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<br />FLOODS OF 19'65 IN THE UNITED STATES
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<br />previous maximum in 48 years of record. The peak discharge (26,900
<br />ds) on Rala wa Stream was the highest for this size drainage area (4.62
<br />sq. mi.) ever measured in the Hawaiian Islands, Flood damage amount-
<br />ed to about $36,000.
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<br />. TABLE 5.-Flood stages and discharges, January, in Molokai, Hawaii
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<br />Maximum 1Ioods
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<br />,,-
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<br />No. Stream and place oidetermina.tion
<br />
<br />D_
<br />~..
<br />(sqm[)
<br />
<br />Dis.
<br />charge
<br />(ml
<br />
<br />Known before
<br />January 1965
<br />Period Year
<br />
<br />a,..
<br />January height
<br />196.5 (feet)
<br />
<br />10" 10..
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<br />1 Halawa Stream near HaJ.awa.__nnn_
<br />
<br />4.62 1918-32, 1961 m_,_m, 13.6
<br />1938-<l6.
<br />on.n._.nn_Uhh 4 19.91
<br />6.5719.50--65.... 1961 ___m_m 9.30
<br />_h_nn_____n_.... 4 4.158
<br />3.24 ________........h~_ 4 5.30
<br />.48 19M-65____ 1964 mm__n 6.41
<br />____n_unn___.._. 4, 7.56
<br />.94,1964-65____ 1964 '..'mum 4..60
<br />....Uhn__n______ 4 7.15
<br />
<br />10,900
<br />2~900
<br />~"'"
<br />441
<br />212
<br />140
<br />419
<br />309
<br />1,140
<br />
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<br />2 Kauna.ka.kai GuIchat Kaunakaka1._.
<br />3 Kamilolos. Gulch at KaunakakaL..._
<br />4 POhakupili Gulch near Halawa.. nm
<br />5 Papio Gulch at HalaW9..hohm___n_
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<br />FLOODS OF FEBRUARY AND MAY IN EASTERN TEXAS
<br />BY LEO G. STEARNS
<br />
<br />General rains of 3-4 inches in east-central Texas (fig, 7) in Fehruary
<br />made it one of the wettest Februarys in recent years. A peak discharge
<br />of 8,050 cfs on February 9 from a 69-sq mi hasin of Cuthand Creek
<br />near Bogata (st&. 3), in th6 Red River basin, was the greatest sinee at
<br />least 1950. In the Sulphur River basin, North Sulphur River near
<br />Cooper (sta_l), had a. peak discharge or 48,000 cfs on Fehrnary 9, the
<br />highest since at least 1915, and South Sulphur River near Cooper
<br />(sta.2) peaked at 25,000 dson February 10, the highest discharge since
<br />at least 1942. On Fehruary 10, Lake Tawakoni on Sahine River near
<br />Wills Point (sta. 4; drainage area 756 sq mi) spilled for the first time
<br />since impoundment l>egan on Octol>er 7, 1960,
<br />During May, streamflow was high in the same region hut in a slight-
<br />ly larger area than that during the February storms (fig, 7). The
<br />middle Brazos River hasin had rains of up to 10 .inehes on May 16 and
<br />17, which eaused flooding on major trihutary streams, Flood damage
<br />in the N aIm Creek md Elm Creek basins amounted to an estimated
<br />$1.2 million to property and crops mostly around Belton and Killeen.
<br />Cowhouse Creek near Pidcoke (sta. 5) had a peak discharge of 63,800
<br />ds on May 16, second highest stage since at least 1882, Lampasas River
<br />at'Youngsport (sta. 6) peaked at 87,900 ds on May 17, which was its
<br />greatest discharge in 41 years of record; on the same day Little River
<br />near Little River (sta. 7) had a peak discharge of 79,600 cfs. Many
<br />low-lying areas near the Little River were inundated, md in an area
<br />near Cameron the water was 8 feet above flood stage.
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<br />S~ARY OF FLOODS
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<br />10<' rw
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<br />~XPLANATION
<br />. ~ February storm. area
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<br />~ May_storm area
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<br />A""",llo
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<br />
<br />Flood-determination point
<br />N=b6rc<Yrre8']J(YrUl$to
<br />tkctinte.>:t
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<br />100 MilES
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<br />FIGURE 7.-~ation of fiood-datermination points:, floods of 'February and May
<br />in eastern Texas.
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<br />On May 18, torrential rains exeeeding 6 inches in some areas flooded
<br />parts of San Antonio, Several usually small streams exeeeded their
<br />boundaries and caused property damage estimated at $1 million. Two
<br />persons were drowned, and 14 were injured,
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<br />FLOODS OF MARCH 26 IN SEVIER COUNTY, TENN.
<br />
<br />By WILLIA.M J. RANDOLPH
<br />
<br />Heavy rains on March 25-26 eausedmajor flooding in Sevier County
<br />particularly in the town of Sevierville. Sevierville isl>etween two
<br />majorforks ofthe Little Pigeon River (fig. 8), which drains a part of
<br />the Tennessee side of the Great Smoky Mountains where the mean
<br />annual rainfall is about 70 inehes.
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