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<br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br /> <br />GEOWGICAL SURVEY <br /> <br />Abstract ........................................ ................................ <br />Introduction .h...h......... .........no...................................................... .m............... <br />Maximum.flood. experience ................ ...nom....................... um""'......m.... <br />E.timating potential flood peak. .....u.......u..u....u...uu...u............uuu... u................ <br />Summary no...........mn. ..m...................... ..m.....................,.. ....................... <br />Selected references .....m.................. ___......h._....mm....... u_ ._... .m.n.................. <br /> <br />CECIL D. ANDRUS. SUTetary <br /> <br />V. E. McKelvey, Diuctor <br /> <br />ILLUSTRATIONS <br /> <br />Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data <br /> <br />FIGURE 1. Map of the conterminous United States showing <br />flood-region boundaries . <br />2. Graph showing selected peak discharges versus drainage <br />areas, and nationwide envelope curve ...moo .........h. <br />3-19. Graphs showing peak discharge versus drainage area, and <br />envelope curve for- <br />3. Region 1 <br />4. Region 2 <br />5. Region 3 ..........u.... <br />6. Region 4 .........u.u.... mmumm....uu. <br />7. Region 5 uu <br />8. Region 6 <br />9. Region 7 <br />10. Region 8 <br />ll. Region 9 <br />12. Region 10 m <br />13. Region II <br />14. Region 12 uu... <br />15. Region 13 m..uuum... <br />16. Region 14 mm .uummu...... m.m.uuummum.m..uu ...uuuuuu...... <br />17. Region 15 u...u. ..UUmuum <br />18. Region 16 m....uuuu...u.m...... muuuuumu...... <br />19. Region 17 mu U...m....uummummu.... <br /> <br />Crippen, John R. 1920- <br />Maximum floodflows in the conterminous United States <br /> <br />(Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1887) <br />Bibliography: p. 4 <br />Supt. of Docs. No.: 119.13: 1887 <br />1. Floods-United States. 2. Stream measurements-United States. I. Bue, Conrad D., <br />1903. joint author. II. Title. III. Series: United States Geological Survey <br />Water-Supply Paper 1887 <br />TC80l.U2 No. 1887 [GBI399.3J 553'.7'0973, [551.4'8J 76.008352 <br /> <br />For ale by the Superintendent of Documentl, U. S. Government Printing Office <br />Wuhinglon, D. C. 204-02 <br />Stock Number 024'{)01'{)2971-5 <br /> <br />TABLE <br /> <br />TABLE 1. Extreme floods at selected sites. <br /> <br />... <br />