Flood References

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General flood and streamflow information

Moreland, J.A., 1993, Floods and flood plains: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-641, 2 p. (Click here to view).

Rasmussen, T.J., and Perry, C.A., 2001, Trends in peak flows of selected streams in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4203, 62 p.(Click here to view).

Juracek, K.E., Perry, C.A., and Putnam, J.E., 2001, The 1951 floods in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 041-01, 6 p. (Click here to view).

Rasmussen, P.P., and Perry, C.A., 2000, Estimation of peak streamflows for unregulated rural streams in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4079, 33 p. (Click here to view).

Perry, C.A., 2000, Significant floods in the United States During the 20th Century - USGS measures a century of floods: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 024-00, March 2000, 4 p. (Click here to view).

Perry, C.A., and Combs, L.J., eds., 1998, Summary of floods in the United States, January 1992 through September 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2499, 286 p.

Putnam, J.E., 1997, Current Kansas stream and lake information Available on the Internet for water recreationists: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 138-97, September 1997, 4 p. (Click here to view).

Mason, R.R., Jr, and Weiger, B.A., 1995, Stream gaging and flood forecasting--A partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-209-95, 4 p. (Click here to view).

Clement, R.W., 1991, Kansas floods and droughts, in Paulson, R.W., Chase, E.B., Roberts, R.S., and Moody, D.W., compilers, National water summary 1988-89--hydrologic events and floods and droughts: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2375, p. 287-294. (Click here to view PDF file) - 5.88 MB.

Jordan, P.R., and Jennings, M.E., 1991, Quantification of floods and droughts, in Paulson, R.W., Chase, E.B., Roberts, R.S., and Moody, D.W., compilers, National Water Summary 1988-89--hydrologic events and floods and droughts: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2375, p. 158-161.

*Murphy, E.C., 1904, Destructive floods in the United States in 1903, contains Kansas floods and hydrographic data: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 96, 81 p.

RIVERS AND STREAMS

Arkansas River

Perry, C.A., and Putnam, J.E, 1998, Halloween floods fail to spook Kansas water data system: Topeka, Kansas, Hydrogram--The Quarterly Journal of the Kansas Water Office, Autumn 1998, p. 30-32.

Perry, C.A., and Hart, R.J, 1984, Flood-frequency estimates for five gaged basins in Wichita, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4038, 23 p.

Clement, R.W., and Johnson, D.G., 1982, Flood of June 15, 1981, in Great Bend and vicinity, central Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4123, 12 p.

Snipes, R.J., and others, 1974, Floods of June 1965 in Arkansas River Basin, Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1850-D, p. D1-D97.

*James, I.C., II., 1967, Flood runoff from partially urbanized area, Wichita, Kansas--Report No. 1, Analysis of initial conditions: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 62 p.

Ellis, D.W., and others, 1963, Floods at Wichita, Kansas: U.S.Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-63, 5 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

Cimarron River

Schumm, S.A., and Lichty, R.W., 1963, Channel widening and flood-plain construction along the Cimarron River in southwestern Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 352-D, p. 71-88.

Schumm, S.A., and Lichty, R.W., 1961, Recent flood-plain formation along the Cimarron River in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 424-B, p. B112.

Fall River

Clement, R.W., and Perry, C.A., 1997, Hydraulic analysis of U.S. Highway 75 crossing of the Fall River at Neodesha, southeast Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-13, 15 p.

Kansas-Missouri River

Juracek, K.E., Perry, C.A., and Putnam, J.E., 2001, The 1951 floods in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 041-01, 6 p. (Click here to view).

Juracek, K.E., 1999a, Estimation of potential runoff-contributing areas in the Kansas-Lower Republican River Basin, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4089, 24 p.

Perry, C.A., Clement, R.W., and Studley, S.E., 1997, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin--Flood of July 10 and 27, 1993, in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-735-E, 3 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

Perry, C.A., 1994, Effects of reservoirs on flood discharges in the Kansas and the Missouri River Basins, 1993--Floods in the upper Missssippi River Basin, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120-E, 20 p. (Click here to view )

Perry, C.A., and Studley, S.E., 1994, Effects of flood control reservoirs on peak discharges along the Kansas River, 1993 [abs.]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 74, no. 43, p. 61.

Medina, K.D., 1987, Floodflow characteristics at proposed bridge site for State Highway 99, Kansas River at Wamego, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-470, 13 p.

Hauth, L.D., Carswell,W.J., Jr., and Chin, E.H., 1981, Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1169, 47 p.

Hauth, L.D., and Carswell, W.J., Jr., 1978, Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-63, 43 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1959, Floods of the Kansas River, Topeka, Kansas, in 1935 and 1951: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-14, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

*U.S. Geological Survey, 1952, Kansas-Missouri floods of July 1, 1951, with a section on Fluctuations of ground-water levels, by V.C. Fishel: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1139, 239 p.

Fishel, V.C., 1952, Kansas-Missouri floods of July 1, 1951, with a section on Fluctuations of ground water levels, by V.C. Fishel: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1139, 239 p.

Follansbee, Robert, and Spiegel, J.B., 1937, Flood in Republican and Kansas Rivers, May and June 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 796-B, p. 21-52.

