WSP03621

• File Number: 8407.600
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Kansas General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 10/1/1960
• Author: Kansas Water Resourc
• Title: Kansas Streamflow Characteristics - Part 3 - Flood Frequency - Technical Report Number 3
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1. Physiographic map of Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Mean annual precipitation in Kansas 1921-56 . . . . . . .
3. Daily rainfall, in inches, to be expected, on the average of
once in 50 years, in Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Gaging stations used in flood-frequency analyses. . . . .
5. Frequency of annual floods, Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth,

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ........
6. Homogeneity test graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ........
7. Location of hydrologic areas and homogeneous flood regions

in Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8. Composite frequency curves of annual floods in Kansas . . .
9. Mean streamflow in Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. Nomograph relating mean annual flood to drainage area and
mean flow for natural conditions in hydrologic area 1 in

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11. Nomograph relating mean annual flood to drainage area and
mean flow for natural conditions in hydrologic area 2 in

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12. Nomograph relating mean annual flood to drainage area and
mean flow for natural conditions in hydrologic area 3 in

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13. Nomograph relating mean annual flood to drainage area and
mean flow for natural conditions in hydrologic area 4 in

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14. Nomograph relating mean annual flood to drainage area and
mean flow for natural conditions in hydrologic area 5 in

Kansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15. Formulas relating the 50-year flood to contributing drainage
area and mean flow for various regions in Kansas. . . . .
16. Relation of selected flood frequencies to contributing drain-
age area for regulated conditions on the main stem of
Arkansas River above Pawnee River. . . . . . . . . . . . .
17. Ratio of maximum known peak discharges to mean annual
floods on Kansas Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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