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<br />0022116 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i. Flood of September 1958. Intense rainfall occurred in the <br />lower Republican River basin in early September 1958. In the Elk <br />Creek basin, above Clyde, Kansas, the storm had a center of 14 inches <br />of rainfall and averaged about 10 inches. The flood crestpd at 3 <br />a.m. on 6 September 1958 in Clyde, about 4 feet higher than the <br />previous maximum flood recorded in May 1950. The estimated urban <br />damage was $950,000 while rural damage in the Elk Creek and adjoin- <br />ing valleys and along the lower Republican River amounted to <br />$850,000 more. <br /> <br />1. Flood of June 1960. Intense rainfall over the upper Beaver <br />Creek basin produced the highest flood stage of record at Cedar <br />Bluffs, Kansas, on 11 June 1960, and caused severe damage to agri- <br />culture and transportation in.that vicinity. Minor overflows <br />occurred at about the same time along the neighboring Sappa Creek. <br />The total damage approached $1 million. <br /> <br />~. Floods of 1961. During May and June 1961, there was minor <br />flooding along Beaver, Sappa and Prairie Dog Creeks; and, in Sep- <br />tember, storms over the lower Republican River basin caused relatively <br />heavy damage along Buffalo Creek and downstream along the Republican <br />River, totaling about $350,000. <br /> <br />1. Hypothetical floods. Standard project floods were not <br />computed for the reaches below the reservoirs because such data <br />would not be pertinent to the improvements under consideration. <br /> <br />8. DAMAGES PREVENTED <br /> <br />Since the publication of the report under review, seven reser- <br />voirs having flood control storage capacity have been placed in <br />operation in the Republican River basin. These have been credited <br />with the prevention of flood damage to the extent of $10.5 million, <br />as shown in table 3. In addition, local protection works at <br />Indianola and at Bartley, Nebraska, have prevented flood damages <br />estimated at $23,000 and $19,000, since completion of these projects <br />in July 1949 and March 1952, respectively. <br /> <br />11 <br />