GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 370

FLOODS IN MISSOURI

MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY

Prepared in cooperation with the

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Douglas McKay, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. E. Wrather, Director

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 370

FLOODS IN MISSOURI

MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY 

By J. K. Searcy

Prepared in cooperation with the 

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI

Washington, D. C., 1955

Free on application to the Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C.

CONTENTS

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Abstract .................................... 1

Introduction. ................................. 1

Flood-frequency design data................... 1

The design flood ........................... 1

Flood-frequency curve at the design site ..... 1

Maximum floods of record .................. 3

The Mississippi River. ..................... 3

The Missouri River ........................ 5

Flood-frequency analysis...................... 5

Description of the area..................... 6

Topography ............................ 6

The prairies ......................... 6

Ozark Plateau........................ 7

Southeast lowlands.................... 7

Climate................................ 7

Analysis of flood data ...................... 11

Flood frequency at a gaging station. ....... 11

Value ............................... 11

Types of flood series ................. 11

Plotting positions .................... 13

Historical data....................... 13

Fitting frequency graphs .............. 13

Regional flood-frequency curves .......... 13

Requirements for combining records ... 15

Mean annual flood,.................... 15

Computation of comparable means. ..... 15

Test for homogeneity of records ....... 15

Flood-frequency regions!.............. 16

Hydrologic areas ..................... 16

Crest-stage gage program............. 17

Gaging-station records ....................... 17

Records available .......................... 17

Explanation of data ........................ 18

Mississippi River main stem ............... 23

Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. ....... 23

Fox River basin ........................... 25

Fox River at Wayland ................... 25

Wyaconda River basin ...................... 26

Wyaconda River above Canton............. 26

Fabius River basin......................... 27

North Fabius River at Monticello.......... 27

Middle Fabius River near Baring ......... 28

Middle Fabius River near Monticello,, ; .. . . 29

North Fabius River at Taylor............. 29

South Fabius River near Taylor. .......... 30

North River basin. ......................... 31

North River at Bethel.................... 31

North River at Palmyra.................. 32

Bear Creek basin .......................... 33

Bear Creek at Hannibal.................. 33

Salt River basin ........................... 33

Salt River near Shelbina ................. 33

Salt River near Hunnewell................ 35

South Fork Salt River at Santa Fe ......... 35

Youngs Creek near Mexico ............... 36

Middle Fork Salt River at Paris .......... 37

Elk Fork Salt River near Paris ........... 38

Salt River near Monroe City. ............. 39

Salt River near New London.............. 40

Cuivre River basin......................... 41

Cuivre River near Troy ................. 41

Mississippi River main stem................ 42

Mississippi River at Alton, 111............ 42

Missouri River main stem .................. 43

Missouri River at Omaha, Nebr. ......... 43

Missouri River at Nebraska City, Nebr.... 43

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Gaging-station re cords--Continued

Tarkio River basin ......................... 44

West Tarkio Creek near Westboro. ........ 44

Tarkio River at Fairfax.................. 45

Nodaway River basin ....................... 46

Nodaway River near Burlington Junction ... 46

Missouri River main stem .................. 47

Missouri River at St. Joseph ............. 47

Platte River basin. ......................... 48

Platte River at Conception Junction........ 48

One Hundred and Two River near Maryville 48

Platte River near Agency. ................ 49

Missouri River main stem .................. 51

Missouri River at Kansas City............ 51

Blue River basin ........................... 51

Blue River near Kansas City.............. 51

Missouri River main stem .................. 52

Missouri River at Waverly................ 52

Grand River basin.......................... 53

East Fork Big Creek near Bethany ........ 53

Grand River near Gallatin ................ 55

Weldon River near Mercer ............... 56

Weldon River at Mill Grove............... 57

Thompson River at Trenton. .............. 58

Medicine Creek near Gait ................ 59

Locust Creek near Milan................. 60

Locust Creek near Linneus ............... 61

Grand River near Sumner. ................ 62

Yellow Creek near Rothville .............. 63

Chariton River basin ....................... 63

Chariton River at Novinger ............... 63

Chariton River near Keytesville........... 65

Lamine River basin ........................ 66

Lamine River at Clifton City.............. 66

Blackwater River at Blue Lick............ 67

Missouri River main stem .................. 68

Missouri River at Boonville .............. 68

Osage River basin ......................... 69

Sac River near Stockton .................. 69

Cedar Creek near Pleasant View .......... 70

Osage River at Osecola .................. 70

Pomme de Terre River at Hermitage...... 72

South Grand River near Brownington ...... 73

Osage River at Warsaw .................. 74

Niangua River near Decaturville .......... 75

Osage River near Bagnell ................ 76

Gasconade River basin...................... 77

Gasconade River near Hazlegreen ......... 77

Gasconade River near Waynesville ........ 78

Big Piney River near Big Piney........... 79

Little Piney Creek at Newburg............ 80

Gasconade River at Jerome............... 80

Gasconade River near Rich Fountain ...... 82

Missouri River main stem .................. 83

Missouri River at Hermann .............. 83

Mississippi River main stem ................ 83

Mississippi River at St. Louis ............ 83

Meramec River basin ...................... 85

Meramec River near Steelville............ 85

Meramec River near Sullivan ............. 87

Bourbeuse River near Spring Bluff ........ 88

Bourbeuse River at Union ................ 88

Meramec River at Robertsville ........... 90

Big River at Byrnesville ................. 90

Meramec River near Eureka.............. 92

Mississippi River main stem ............... 93

Mississippi River at Chester, 111. ........ 93

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CONTENTS

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Gaging-station records--Continued Gaging-station records--Continued

Headwater Diversion Channel basin (Castor White River basin--Continued

and Whitewater Rivers) ................ 94 North Fork River near Tecumseh. ........ 108

Castor River at Zalma .................. 94 Bryant Creek near Tecumseh ............ 108

Mississippi River main stem................ 95 North Fork River at Tecumseh ........... 109

