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<br />.14. Despite complete control of the Arkansas River at John Martin <br /> <br />Dam, tremendous inflow from tributaries between the dam and the Colorado- <br /> <br />Kansas state line produced unprecedented flows in the Arka;~sas River. <br /> <br />Wolf Creek produced a peak flow of 35,300 c.f.s. just aboy," State Highway <br /> <br />117, about 9 and one-half miles southwest of Granada. This floodflow <br /> <br />breached the levee west of GrMada and flooded the town with depths up to <br /> <br />6 feet. <br /> <br />IS. Unit Hydrographs. The unit hydrograph for Wolf Creek \~as <br /> <br />developed by synthetic methods be':ause rainfall-discharge data. are not <br /> <br /> <br />available to substantiate natural unit: hydrographs. The synthetic unit <br /> <br />hydrograph was determined by llse of the fOllowing formulas:: <br /> <br />~ = 0.074 [CLLealO:,,:,] ().66~:J <br />5st <br /> <br />0.0264 <br />A <br /> <br />C5 )0.<1542 <br />st <br />r. -] [J.!l"LGl <br />LCLLca)0..3_ <br /> <br />q = 3,851 <br />P <br /> <br />6 <br />