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<br />E76
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<br />FLOODS OF 1965 IN THE UNITED STATES
<br />
<br />E77
<br />
<br /> SUMMARY OF FLOODS
<br /> 30
<br />50 25
<br />40 20
<br />30 15
<br />20 Platte River near 10
<br />Agency. Drainage
<br />10 area, 1,760sq mi 5
<br />(5ta.14)'
<br />0 0
<br />18 20 21 22 23 18
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<br />TABLE 26.-Rural damage in northwestern Missouri, July 1965 flood
<br />
<br />Stream
<br />
<br />Aer~:flOoded
<br />Total Crop
<br />
<br />Estimate of damages
<br />Agricultural Transportation Total
<br />and utilities
<br />
<br />Rock Creek_un___n__ _. __n_ ______________
<br />MlssourlRlver:
<br />Mainstem.._______._n._h_.__........_
<br />Little Tarkio Creek_nmhuhh_mm
<br />Squaw Creek___________n____________..
<br />Nodaway Rlver..._..................._
<br />Platte River and minor tributariesn___ ___..
<br />One Hnndred and Two River"'__hn_n__
<br />Little Platte River_______mnm__________
<br />Little Blue River________nn__m________n
<br />Fishing River_______________nm__________
<br />Crooked River____________________________..
<br />Wakenda Creek_m_______m_nn__________
<br />Blackwater River.....__________._._. __...._
<br />TotaL____.._...______................
<br />
<br />('l
<br />281,700
<br />~800
<br />12,700
<br />7,900
<br />3.1,100
<br />18,100
<br />9,2ll0
<br />3,000
<br />10,000
<br />19,000
<br />3,300
<br />24,000
<br />433,700
<br />
<br />199,600
<br />8,800
<br />6,100
<br />7,600
<br />34,100
<br />17,800
<br />9,000
<br />2,400
<br />9,000
<br />17,700
<br />~900
<br />22,600
<br />336,300
<br />
<br />$149,000
<br />10,400,000
<br />466,600
<br />864,400
<br />792,100
<br />2,383,800
<br />677,500
<br />864,900
<br />111,800
<br />588,700
<br />85',300
<br />182,700
<br />868.800
<br />18,196,600
<br />
<br />$320,000
<br />500,000
<br />2,400
<br />1,800
<br />21,300
<br />16,600
<br />24,900
<br />12,600
<br />o
<br />165,000
<br />22.000
<br />~OOO
<br />3,000
<br />1,091,000
<br />
<br />$469,000
<br />10,goo,OOO
<br />....900
<br />365,700
<br />813,400
<br />2,400,400
<br />702,400
<br />367,400
<br />111.800
<br />753,700
<br />817,300
<br />184,700
<br />871,800
<br />19,286,500
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<br />The monetary damages assessed to ,the floodwaters cannot evaluate
<br />human suffering, misery, and inconvenience. Nine deaths were re-
<br />ported by the American Red Cross. The Corps of Engineers, the Red
<br />Cross, nearby communities, and many individuals assisted in evacu-
<br />ation of people and property, helped maintain temporary shelters, and
<br />provided aid following the flood,
<br />Peak stages and discharges at 22 continuous-recording stations,
<br />seven crest-stage gages, and at 17 miscellaneous sites within the flood
<br />area are summarized in table 27. Index numbers in the table apply to
<br />the location map (fig. 33). Peak discharges are referred to recurrence
<br />interval and to a ratio to the 50-year flood. Peak discharges at 24 of the
<br />flood-measuring sites equaled or exceeded the 50-year flood discharge.
<br />At 10 of these sites ,the peak discharge was from 2 to 6 times as large as
<br />the 50-year flood. The highest known unit rate of runoff ever recorded
<br />in Missouri, about 6,690 cfs per sq. mi, oOOllrred at Boney Branch at
<br />Rockport (sta. 2; drainage area, 0.76 sq mil. The discharge hydro-
<br />graphs in figure 36 were prepared from detailed data of discharges at
<br />gaging stations in the flooded basins.
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<br />5
<br />4
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<br />Jenkins Branch at Gower.
<br />Drainage area, 2.72 sq mi
<br />(sta.15)
<br />LPrevious maXimum
<br />of record
<br />
<br />
<br />22
<br />
<br />Crooked River
<br />near Richmond.
<br />Drainage area,
<br />159 sq mi
<br />(sta.35)
<br />
<br />19
<br />
<br />20
<br />
<br />3
<br />2
<br />
<br />19
<br />
<br />22
<br />
<br />21
<br />
<br />6
<br />
<br />-; South Fork Blackwater
<br />5 "j River near Elm.
<br />Prev:ious Drainage area, 16.4 sq mi
<br />4 ~a~~~~ (sta. 41)
<br />
<br />3
<br />2
<br />
<br /> 0 18
<br />2370
<br /> 60
<br /> 50
<br /> 40
<br /> 30
<br /> 20
<br /> 10
<br />23 o 17
<br />
<br />
<br />22
<br />
<br />20
<br />
<br />21
<br />
<br />Previous maximum
<br />of record
<br />Blackwater River
<br />at Valley City.
<br />Drainage area, 547 sq mi
<br />(sta.42) .
<br />
<br />
<br />6
<br />
<br />Little Platte River
<br />atSmithville.
<br />Drainage area, 243 sq ml
<br />(sta.22)
<br />
<br />
<br />21
<br />
<br />22
<br />
<br />23
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<br />FIGURE 36,-Discharge at selected gaging stations, floods of July 18-28 in
<br />northwestern Missouri.
<br />
<br />19
<br />
<br />20
<br />
<br />~Previous maximum
<br />ofrl;!cord
<br />East Fork Fishing River
<br />at Excelsior SprIngs.
<br />Drainage' area, 20.0 sq mi
<br />(sta.33)
<br />
<br />
<br />19
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<br />20 21
<br />JULY
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<br />22
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