FLOOD04656

• County: Statewide
• Community: United States
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Summary of Floods in the United States During 1965
• Date: 1/1/1970
• Prepared For: US Department of the Interior
• Prepared By: Federal, State, and Local Agencies
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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FLOODS OF i~65 IN THE UNITED STATES

S~Y OF FLOODS

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FIGURE 33.-Location of flood.determination points, floods of July 18-23 in no-rth.
western Missouri.

EXPLANATION
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precipitation, in inches

The greatest rainfall amounts observed at official Weather Bureau
stations were in an area immediately north of Kansas City and in the
basins "Uhe l"wer Platte and Little Platte Rivers. Nearly 11 inches of
rain, substantially all of which fell in tbe 24-hour period of July 19,
was recorded near Gower. The Weather Bureau 8-inch nonrecording
rain-gage station at Edgerton reported a storm total of 20.23 inches, of
which 18.18 inches was for the 24- hour period ending on the morning
of July 20.
Estimated flood damage figures, furnished by the Corps of Engi-
neers, are summarized in tables 2+-26, which list respectively, urban
property units flooded, urban damage, and rural damage, The total
damage amounted to about $24 million of which about $5 million was
concentrated in urban communities within the storm area and about
$19 million occurred in rural areas_ At least 729 residences, 194 busi-

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FIGURE 34.-Total precipitation for storm 'Of .July 17~20 in northwestern Missouri.
Based on climwtologic and hydrologic n~twork records supplemented by about
200 unofficial reports. From U.S. Weather Bureau.

Ilesses, and 27 public and quasi-public buildings were damaged or de-
stroyed in the 15 flooded communities. An estimated 433,700 acres of
agricultural lands was flooded, including 281,700 acres along the
Missouri River from above St. Joseph to the mouth and 152,000 acres
along tributaries in the storm area. These figures do not include
acreage flooded in the Rock Creek basin.