Mississippi River at Thebes, 111. ......... 95 Black River near Annapolis .............. 110

St. Francis River basin .................... 95 Black River at Leeper................... Ill

St. Francis River near Patterson ......... 95 Black River at Poplar Bluff .............. 112

Little River ditch 81 near Kennett. ........ 97 Jacks Fork at Eminence ................ 113

Little River ditch 1 near Kennett. ......... 97 Current River near Eminence ............ 115

Little River ditch 251 near Lilbourn....... 98 Current River at Van Buren.............. 116

Castor River at Aquilla .................. 99 Current River at Doniphan ............... 117

Little River ditch 1 near Morehouse ...... 99 Little Black River near Fairdealing....... 119

Little River ditch 251 near Kennett........ 100 Eleven Point River near Bardley ......... 119

Little River ditch 259 near Kennett........ 101 Arkansas River basin...................... 121

White River basin ......................... 102 Spring River near Waco ................. 121

White River at Beaver, Ark. ............. 102 Turkey Creek at Joplin ................... 122

James River below Battlefield ............ 103 Shoal Creek above Joplin ................ 122

Wilson Creek near Springfield ............ 104 Elk River near Tiff City ................. 124

James River at Galena................... 105 Peak discharges not previously listed .......... 125

White River near Reeds Spring ........... 106 Selected bibliography ......................... 126

White River at Forsyth .................. 107

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Figure 1. Location of hydrologic areas................................................................ 2

2. Variation of mean annual flood with drainage area in hydrologic areas 1-5. ...................... 3

3. Variation of mean annual flood with drainage area in hydrologic areas 6-8....................... 4

4. Variation of mean annual flood with drainage area on the main stems of the Black, Bourbeuse, Fox,

	Gasconade, Osage,and Weldon Rivers. .................................................. 5

5. Location of flood-frequency regions ........................................................ . 6

6. Frequency of annual floods, regions A-C, period 1921-52, and region D, period 1926-52 ......... 7

7. Relation of maximum to 50-year flood in region A ............................................. 8

8. Relation of maximum to 50-year flood in region B. ............................................ 9

9. Relation of maximum to 50-year flood in region C. ............................................ 10

10. Relation of maximum to 50-year flood in region D ............................................ 11

11. Mississippi River, variation of mean annual flood with distance (miles) above the Ohio River ...... 12

12. Frequency of annual floods, Mississippi River main stem from Thebes, 111., to Keokuk, Iowa,

	period 1861-1952..................................................................... 13

13. Missouri River, variation of mean annual flood with distance (miles) above mouth................ 14

14. Frequency of annual floods, Missouri River main stem below Omaha, Nebr. , period 1922-52. ..... 15

15. Principal surface features of Missouri ............................................. ......... 16

16. Homogeneity test graph .................................................................... 17

17. Determination of mean annual flood from a short-term record ......... ........................ 19

18. Location of gaging stations whose flood records are tabulated in this report. ..................... 19

19. Period of record of annual peaks at gaging stations ....................... .................... 20

TABLES

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Table 1. Partial-duration series, 1947-50............................................................ 17

2. Short-term gaging-station records used to delineate hydrologic area boundaries. ................. 18

3. Peak discharges not previously listed ....................................................... 125
FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY

By J. K Searcy

ABSTRACT

This report presents data on floods that have oc - 

curred in the State of Missouri. Flood data are necessary for the structural and economic design of 

structures built or enterprises conducted within flood 

plains. The flood data may best be used in the form of 

flood-frequency curves. Composite frequency curves 

were plotted that express the relation of mean annual 

floods to floods having recurrence intervals from 1. 1 

to 50 years. Other curves define the mean annual 

floods for separate portions of the State. By combining 

results from these two types of curves, a flood-frequency relation may be obtained for a site anywhere in 

the State, within the range of drainage area delimited 

by the data. The curves shown in this report were 

formulated by using records from all gaging stations 

in the region with 5 or more years of record.

INTRODUCTION

The proper design of dams, bridges, culverts, levees, highways, waterworks, sewage disposal plants, 

and all structures located on the flood plains of streams 

requires consideration of the flood hazard. The magnitude of floods at the site of the proposed structure becomes a major factor in the design of the structure or 

in flood protection that must be afforded the structure. 

The purpose of this report is to describe methods in 

detailed steps by which the frequency and magnitude of 

floods at any site in Missouri may be determined.

This report was prepared in cooperation with the 

State Highway Department of Missouri. The author 

was assisted in the computation and preparation of data 

by W. L. Doll, M. S. Petersen, and E. H. Sandhaus. 

Assistance and advice on the solution of the various 

problems were furnished by Tate Dalrymple and M. A. 

Benson.

The streamflow records used, unless otherwise 

noted, were collected by the U. S. Geological Survey 

in cooperation with the Missouri Geological Survey, the 

Corps of Engineers, and many other agencies and individuals who are given credit with the published data; 

streamflow records are published annually in the watersupply papers of the U. S. Geological Survey and have 

been compiled and published through 1949 by the Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources.

FLOOD-FREQUENCY DESIGN DATA

A knowledge of flood frequency will be especially 

helpful in the design of bridge openings, channel capacities, roadbed levels, levees, and other structure where 

cost must be balanced against flood damage or liabilities 

arising from failure and interruption of services. Drainage structures are seldom capable of passing the maximum flood that may occur. It is rarely economically

sound to provide for such unusual occurrences. Where 

economy alone governs design of a structure a choice 

exists in the magnitude of flood for which the structure 

is designed. The economical design balances cost of 

flood protection with flood damage. The selection of 

the flood to be considered in planning a structure, the 

"design flood, " is usually determined on the basis of 

some definite frequency of recurrence.

The Design Flood

Determining the recurrence interval of the design 

flood involves many considerations other than hydrologic factors that are beyond the scope of this report. 

