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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.
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