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<br />UO~::'81_ <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />Introduction , . <br />Purpose and Scope <br />Acknowledgments ' <br />Cause of Kansas floods <br />Physiog,'aphy . . <br />Climate ,.... <br />Records available <br />Method of flood-frequency analysis. <br />Flood-frequency at a gaging station <br />Plotting positions, . . . , . . . . . . <br />Flood-frequency graph . . , . . . . <br />Limitations of a flood-frequency g,'aph at a gaging station <br />Regional flood- frequency . . . . . . <br />Adjustment to base period. . . . <br />Definition of mean annual flood. <br />Test for homogeneity . . . . . <br />Composite frequency curves <br />Relations of mean annual flood <br />Hydrologic areas. . . . . . . , <br />Application of regional flood-frequency data <br />Areas of natural runoff . . . . . . <br />Regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Main stem of Arkansas River. <br />Stage of flood discharge. <br />Maximum known floods <br />Gaging-station records. . . <br />Nemaha River basin: <br />Station 1, Turkey Creek near Seneca, Kans. . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . <br />Kansas River basin: <br />Station 2, Sappa C reek near Oberlin, Kans. <br />Station 3, Sappa Creek near Beaver City, Nebr. <br />Station 4, Beaver C reek at Ludell, Kans . . . . . <br />Station 5, Beaver Creek at Cedar Bluffs, Kans. <br />Station 6, Beaver Creek near Beaver City, Nebr. <br />Station 7, Prairie Dog Creek at Norton, Kans. . . <br />Station 7.2, Prairie Dog Creek near Woodruff, Kans <br />Station 7.9, Republican River at Bostwick, NebI' . <br />Station 8, Republican River near Hardy, Nebr. . <br />Station 9, White Rock Creek at Lovewell, Kans. . <br />Station la, Republican River at Scandia, Kans. . . <br />Station 13, Republican River at Concordia, Kans. <br />Station 14, Republican River at Clay Center, Kans. <br />Station 14.5, Republican River at Wakefield, Kans. <br />Station 15, Republican River at Milford, Kans. . . . <br /> <br />iii <br /> <br />Page <br />I <br />I <br />2 <br />3 <br />3 <br />3 <br />8 <br />13 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />19 <br />19 <br />19 <br />20 <br />23 <br />25 <br />31 <br />31 <br />35 <br />36 <br />36 <br />39 <br />46 <br /> <br />49 <br /> <br />49 <br />51 <br />52 <br />53 <br />53 <br />55 <br />56 <br />57 <br />58 <br />60 <br />61 <br />63 <br />65 <br />67 <br />68 <br />