However, once the recurrence interval of the design 

flood is decided on, its magnitude may be determined 

by the following procedure:

1. --Determine the drainage area of the stream 

above the site of the proposed structure.

2. --From figure 1 obtain the number of the hydrologic area in which the site is located.

3. --Determine the mean annual flood for the site 

from figures 2, 3, or 4.

4. --From figure 5 identify the flood-frequency 

region in which the site is located.

5. --From figure 6 determine the ratio to mean 

annual flood for the selected recurrence interval.

6. --Multiply the ratio to mean annual flood (step 5) 

by the mean annual flood (step 3) to obtain the designflood magnitude.

Caution must be exercised in predicting future 

events on the main stems of the Black, Osage, and 

St. Francis Rivers below the reservoirs on these 

streams. The data given herein are based on unregulated conditions.

Flood-Frequency Curve at the Site

A complete annual flood-frequency curve for the 

site of the proposed structure may be obtained by 

repeating steps 5 and 6 for various recurrence intervals. The frequency curve obtained in this manner is 

a better indication of the frequency of future floods at 

the site than a curve derived from streamflow records 

at the site alone. Flood data within a region have been 

combined in the regional flood-frequency curve and 

nontypical occurrences over a limited area are given 

little weight in defining the curve. The resulting 

composite curve does not always accurately define 

past history at a particular site but it furnishes a more
FLOODS IN MISSOURI

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curve based on the streamflow record at the site.

The annual-flood curve so obtained may be transformed into a partial-duration curve (see p. 11 ) by 

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Maximum Floods of Record

Many formulas have been derived and methods 

originated for computing a "maximum" flood to be 

expected at a given site. Various flood-estimating 

methods are discussed in Water-Supply Paper 771 

(Jarvis and others, 1936, p. 28-67) which contains an 

extensive bibliography relating to flood flow, intense 

rainfall, and flood frequency. More recent references 

are listed in the bibliography in this report.

One means of determining the "maximum" flood is 

the limiting-flood method described in the publication 

of the National Resources Committee (1938, p. 31). 

This method makes use of the maximum known floods 

at various stream-gaging stations without regard to 

frequency of the floods. When the region over which 

floods are compared is so large that it includes areas 

of dissimilar hydrologic characteristics the enveloping 

curve represents only the areas producing the greatest 

floods and may be grossly in error for other areas.

Figures 7-10 show how maximum known floods in 

each combination of hydrologic area (see fig. 1) and 

flood-frequency region (see fig. 5) compare with the 

corresponding flood of 50-year recurrence interval. 

These plots provide a rough means of judging the 

possible frequencies of the maximum flood. The points 

plotted in figures 7-10 in addition to the gaging stations 

records (p. 23) include miscellaneous flood measurements at sites other than gaging stations, and measurements of unusual floods at short-term gaging stations.

The Mississippi River

The flow of a stream at any point represents a combination of all factors that affect the rainfall-runoff 

relationship, modified by storage and other effects of 

the stream channel throughout its length. Large 

streams such as the Mississippi River do not belong 

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Figure 3. --Variation of mean annual flood with drainage area in hydrologic areas 6-8.

regions represented by the many tributaries. This 

necessitates separate treatment.

Figure 11 shows the variation of mean annual flood 

with river distance in miles above the Ohio River 

(Cairo). The variation in mean annual flood at the 

mouth of the Illinois and Des Moines Rivers was 

arbitrarily proportioned on basis of their respective 

drainage areas. Similar variations for the smaller 

tributaries are not warranted owing to the uncertainty 

of the drainage-area ratio assumption. Smaller 

tributaries usually reach a crest well before that of 

the main river and make a relatively small contribution 

to the crest discharge of the main stream. It will be 

noted that the mean annual flood decreases between 

Chester and Thebes although the drainage area is 

increased.

Figure 12 is a curve defining the relationship of 

peak discharges (expressed in terms of ratio to the 

mean annual flood) to frequency of occurrence. It 

applies to the main stem of the Mississippi River 

between Thebes, 111. , and Keokuk, Iowa.

The design flood for a site along the main stem of 

the Mississippi River is determined as follows:

1. Determine the river mile of the site from a 

Corps of Engineers navigation map, by measuring 

from a gage or tributary, or through other means.

2. Obtain the mean annual flood at the site from 

figure 11.
FLOOD-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

3. Determine the ratio to the mean annual flood for 

the selected frequency from figure 12.

4. Multiply the values from steps 2 and 3 to obtain 

the design flood.

The Missouri River

The discussion in the preceding section is applicable 

to the Missouri River main stem except that the variation 

in mean annual floods between main-stem gaging stations 

was distributed among the major tributaries in proportion 

to their mean annual floods (see fig. 13). A curve similar to that in figure 13, but based on drainage area, is 

found on page 227 of Water-Supply Paper 1139, KansasMissouri Floods of July 1951.

Figure 14 is a curve defining the relation of peak 

discharges (expressed in terms of ratio to the mean 

annual flood) to frequency of occurrence. The curve of 

figure 14 applies to the main stem of the Missouri River 

below Omaha, Nebr., and is the same curve as given 

on page 228 of Water-Supply Paper 1139 although the 

period of record and number of records used in deriving the two curves differ slightly.

The design flood for a site along the main stem of 

the Missouri River is determined as follows:

1. Determine the river mile of the site from a 

Corps of Engineers Navigation map, river mileage 

table, by measuring from a gage or tributary, or 

through other means.

2. Obtain the mean annual flood at the site from 

figure 13.

3. Determine the ratio to the mean annual flood 

for the selected frequency from figure 14.

4. Multiply the values from steps 2 and 3 to obtain 

the design flood.

FLOOD-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

The subject of flood frequencies has attracted many 

investigators and much literature on the subject is 

available. Unfortunately, the viewpoints and theories 

expressed have not always been consistent; nor is 

there uniformity of opinion today as to which is the 

best method. The method used in this report reflects 

the latest developments of a continuing study of the 

subject by engineers of the Water Resources Division, 

U. S. Geological Survey. There will undoubtedly be 

revisions in methods used herein as additional data 

become available. Certainly there will be changes in 

boundaries of the hydro logic areas and flood-frequency 

regions in the State of Missouri as additional information 

is gathered.

