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<br />, <br />-.. <br /> <br />TOtal damages incurred in Colorado and Kansas reached an estimated <br /> <br /> <br />$3.5 million. <br /> <br /> <br />f. Flood of July 1951.- Heavy rains over the Arkansas <br /> <br /> <br />River watershed between Garden City and Great Bend, Kansas, led to <br /> <br /> <br />flooding on the Pawnee River. Great Bend became the principal victim <br /> <br /> <br />when, on 13 July, the city's dike failed and about 145 city blocks <br /> <br /> <br />were flooded. The Red Cross and State National Guard organizations <br /> <br /> <br />evacuated 250 persons; some 1,250 homes and 65 business were damaged; <br /> <br /> <br />and about $150,000 in damages resulted. <br /> <br /> <br />g. Flood of July 1958.- Intense rainstorms and runoff <br /> <br /> <br />over the Pawnee River and Walnut Creek drainage areas produced flood- <br /> <br /> <br />flows that threatened Larned but did not overtop the city's dikes. <br /> <br /> <br />At Great Bend, however, the floodwaters outflanked the levee and <br /> <br /> <br />caused extensive damage within the city. <br /> <br /> <br />h. Flood of June 1965.- During the June 13-19 period, <br /> <br /> <br />sustained and heavy rainstorms produced flood flows extending from <br /> <br /> <br />the headwaters of Fountain Creek in Colorado to below Great Bend in <br /> <br /> <br />Kansas. John Martin Reservoir successfully contained the total flood- <br /> <br /> <br />water volume received from upstream drainages, storing 336,000 acre- <br /> <br /> <br />feet of water by 30 June. Below John Martin Dam, a flood of unprec- <br /> <br /> <br />edented magnitude resulted--generated entirely in the drainage area <br /> <br /> <br />between the dam and the Colorado-Kansas State line. The flood of <br /> <br /> <br />June 1965 was the greatest on record for the Arkansas River, and <br /> <br /> <br />property damages inflicted between John Martin Dam and Great Bend <br /> <br /> <br />eventually reached an estimated total of $40 million. <br /> <br /> <br />(1) Colorado: On 17 June, Lamar experienced flooding <br /> <br /> <br />south of its railroad tracks, and Granada was flooded to depths of <br /> <br /> <br />about 6 feet. At Holly, floodwaters destroyed the levees extending <br /> <br /> <br />along U.S. Highway 50 to the river, resulting in water depths to <br /> <br /> <br />8 feet within the town and evacuation of the entire 1,100 population. <br /> <br /> <br />The rains covering Colorado at this time were so intense that the <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas River was discharging 200,000 c.f.s. at the Colorado-Kansas <br /> <br /> <br />border in spite of the storage retained in John Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />A-7 <br />