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<br />ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO, KANSAS, NEW MEXICO D21 <br /> <br />have exceeded the peak flow of Two Butte Creek. The floodwaters inun- <br />dated the town of Holly and were the cause of the flooding that extended to <br />Great Bend, Kans. The flood crest on the Arkansas River from above <br />Lamar, Colo" and from Clay Creek did not reach Holly until late the next <br />day. It caused high secondary peaks and high sustained runoff. <br />Flooding occurred downstream from Holly, Colo" through Syracuse, <br />Garden City, Dodge City, Kinsley, and Great Bend, Kans., with accom- <br />panying attenuation (fig. 11). Timing was fortunate because coincident <br />flood crests from the tributaries and on the Arkansas River would have been <br />destructive beyond imagination, Even so, damage was extensive in Kansas. <br />The flood front approaching Dodge City is dramatically illustrated by two <br />aerial photographs (fig. 12). <br />Peak discharges exceeded those of the 50-year frequency and those <br />previously known at all gaging stations on the Arkansas River from <br />Coolidge to Grent Bend, Kans. <br /> <br /> 140 <br /> 130 <br />il120 <br />" <br />" <br />~ 110 <br />" <br />~ 100 <br />" <br />~ 90 <br />~ <br />" <br />0; 80 <br />" <br />" <br />~ <br />" 70 <br />~ <br />" <br />z 60 <br />.. <br />~ <br />" <br />" 50 <br />'" <br />.... <br />~ 40 <br />"' <br />" <br />" 30 <br />.. <br />'" <br />" <br />~ 20 <br />25 <br /> 10 <br /> 0 18 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />--\-(74lAtDodieCitY,Kans. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />\ <br />\ r, <br />\1 ,__......\- <br />",' \ (75) Near Kinsley, Kans. <br />! '\ \, (76) At Great Bend. <br />'" ' Kans.":::.... <br />,,, " r- <br />I '- ' <br />..... ............../ <br />I .............. 7"-__ <br />, - -...L <br />, /-- <br />I - <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />20 21 <br />JUNE 1965 <br /> <br />FIGURE 11. - Discharge hydrographs from selected gaging stations on Arkansas <br />River, Garden City to Great Bend, Kans. Number in parentheses is site number <br />(pI. I). <br />