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FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Figure 5. --Location of flood-frequency regions.

A brief description of the State will aid the study 

of flood characteristics.

Description of the Area

Missouri has a total area of 69, 420 square miles 

and a mean altitude of 800 feet above mean sea level. 

The State is centrally located geographically and two 

of the major rivers of the country unite at St. Louis 

forming the lower half of the State's eastern boundary. 

The drainage area of the Mississippi River at Eads 

Bridge in St. Louis is more than 23 percent of the 

total area of continental United States.

Topography

Missouri has three distinct topographic divisions, 

shown on figure 15--in the north and west, a prairie; in 

the extreme southeast, a lowland; and between them, 

the Ozark Plateau.

The prairies. --The prairie section embraces 

nearly half of Missouri, including almost all of the area 

north of the Missouri River(shown as the Till Plains) 

and an appreciable part south of the river in the western 

part of the State (shown as the Cherokee Plains). The
FLOOD-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

plains north of the Missouri River were covered by 

two major glaciers and a third glacier entered 

Missouri from Illinois affecting only eastern St. 

Charles and St. Louis counties. The glaciers left a 

characteristic drainage pattern with narrow tributary 

drainage basins paralleling the long, narrow mainstem drainage basins until near their confluence. 

Altitude ranges from nearly 1, 200 feet above mean 

sea level in the extreme northwest and about 600 feet 

in the northeast, to about 900 feet along the southern 

border.

The Cherokee Plains in western Missouri is part 

of the Great Plains region. Many streams of this 

region have their origin in Kansas. The altitude of 

the Cherokee Plains in Missouri ranges from about 

800 to 1,000 feet above mean sea level.

Ozark Plateau. --The Ozark Plateau, with altitude 

ranging from 1, 000 feet to slightly more than 1, 600 

feet above mean sea level, includes about half of the 

State. The Plateau is thoroughly dissected in the 

southern part of the State, resulting in sharp ridges 

separating deeply embedded streams. Streams pass 

through deep, narrow valleys which at places contract 

into even narrower gorges known locally as "shut-ins" 

Many large springs are found in this area, and their 

recharge areas often serve to absorb storm rainfall 

and reduce flood discharges. This is particularly 

noticeable in the Eleven Point River basin.

Rivers with wide headwater drainage basins and 

narrow downstream basins are common. Such drainage 

basin shapes at times result in flood crests that decrease in magnitude proceeding downstream in the 

narrow portion of the basin.

The Salem and Springfield Plateaus, subdivisions of 

the Ozark Plateau, are relatively level except in the 

immediate vicinity of the streams.

The St. Francois Mountains are a distinct area of 

rounded granite and porphyry ridges and knobs. The 

highest point in the State, Taum Sauk Mountain, altitude 

1, 772 feet, is in this area.

Southeast lowlands. --The southeast lowlands is a 

flat region of about 3, 000 square miles located in the 

extreme southeastern corner of the State. Altitude 

ranges from 230 to 300 feet above mean sea level over 

most of the area. Crowleys Ridge, about 500 feet above 

mean sea level, lies diagonally across the area. The 

region was once largely swampland but drainage has 

converted the area into excellent farmland.

Climate

Missouri's climate is essentially the continental type. 

Annual precipitation ranges from slightly over 50 inches 

in the southeast lowlands to 32 inches in the extreme

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northwest. On the average about 42 percent of the 

precipitation occurs during the period May to August 

inclusive.

The State's total seasonal snowfall from year to 

year ranges from 5 to nearly 40 inches and averages 

about 18 inches. Snowfall seldom plays an important 

part in the occurrence of floods in Missouri.

Summer rainfall frequently occurs as thundershowers 

which are occasionally severe. Occasionally more than 

10 inches of rainfall has been recorded in 24 consecutive 

hours. A total of 12 inches of rain fell in 42 minutes 

at Holt, Mo., on June 22, 1947. The Holt, Mo., storm 

ranks as the most severe 42-minute rainfall known.

The highest recorded runoff per square mile in 

Missouri was 3, 060 cfs from an area of 0. 622 square 

mile, near Rolla, Mo. , on June 9, 1950. Possibly 

higher runoff has gone unobserved.

Analysis of Flood Data

Gaging-station records 5 or more years in length 

are of value in flood-frequency analyses. The records 

of the 104 stream-gaging stations in Missouri were 

used. In addition to these (page 23), 3 gaging-station 

records in Arkansas, 5 in Iowa, 3 in Kansas, and 1 in 

Oklahoma were used to obtain proper coverage within 

the State and along its boundary.

Flood Frequency at a Gaging Station

Value. --The flood-frequency curve derived from 

records at a gaging-station site was once considered 

best for use in designing at or near the site. Now a 

frequency curve based on regional characteristics is

believed to be superior to a frequency curve based 

only on the floods at a particular site. Exceptions 

would be a few isolated stations on large streams or 

stations on streams with characteristics radically 

different from those of adjacent streams.

The issue may be clarified somewhat by assuming 

that the life expectancy is desired of a newly born 

individual belonging to a group of people, closely allied 

by race, relationship, and environment. The ages at 

death of a recent generation are available. The extremes 

of the group are a child who died on its second day and 

a man who died at 104 years of age. One would hardly 

consider basing the life expectancy of the infant on 

either the child who died on the second day or the man 

who lived for 104 years. However, the experience of 

both extremes should be considered with the group 

experience in arriving at the infant's life expectancy. 

In addition, individuals with characteristics differing 

greatly from the group would be excluded from the 

computations.

The flood history at a particular site is an accurate 

record of what has happened at the site. It could be a 

poor basis for predicting what will happen at the site 

if the past record is not typical.

