages
How to Interpret the Flood Inundation Maps
Two-Dimensional Model between 63rd Street and Blue Parkway
Two-Dimensional Model between Hickman Mills Drive and 63rd Street
Estimated flood–inundation mapping for the Lower Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri, 2003–2005, SIR 2005-5089
Estimated flood-inundation mapping for the Upper Blue River, Indian Creek, and Dyke Branch in Kansas City, Missouri, 2006–08, SIR 2008-5068
Flood Forecast Locations
Base aerial photographs from Jackson County Management Information Systems digital data, 1:833,2003 and City of Kansas City, Missouri, digital data, 1:833, 2004 Universal Transverse Mercator projection Zone 15
Helpful Links:
USGS Real-Time Data for Missouri: Streamflow
Overland Park, Kansas STORMWatch
Flood Forecast Location, Flood Stage, and Current Stage for Study Area
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://mo.water.usgs.gov/indep/kelly/blueriver/index.html
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Page Last Modified: Thursday, 19-Jun-2008 11:44:26 EDT