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<br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />p,,, <br /> <br />Abstract _ _____ _ ________ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ _ __ ___ ___ _________ __ D I <br />Introduction ______________________________________________ I <br />Destructive forces at work __________________________________ I <br />Floods and flood areas ____________________________________ 4 <br />Acknowledgments ________________________________________ 4 <br />Relative magnitude of the floods _________________________________ 5 <br />Comparison with maximum floods known ________________________ 5 <br />Comparison by frequency relations _____________________________ 6 <br />Causes __________________________________________________ 7 <br />Antecedent conditions ________________________________-'-____ 7 <br />Precipitation ___________________________________________ 7 <br />Rainfall on June 14-15 _________________________________ 10 <br />Rainfall on June 16____________________________________ 10 <br />Rainfall on June 17 ____________________________________ 11 <br />Rainfall on June 18-19 _________________________________ 12 <br />Description of the floods ______________________________________ 12 <br />Arkansas River above John Martin Dam_________________________ 13 <br />Fountain Creek basin __________________________________ 13 <br />Arkansas River-Fountain Creek to Las Animas ________________ 13 <br />Arkansas River-Las Animas to John Martin Dam _______________ 15 <br />Arkansas River-John Martin Dam, Colo., to <br />Great Bend, Kans ___________________________________ 18 <br />Canadian River basin, New Medco ____________________________ 23 <br />Canadian River above Conchas Reservoir _____________________ 23 <br />Canadian River tributaries _______________________________ 24 <br />Northeastern New Mexico __________________________________ 24 <br />Effects of storage ___________________________________________ 24 <br />Comparison with previous floods _________________________________ 25 <br />Arkansas River basin, Colorado and Kansas ______________________ 25 <br />Canadian River basin, New Mexico ____________________________ 27 <br />Flood damage _____________________________________________ 27 <br />Flood frequency ____________________________________________ 30 <br />Determination of flood discharges ________________________________ 32 <br />Streamflow data ____________________________________________ 33 <br />Explanation of data_______________________________________ 33 <br />Summary of flood stages and discharges _________________________ 33 <br />Data for individual sites ____________________________________ 33 <br />Station data ___________________________________________ 39 <br />Selected references __________________________________________ 94 <br />Index ___________________________________________________ 95 <br /> <br />III <br />