Flood-frequency curves for individual stations are 

necessary in deriving the regional curve, and their 

study is basic for an understanding of flood-frequency 

analysis.

Types of flood series. --Flood series are of two 

types, th« annual-flood series and the partial-duration 

series. The latter is often termed "floods above a 

base."

The annual-flood series consists of the highest 

momentary peak discharge in each water year of station 

record. This type of series is a complete duration
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several methods of which Gumbel's (Gumbel 1945) 

method is an example. The annual-flood series has 

the disadvantage that when several high floods occur 

in the same water year, some floods higher than many 

annual floods are disregarded.

The partial-duration series overcomes the objection 

of not considering all high floods by listing all floods 

above a given discharge (termed the base). The base 

selected is such that in general 3 floods per year will 

exceed the base. Some water years will have no floods 

above the base. Thus the partial-duration series is 

discontinuous and ^s not susceptible to rigorous 

mathematical analysis. Another disadvantage of the 

partial-duration series is the dependence of some 

floods. One flood will at times set the stage for another, 

so that arbitrary rules must be set up for selecting peaks 

to be included. Peaks for partial-duration for many

stations are published in the annual water-supply 

papers.

The two types give almost identical results for 

intervals greater than about 10 years. As most designs 

are for intervals greater than 10 years, there remains 

little practical difference in choice between types. The 

simplicity of the annual-flood series makes its use 

attractive. The frequency curve for the annual-flood 

series maybe converted to a partial-duration curve 

by the methods described on page 3 .

Although the two types of curves give essentially 

the same results for larger recurrence intervals there 

remains the distinction that the annual series gives the 

interval with which a flood of a given magnitude will 

occur as an annual flood while the partial-duration 

series gives the interval with which a flood will recur 

without regard to flood type.
FLOOD-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS 13

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1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5

RECURRENCE INTERVAL. IN YEARS

Figure 12. Frequency of annual floods, Mississippi River main stem from Thebes, 111., to Keokuk,

Iowa, period 1861-1952.

This distinction suggests different uses for the two 

series. For design floods with recurrence intervals 

greater than 10 years the annual-flood series may be 

used. The partial-duration series might be used for 

studies of damages involving low frequencies, for determining how often a road will be inundated, for design of temporary cofferdams, and similar uses involving quickly repaired structures.

Plotting positions. --Floods are tabulated for either 

or both types of flood series by assigning an order 

number to each flood representing its relative rank, 

beginning with no. 1 for the highest flood.

Plotting positions (recurrence intervals) for each flood 

are computed by the formula (N + 1) /M, where N is 

the number of years of record and Mis the order 

number beginning with the highest as 1.

Only complete years of peak-flow record should be 

used, but historical flood data may be used to advantage. The highest annual flood may be known for some 

years during which the record is not complete for use 

in the partial-duration series.

Historical data. --Outstanding floods occurring 

prior to the beginning of records should be plotted in 

the same manner as floods of record, using for Nthe 

number of years during which the historical floods are 

known to be the greatest. The no. 1 flood during the 

period of record may be considered as the no. 2 flood 

for the longer historical period provided no flood between the no. 1 historical flood and beginning of record 

exceeded the no. 1 flood of record. However, the no.l 

historical flood may be lower than the no. 1 flood of 

record and become the no. 2 flood for the historical 

period. In such a case no. 1 flood of record would 

also be the no. 1 flood for the historical period. Several 

historical floods may be used when they are known to 

be higher than all other floods during the historical 

period.

In order to take full advantage of historical floods 

research is necessary to avoid errors from omission 

of floods during the period between historical data and 

beginning of records. A long gage-height record at 

the gaging-station site is of great value in the study of 

historical floods. Care must be exercised in assigning 

discharge values to historical flood heights because of 

possible changes in condition of the stream near the 

gaging-station site.

Fitting frequency graphs. --The choice of graduations 

on flood-frequency charts is of little importance. However, the chart based on the theory of e'xtreme values 

(Powell, 1943) has many advantages. Flood discharges 

plotted on this chart approximate a straight-line graph 

for many stations. Figure 6 is plotted on this type of 

chart.

After the floods are plotted a curve must be fitted 

to the data. The short length of most streamflow 

records and inherent inaccuracies of small samples 

do not warrant the effort of analytical curve fitting. 

The curves used in this report were fitted by inspection, 

giving greatest weight to position of points along the 

lower and middle portions of the frequency curve. The 

computed recurrence intervals for the-greater floods 

rarely equal their actual recurrence interval. Thus 

little weight should be given the position of high points 

that lie far above the trend of the more accurately defined lower and middle portions of the frequency curve.

Regional Flood-Frequency Curves

The major portion of the State's streamflow records do not exceed 31 years in length. This does not 

satisfy the demand for estimates of long-term floods. 

Extrapolation of individual frequency curves may be 

dangerous as the linear distance from 25 to 200 years 

seems very short on the frequency chart. The fitted
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curve, although it may approach a straight linef contains errors inherent in small-sample random observations .

Frequency curves from gaging stations located on 

adjacent streams or at nearby sites on the same stream, 

may differ in slope when one station includes, by chance, 

extremely high or low peaks not included in the other 

station record. Frequency curves differing in slope, 

when extended to a 100 or 200-year frequency, give 

divergent results and no criteria exist for selecting 

the correct curve.

The use of a flood-frequency curve for a gagingstation site is questionable even in the vicinity of the 

gaging station. The need for flood-frequency data at 

ungaged sites cannot be met with point data.

The disadvantages of individual flood-frequency curves 

for gaging-station sites led to investigation of the feasibility of combining flood data of individual sites and relating the flood-frequency function to measurable characteristics of drainage basins. In the first instance, 

the large sampling errors would be reduced and in the 

second, data would gain regional significance and
FLOOD-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS 15

1.01 I I 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40 50 100

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Figure 14.--Frequency of annual floods, Missouri River main stem below Omaha, Nebr.,period 1922-52.

become applicable to ungaged areas. A flood-frequency 

graph based on the combined experience of a group of 

stations has firmer support than one drawn to fit data 

at a single station.