Mississippi River

Perry, C.A., Clement, R.W., and Studley, S.E., 1997, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin--Flood of July 10 and 27, 1993, in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-735-E, 3 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

Perry, C.A., 1994, Effects of reservoirs on flood discharges in the Kansas and the Missouri River Basins, 1993--Floods in the upper Missssippi River Basin, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120-E, 20 p. (Click here to view PDF file) - 17.1 MB.

Dohrenwend, J.C., and Stone, B.D., 1995, Impact of the 1993 floods in the upper Mississippi River Basin, in U.S. Geological Survey, Touching the lives of every citizen, every day: U.S. Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1994. (Click here to view.)

Missouri River

Perry, C.A., Clement, R.W., and Studley, S.E., 1997, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin--Flood of July 10 and 27, 1993, in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-735-E, 3 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

Perry, C.A., 1994, Effects of reservoirs on flood discharges in the Kansas and the Missouri River Basins, 1993--Floods in the upper Missssippi River Basin, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120-E, 20 p. (Click here to view PDF file) - 17.1 MB.

Becker, L. D., Alexander, T. W., Waite, L. A., 1983, Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and vicinity, August 12-13, 1982: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation 83-4141, 35 p.

Hauth, L.D., Carswell,W.J., Jr., and Chin, E.H., 1981, Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1169, 47 p.

Hauth, L.D., and Carswell, W.J., Jr., 1978, Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-63, 43 p.

*U.S. Geological Survey, 1952, Kansas-Missouri floods of July 1, 1951, with a section on Fluctuations of ground-water levels, by V.C. Fishel: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1139, 239 p.

Fishel, V.C., 1952, Kansas-Missouri floods of July 1, 1951, with a section on Fluctuations of ground water levels, by V.C. Fishel: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1139, 239 p.

Pawnee River

Gillespie, J.B., and Perry, C.A., 1988, Channel infiltration from floodflows along the Pawnee River and its tributaries, west-central Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4055, 30 p.

Republican River

Juracek, K.E., 1999a, Estimation of potential runoff-contributing areas in the Kansas-Lower Republican River Basin, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4089, 24 p.

Follansbee, Robert, and Spiegel, J.B., 1937, Flood in Republican and Kansas Rivers, May and June 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 796-B, p. 21-52.

Rock Creek

Furness, L.W., 1965b, Small area flood volume study, Rock Creek Basin, Meriden, Kansas--Progress report, July 1963 to Feb. 1965: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 42 p.

United States Floods

Perry, C.A., 2000, Significant floods in the United States during the 20th Century - USGS measures a century of floods: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 024-00, March 2000, 4 p. (Click here to view).

Perry, C.A., and Combs, L.J., eds., 1998, Summary of floods in the United States, January 1992 through September 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2499, 286 p.

Jordan, P.R., and Combs, L.J., eds., 1996 [1997], Summary of floods in the United States during 1990 and 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2474, 257 p.

Kolva, J.R., 1996, Effects of the Great Midwest Flood of 1993 on wetlands, in Fretwell, J.D., Williams, J.S., and Redman, P.J., compilers, National water summary on wetland resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2425, p. 97-98. (Click here to view.)

*Murphy, E.C., and others, 1905, Destructive floods in the United States in 1904, contains Kansas floods: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 147, 206 p.

*Murphy, E.C., 1904, Destructive floods in the United States in 1903, contains Kansas floods and hydrographic data: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 96, 81 p.

Flood frequency

Rasmussen, P.R., and Perry, C.A., 2000, Estimation of peak streamflows for unregulated rural streams in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4079, 17 p.

Perry, C.A., 1994, Effects of reservoirs on flood discharges in the Kansas and the Missouri River Basins, 1993--Floods in the upper Missssippi River Basin, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120-E, 20 p. (Click here to view PDF file) - 17.1 MB.

Clement, R.W., 1987, Floods in Kansas and techniques for estimating their magnitude and frequency on unregulated streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4008, 50 p.

Jordan, P. R., 1986, Magnitude and frequency of high flows of unregulated streams in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2280, 35 p.

Perry, C.A., and Hart, R.J, 1984, Flood-frequency estimates for five gaged basins in Wichita, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4038, 23 p.

Clement, R.W., 1983, Improvement of flood-frequency estimates for selected small watersheds in eastern Kansas using a rainfall-runoff model: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4110, 22 p.

*Jordan, P.R., and Irza, T.J., 1975, Kansas streamflow characteristics, magnitude and frequency of floods in Kansas, unregulated streams: Kansas Water Resources Board Technical Report No. 11, 34 p.

*Irza, T.J., 1966, Preliminary flood-frequency relations for small streams in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 19 p.

*Ellis, D.W., and Edelen, G.W., Jr., 1960, Kansas streamflow characteristics, part 3, flood frequency: Kansas Water Resources Board Technical Report No. 3, 221 p.

Flood maps

Juracek, K.E., and Logan, C.M., 1997, Digital inventory of the location of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Studies in Kansas, July 1, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-237, digital data set.

Hydraulic analysis

Clement, R.W., and Perry, C.A., 1997, Hydraulic analysis of U.S. Highway 75 crossing of the Fall River at Neodesha, southeast Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-13, 15 p.

Juracek, K.E., 1999b, Estimation of potential runoff-contributing areas in Kansas using topographic and soil information: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4242, 29 p.

Perry, C.A., 1984, A method of estimating flood volumes in western Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4164, 18 p.