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<br />E98
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<br />FLOODS OF 1965 IN THE UNITED STATES
<br />
<br />TABLE 34.-Flood stages and discharges, September SO-October S, in southwestern
<br />Alabama
<br />
<br />No. Stream and place
<br />of determination
<br />
<br />Maximum floods
<br />
<br />Drainage
<br />~'"
<br />(sqmi)
<br />
<br />Known before
<br />September 1966
<br />Period Year
<br />
<br />Sep-
<br />tember-
<br />October
<br />1'"
<br />
<br />Gage
<br />height
<br />(feet)
<br />
<br />Discharge
<br />Roour-
<br />efs fence
<br />interval
<br />(years)
<br />
<br />Escambia River basin
<br />
<br />1 Big Escambia. Creek a.t
<br />Flomaton, Alannnu__m_
<br />
<br />42,400__________
<br />10,600 4.
<br />
<br />323 1939-65 1955 __mum 19.40
<br />___h__mhmn__ Oct. 2 12.69
<br />
<br />Pe..dido River basin
<br />
<br />2 Perdido River a.t Barrineau
<br />Park,FIa.._..._________.'_._
<br />
<br />3 Styx River near Loxley, Alan
<br />
<br />394 1929 1929 25.7
<br />1941-65 1955 mnm_. 23.94
<br />____nnnnn__n_ Oct. 2 17.28
<br />93.2 1926 1926 munn_ 22.2
<br />1952--6li 1953 mnmn 19.73
<br />_.._nhnnhnm Oct. 1 16.19
<br />
<br /><I) __'_mm
<br />39,000._________
<br />12,400 4
<br />(1) ____mm
<br />14,000__________
<br />5,370 4.
<br />
<br />Fish River basin
<br />
<br />4 F1sb River near Silver But,
<br />Ala__n_____________________
<br />
<br />8,570 __ _ ____~__
<br />2,420 2
<br />
<br />55.1 1953-65 1953 ______m_ 17.04
<br />__________um____ Oct. 1 12.13
<br />
<br />Mobile River basin
<br />
<br />5 Little River near Little
<br />River, Ala__n__nnn_nn_
<br />6 East Bassett Creek at Walker
<br />Sprngs, Ala__________.,._u_
<br />7 Chickasaw Creek near
<br />Whistler, Ala__h.hn______
<br />
<br />140 __nn__n__n_____ Oct. 1___nnn_
<br />188 1956-65 1956 mh_'n' 12.25
<br />_..._mm.__..._._Oct.3 5.43
<br />123 1950-65 1965.___m_n 25.4
<br />m___~____ Oct. 1 12.38
<br />
<br />28,600 21.6
<br />19,300 _n"__h_
<br />718 <2
<br />42,ooo__n__.___
<br />2,500 <2
<br />
<br />Do&' River basin
<br />
<br />8 Montlimar Creek at U.S.
<br />Highway 90 at Mobile,
<br />Ala__uu__u__ un_________
<br />
<br />Pascaa:oula River basin
<br />
<br />8.26 196~ 1964 n_____m 8.60 4,ooO__u__
<br />__......h........_ Sept. 30 7.80 2,500 (1)
<br />
<br />9 Esce.tawpa River near Wil-
<br />mer, .Ala__n_nn_un_....
<br />
<br />10 Fnmklln Creek near Grand
<br />Bay, Ala___....nhuuu__
<br />
<br />506 194.5--66 1959 m_m'n 24.66 30,000 munm
<br />n_h...nun__un Oct. 1 10.25 2,960 <2
<br />16.4 1959--65 1961 nmmn 16.M 2,750 ___mm_
<br />__mnmm_m... Sept. 30 16.00 1,800 (1)
<br />
<br />1 Unknown.
<br />2 Ratio of peak discharge to SO-year flood.
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<br />S~Y OF FLOODS
<br />
<br />E99
<br />
<br />FLOODS OF OCTOBER 17 IN THE CIMARRON RIVER BASIN,
<br />OKLAHOMA
<br />
<br />By L. L, LAINE
<br />
<br />The deeply dissected mesas in the vicinity of the Cimarron River
<br />crossing of the New Mexico-Oklahoma State line were deluged by
<br />6 inches of rain during October 16-17, A flood originated in the area
<br />downstream from the gage on the Cimarron River north of Guy,
<br />N, Mex. (fig. 49), where the drainage area is 545 sq mi. A tributary,
<br />Carrizozo Creek (drainage area, 111 sq mi at the gage), 4 miles south-
<br />west of Kenton contributed a peak discharge of 14,000 ds (based on
<br />a rating curve defined in previous years), The peak was 1.75 times that
<br />for the 50-year flood for the area.
<br />The flood peak of October 17 at the gage on the Cimarron River
<br />northeast of Kenton, Oklo" (drainage area, 1,106 sq mi), was 43,400
<br />ds, 65 percent greater than the previous maximwn in the 15-year
<br />record. The ratio of the peak discharge to a 50-year flood was 1.28.
<br />The peak stage was 17.32 feet, about 1,3 feet above bankfull stage,
<br />and the .volume of the flow in 2 days, October 17-18, was slightly
<br />greater than the average annual runoff during the 15 years of record.
<br />The stage graph of resurgent discharge in the Cimarron River, as
<br />given in figure 50, probably is indicative of the general precipitation
<br />sequences which totaled 6.37 inches at the town of Kenton. A similar
<br />rainfall amount (6,35 inches) occurred at a stage and rainfall recorder
<br />on a downstream tributary, Tesesquite Creek, 3.6 miles east of Kenton.
<br />
<br />
<br />EXPLANATION
<br />.
<br />Flood-determination point
<br />
<br />10
<br />,
<br />
<br />o
<br />,
<br />
<br />10
<br />I
<br />
<br />40 MILES
<br />,
<br />
<br />20
<br />,
<br />
<br />30
<br />,
<br />
<br />FIGURE 49.-Location of flood-determination points. floods of October 11 in
<br />the Cimarron River basin, Oklahoma.
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<br />11
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