Kansas - Missouri floods of June - July 1951
1952
The purpose of this report is to compile and record the basic hydrometeorological data for the great Kansas-Missouri floods of June-July 1951. This type of information is essential in the planning of land and water management programs, including the safeguarding of life and property.
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]Following a two-month period of above-normal precipitation, rains of unprecedented intensity occurred over the Neosho, Osage, and Kansas Basins in Kansas during a 72-hour period from July 9 to July 12, 1951. The resulting floods, the greatest in more than a century, dealt a heavy blow to the economy of the region. Industrial districts and transportation centers of three metropolitan areas, Kansas City, Kans., Kansas City, and St. Louis, Mo., were in the path. Two state capitals, Topeka, Kans., and Jefferson City, Mo.., experienced the devastation. In addition, 150 flourishing communities and smaller cities suffered severe damage. Thirty thousand farms, consisting of three million acres, were affected by the flood waters. Tangible losses amounted to nearly a billion dollars. Twenty-eight lives were lost. This flood, occurring in an important agricultural and industrial area, constituted a major catastrophe.
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Editeur U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau | Kansas City, Mo. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1952
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