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<br />CONTENTS
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<br />TABLES 12-19. Flood stages and discharges:
<br />12. May 22, in southeastern N ehl'aska_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
<br />13. May 30-31, in the Carlsbad, N. Mex'J area___n
<br />14. May, in east-central WYOmmghh___nU_nn
<br />15. June, in southwestern Wyomingu__n___n_n
<br />16. June, in southeastern Wyoming____~_____h_h
<br />17. June, in east-central Wyoming_____~n____hn
<br />18. June, in north-central Wyoming______hU__h
<br />19. June, in Nebraskah____...;_h__h__~__________
<br />20. Daily precipitation, June 26-30, in southeastern N e-
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<br />hraska__________________w____________.__________
<br />21-23. Flood stages and discharges:
<br />21. June-August, in Utah____________~________h
<br />22. June 17-18, in the Rio Hondo valley, south~
<br />eastern New Mexi.co _n__hh______hU_nn
<br />23. July, in Nebraska_n_n_h__n___.___n_nh
<br />24-26. Summaries of flood damages, July, in northwestern
<br />Missouri:
<br />24. Urban property units_.._____________________
<br />25. Urban daDlage_..________________~_____~____
<br />26. Rural damage______________________________
<br />27-32. Flood stages and discharges:
<br />27. July 18-23, in northwestern Missouri__________
<br />28. July 23, in the vicinity of Hillsboro, Ohio______
<br />29. July 24, in southeastern Kentucky~___________
<br />30. July 24, in the vicinity of Clinchmore, Tennu__
<br />31. August 22, near Greycliff, Mont____________n
<br />32. September 1, in north...central Kentucky____u_
<br />33. Rainfall duration-intensity-frequency data., Septem-
<br />ber 29-30... at Montlimar Creek, Mobile, Ala._nu___
<br />34. Flood stages a.nd discharges, September SO-October 3,
<br />in southwestern Alabama__________________________
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<br />FLOODS OF 1965 IN THE UNITED STATES
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<br />SUMMARY OF FLOODS IN THE
<br />UNITED STATES DURING 1965
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<br />By J. O. RosTVEDT and others
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<br />ABSTRACT
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<br />This report describes the most outstanding fioods in the Untted States during
<br />1965. The four most damaging floods during th~ year, by order of decreasing
<br />magnitude, were in the South Platte River basin, Colorado (June), the upper
<br />Mississippi River basin (March-May), the Arkansas River basin in Colorado,.
<br />Kansas, and New Mexico (.TUOO) , and northwestern Missouri (July).
<br />The floods of June in the South Platte River -basin were the'most damaging
<br />in the history of the area. Previous record high discharges on many tributaries
<br />were exceede.d, sometimes several fold. Six lives were lost, and damage amounted
<br />to about $500 million, of which about 15 percent was in the Denver metropolitan
<br />area.
<br />Floods in two separate periods during March-May in the upper Mississippi
<br />River basin were the most devastating in the history of an area which com-
<br />prises parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. Flood damage
<br />was about $1"60 million, and 15 lives were lost.
<br />Flood discharges in the Arkansas River basin in Colorado, Kansas, and New
<br />Mexico in June were particularly outstanding for their great magnitude, often
<br />many ,time.s greater than previous maximum discharges. Flood damage was about
<br />$60 million, and 16 lives were lost.
<br />Torrential rains in July on the Missouri River tributaries caused outstand.
<br />ing floods in a large ar.ea. .extending from the Iowa-Missouri State line on the
<br />north to the Blackwater River basin on the south .and to the Grand River basin
<br />on the east. Flood damage a'mounted to $24 million, and nine lives were lost.
<br />About $11 million damage resulted in each of two areas in southern California
<br />and in Arizona and New Mexico in November and December. Eleven deaths re-
<br />sulted from the floods in Qalifomia.
<br />More than $7 million damage occurred from fioods of - April-May in the Red
<br />River of the. North basin in northwestern Minnesota.
<br />In addition to the floods mentioned above, 23 others of lesser magnitude are
<br />considered important enough to. be included in this annual summary.
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