Requirements for combining records. --Before flood - 

frequency records at different sites may be combined, 

they must represent the same period of time and be 

taken from a region having essentially the same floodfrequency characteristics. In order to establish regional relationships, some index of the flood flow must 

be related to measurable characteristics of the drainage 

basin.

Mean annual flood. --The mean of the annual flood 

peaks has been found descriptive of a drainage basin's 

flood characteristics and good index of the geographical 

variation of flood flow. The mean annual flood may be 

defined by a relatively short period of record, thus 

increasing the fund of data available for flood-frequency 

study.

The graphical mean is more stable and reliable than 

the arithmetic mean for flood-frequency studies because 

a flood, of high frequency within a short period of record 

will unduly influence the arithmetic mean. The graphical mean of a station with more than 5 years of record 

is determined by plotting a flood-frequency curve for 

the gaging station. The graphical mean annual flood 

is taken as the intersection of the graphically fitted 

flood-frequency curve and the 2. 33-year recurrence 

interval line, based on the theory of extreme values, 

(Gumbel, 1945).

Computation of comparable means. --In order that 

the mean annual floods be comparable, the gagingstation records must represent the natural streamflow 

for the same period. For this study, the period October 1, 1921, to September 30, 1952, was selected 

as the base period for the majority of records. When 

gaging-station records did not extend over the base 

period, annual peaks were correlated with those of a 

nearby station and the record extended to the base 

period with computed annual peaks. The computed 

figures were used only for the purpose of assigning 

order numbers to the actual peaks of record. Certain 

records, like those of the Osage River near Bagnell, 

were corrected for storage in the reservoir above the 

station before they could be compared with the natural 

flow of other streams.

Annual peaks for the base period were assigned order 

numbers, a flood-frequency curve was plotted for each 

gaging station, and the graphical mean annual flood 

was determined.

Test for homogeneity of records. --Before a group 

of station records are combined, a test of homogeneity 

is necessary to insure that all records are selected 

from a region with uniform flood-frequency characteristics. The test involves determining whether 

differences in slopes of individual frequency curves 

are greater than might occur by chance in random 

sampling.

The slope of the frequency curve is expressed by 

the ratio of the 10-year flood to the mean annual flood.
16 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

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Figure 15.--Principal surface features of Missouri.

Ratios are averaged to obtain the mean ratio of the 

region. Each mean annual flood is multiplied by the 

average 10-year ratio and the recurrence interval 

determined for this value from the station frequency 

curve. The recurrence interval thus obtained is 

plotted against the number of years of effective record 

on the test graph shown in figure 16. The number of 

years of effective record equals the number of years 

of actual record plus one-half the number of years of 

computed record. If the points for all stations are 

distributed normally between the two curves, the 

region is homogeneous. Points lying outside the 

curves indicate gaging stations belonging to other 

flood-frequency regions.

Flood-frequency regions. --The flood-frequency 

regions (see fig. 5) are determined by plotting the 

10-year ratios at the gaging-station locations on a map 

of the State. Tentative regional boundaries are drawn 

and the homogeneity test described in the preceding 

paragraph is repeated until sufficient refinement in 

location of regional boundaries is achieved.

The ratios for floods of each order number to the 

mean annual flood are tabulated for each station within 

the region. Computed values of annual floods are not 

used although they were used to obtain the correct order 

number of recorded floods when station records were 

extended to the base period.

The median ratio for each order number is determined1 

and plotted against the recurrence interval for that order 

number based on the length of the base period. The resulting flood-frequency curves are shown in figure 6. 

Similar curves for the Osage, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers do not fit curves for the region through 

which they flow.

Hydrologic areas. --Figure 6 provides a regional 

frequency curve for each lettered region of figure 5. 

The task remains of relating the mean annual flood to 

some measurable property of the drainage basin. The 

most,important feature of a drainage basin is its area. 

The drainage area proves to be the only feature necessary 

to consider in subdividing Missouri into hydrologic 

areas.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 17

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Figure 16.--Homogeneity test graph.

Hydro logic areas, shown in figure 1, are determined 

by trial. Each area contains those stations that lie on 

the same relationship curve shown in figures 2 and 3. 

A statistical test similar to the homogeneity test (see 

fig. 16) is used to check any station within an area that 

does not plot closely to its area curve. Adjustments in 

hydrologic area boundaries are made when indicated by 

the test.

Owing to habitually lower downstream flood crests 

on some of the larger streams, downstream gaging 

stations did not plot on the curve with upstream stations. 

Such streams were plotted on the individual curves on 

figure 4. Individual curves were also necessary for the 

Mississippi and Missouri Rivers (see figures 11 and 13).

Crest-stage-gage program. --The hydrologic areas 

were determined from station records tabulated in 

p. 23-124, supplemented by records of other gaging 

stations with four or more years of record through 

September 30, 1953. In some instances, boundaries 

of the hydrologic areas are poorly defined. Some of 

the curves showing the variation of mean annual flood 

with drainage area are not defined at the lower end. 

Both of these faults will be corrected by a crest-stagegage program recently initiated in cooperation with the 

Missouri State Highway Department. I: addition to 

extending flood-frequency data, the crest-stage indicator offers a means of improving the accuracy of the 

stage-discharge relation at the site of a proposed 

structure, and, if necessary, a means of determining

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the mean annual flood with only a short record. Where 

structures are scheduled a few years in advance of design and construction a crest-stage indicator might be 

installed at the structure site.

The procedure for determining the mean annual 

flood from short-term records is best explained by an 

example. Assume the gaging station at Niangua River 

near Decaturville was operated only for the 4 water 

years 1947-50. A long-term record, Pomme de Terre River 

at Hermitage, is available for correlation with the 

short-term record. Proceed as follows:

1. List all peaks above the base (partial-duration 

series) for the period of record common to the two 

stations.

2. Arrange the peaks at each station in descending 

magnitude and number them beginning with no. 1 for 

the highest flood (see table 1).

3. Plot the peaks with corresponding order numbers 

against each other, (see figure 17) and draw a line to 

average the points.

4. 'Enter the plot (figure 17) with the mean annual 

flood of the long-term station and read the corresponding 

mean annual flood for the short-term station.

Table 1. --Partial-duration series, water years 1947-50. 

Order Short-term station Long-term station

29,000

20,700

17,200

17,200

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10,800

10,300

10,100

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35,800

22,700

19,100

18,900

16,000

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14,100

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In the above example the mean annual flood of Pomme 

de Terre River at Hermitage for the period 1921-52 is 

22, 000 cfs. The mean annual flood of Niangua Ri^er 

near Decaturville determined from figure 15 is 15, 600 

cfs, as compared with 15, 500 cfs, the actual mean annual 

flood for period 1921-50.

GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Records Available

The location of gaging stations tabulated in this 

section are shown on figure 18. The identifying numbers 

in figure 18 are shown next to the station names on bar 

graphs of figure 19 and in the station descriptions on 

p. 23-124. In addition to records contained in this 

section, records in other states located near the Missouri boundary were used to extend flood-frequency 

data along the State border.

The existing gaging-station records in the State of 

Missouri not used in this report and reasons therefore 

are listed as follows [records too short unless otherwise 

noted]:

Mississippi River at Louisiana

a./ North Fork South Fabius River at Edina

a./ Little Fabius River near Edina

a/ Bear Creek near Hannibal
18 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

a/ Crooked Creek near Shelbina

b_/ Davis Creek near Mexico

a/ Long Branch near Paris

a/ Spencer Creek near Frankfdrd

b_/ Peno Creek at Frankford

b/ West Fork Cuivre River near Laddonia

Mill Creek at Oregon

Jenkins Branch at Gower

East Fork Fishing River at Excelsior Springs

Medicine Creek near Sturges

Mussel Fork near Musselfork

Shiloh Branch near Marshall

Little Osage River at Stotesbury

Sac River near Collins

Little Sac River near Springfield

Pomme de Terre River near Bolivar

Niangua Branch at Marshfield 

£/ Osage River near St. Thomas 

d_/ Missouri River at Bonnots Mill

Missouri River at Isbell

Rumbo Branch at Danville

Missouri River at Ruegg

Meramec River near St. James 

a/ Dry Fork near St. James 

a/ HuzzahCreek at Dillard 

a/ Courtois Creek at Berryman

Lanes Fork near Rolla

Big River near DeSoto

St. Francis River near Bis mark

Wolf Creek near Farmington

Doe Run Creek near Knob Lick

St. Francis River near Roselle

Stouts Creek at Arcadia

Little Francis River at Fredericktown

Twelve-mile Creek at Zion

Cedar Creek at Coldwater

Big Creek at Des Arc

Clark Creek at Patterson

Otter Creek at Taskee 

£/ St. Francis River at Wappapello 

£/ St. Francis River at Fisk

Little River ditch 81 at Kirk

Little River ditch 1 at Kirk

Little River ditch 66 at Kirk

White River near Branson

Cane Creek at Harviell

Eleven Point River near Thomasville

Stahl Creek near Miller

Lost Creek at Seneca

a/ Fragmentary.

b_/ Partially fragmentary; continuous record

too short. 

c_/ Regulated. 

d_/ Short record too near other stations on

same stream. 

e_/ All peak flow not measured.

The short-term gaging-station records used to help 

delineate hydrologic area boundaries are listed in 

table 2.

Table 2. --Short-term gaging-station records in 

Missouri used to delineate hydrologic area 

boundaries.

Drainage 

Gaging station area

{sq mi)

Beaver Creek near Rolla ------ 14.0

Behmke Branch near Rolla ----- 1.05

Big Creek near Yukon --------- 8.36

Bourbeuse River near St. James 21.3

Coyle Branch at Houston ------- 1.10

Crooked River near Richmond -- 159

Green Acre Branch near Rolla-- . 622

Lanes Fork near Vichy -------- 24. 1

Little Beaver Creeknear Rolla-- 6.41

Little Blue River near Lake City- 184

Loutre River at Mineola -------202

Maries River at Westphalia ----257

Moniteau Creek near Fayette --- 81

Moreau River near Jefferson

City 531

Petite Saline Creek near

Boonville ------------------ 182

Wakenda Creek at Carrollton --- 248

White Cloud Creek near

Maryville -- - 6.06

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Explanation of Data

The data for each gaging station consists of a location paragraph giving the most recent location of the 

gage; the drainage area above the station; a history of 

the gage as it affects flood heights (minor changes in 

location are not mentioned); a statement of the permanence of the stage-discharge relation; the generally 

accepted flood stage (where the flood stages used by 

various agencies may differ, the U. S. Weather Bureau 

flood stage is given followed by their name); historical 

data in addition to that listed in the peak discharge 

tabulation; pertinent remarks, including the base for 

the partial-duration series of peaks.

The flood stage is normally the gage height at which 

the river overtops one or both of its banks in the vicinity 

of the gage and begins to inundate the surrounding land. 

Another definition, closely associated with this one, is 

that the flood stage is that stage at which flood damage 

begins. The stage is determined by field observations; 

minor flooding of unimportant low areas adjacent to the 

stream is often not considered in arriving at the flood 

stage.

No differentiation between annual peaks and peaks 

for partial-duration series is made in the tabulation. Annual 

peaks below the base must be eliminated before using 

the tabulation for partial-duration studies. A footnote 

marks these years with incomplete records which may 

not be used in the partial-duration series.
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Figure 18. --Location of gaging stations whose flood records are tabulated in this report.
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INDEX NUMBER

1 

2 

3

4 

5 

6 

7 

8

9 

10

11

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19

20 

21 

22 

23

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26 

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28 

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30 

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34 

35 

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38 

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44 

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46 

47 

48

GAGING STATION

Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa 

Fox River basin; 

Fox River at Wayland, Mo. 

Wyaconda River basin; 

Wyaconda River above Canton, Mo. 

Fabius River basin; 

North Fabius River at Monticello, Mo. 

Middle Fabius River near Baring, Mo. 

Middle Fabius River near Monticello, Mo. 

North Fabius River at Taylor, Wo. 

South Fabius River at Taylor, Mo. 

North River basin : 

North River at Bethel, Mo. 

North River.at Palmyra, Mo. 

Bear Creek basin: 

Bear Creek at Kaimibal, Mo.

Salt River basin : 

Salt River near Shelbina, Mo. 

Salt River near Hunnewell, Mo. 

South Fork Salt River at Santa Fe, Mo. 

Youngs Creek near Mexico, Mo. 

Middle Fork Salt River at Paris, Mo. 

Elk Fork Salt River near Paris, Mo. 

Salt River near Monroe City, Mo. 

Salt River near New London, Mo. 

Cuivre River basin; 

Cuivre River near Troy, Mo. 

Mississippi River at Alton, 111. 

Missouri River at Omaha, Nebr. 

Missouri River at Nebraska City, Nebr. 

Tarkio River basin : 

West Tarkio Creek near Westboro, Mo. 

Tarkio River at Fairfax, Mo. 

Nodaway River basin: 

Nodaway River near Burlington Junction, 

Missouri River at St. Joseph, Mo. 

Platte River basin: 

Platte River at Conception Junction, Mo. 

One Hundred and Two River near Maryville, . 

Platte River near Agency, Mo. 

Missouri River at Kansas City, Mo. 

Blue River basin : 

Blue River near Kansas City, Mo. 

Missouri River at Waverly, Mo. 

Grand River basin : 

East Fork Big Creek near Bethany, Mo. 

Grand River near Gallatin, Mo. 

Weldon River near Mercer, Mo. 

Weldon River at Mill Grove, Mo. 

Thompson River at Trenton, Mo. 

Medicine Creek near Gait, Mo. 

Locust Creek near Milan, Mo. 

Locust Creek near Linneus, Mo. 

Grand River near Sumner, Mo. 

Yellow Creek near Rothville, Mo. 

Chariton River basin: 

Chariton River at Novinger, Mo. 

Chariton River near Keytesville, Mo. 

Lamine River basin; 

Lamine River at Clifton City, Mo. 

Blackwater River at Blue Lick, Mo. 

Missouri River at Boonville, JVo.

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400 

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185 

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620

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356 

262 

2,230 

2,480

903 

171,500 

322,800 

414,400

105 

508

1,240 

424,300

492 

500 

1,760 

489,200

188 

491,200

95 

2,250 

246 

494 

1,670 

225 

225 

550 

6,880 

405

1,370 

1,950

598 

1,120 

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7,000 .

6,500 .

9,000 . 

5,200 .

7,900 .

12,000 .

8,000 .

2,000 .

11,500 .

3,600

7,400

8,500 .

8,500 .

2,920

5,500 .

8,200 .

29,000

30,000 

28,400 .

275,000 

146,000 .

150,000 -

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8,200 

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10,500 .

7,200 _ 

15,000 .

200,000 

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27,000 .

10,000 

9,600 .

22,000 .

6,700 

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GAGING-STATION RECORDS 21

INDEX NUMBER

49 

50 

51 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 

62 

63 

64

65 

66 

67 

66 

69 

70 

71 

72

73 

74

75 

76 

77 

78 

79 

60 

81 

82

83 

84 

65 

66 

67 

68 

89 

90 

91 

92 

93 

94 

95 

96 

97 

96 

99 

100

101 

102 

103 

104

GAGING STATION

Osage River basin: 

Sac River near Stockton, Mo. 

Cedar Creek near Pleasant View, Mo. 

Osage River at Osceola, Mo. 

Pomme de Terre River at Hermitage, Mo. 

South Grand River near Brownington, Mo. 

Osage River at Warsaw, Mo. 

Niangua River near Decaturville, Mo. 

Osage River near Bagnell, Mo. 

Gasconade River basin; 

Gasconade River near Hazlegreen, Mo. 

Gasconade River near \Vaynesville, Mo. 

Big Piney River near Big Piney, Mo. 

Little Piney Creek at Newburg, Mo. 

Gasconade River at Jerome, Mo. 

Gasconade River near Rich Fountain, Mo. 

Missouri River at Hermann, Mo. 

Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo. 

Meramec River basin 

Meramec River near Steelville, Wo. 

Meramec River near Sullivan, Mo. 

Bourbeuse River near Spring Bluff, Mo. 

Bourbeuse River at Union, Mo. 

Meramec River at Robertsville, Mo. 

Big River at Byrnesville, Mo. 

Meramec River near Eureka, Mo. 

Mississippi River at Chester, 111. 

Headwater Diversion Channel basinj 

Castor River at Zalma, Mo. 

Mississippi River at Thebes, 111. 

St. Francis River basin; 

St. Francis River near Patterson, Mo. 

Little River ditch 81 near Kennett, Mo. 

Little River ditch 1 near Kennett, Mo. 

Little River ditch 251 near Lilbourn, Mo. 

Castor River at Aquilla, Mo. 

Little River ditch 1 near Morehouse, Mo. 

Little River ditch 251 near Kennett, Mo. 

Little River ditch 259 near Kennett, Mo. 

White River basin; 

White River at Beaver, Ark. 

James River below Battlefield, Mo. 

Wilson Creek near Springfield, Mo. 

James River at Galena, Mo. 

White River near Reeds Spring, Mo. 

White River at Forsyth, Mo. 

North Fork River near Tecumseh, Mo. 

Bryant Creek near Tecumseh, Mo. 

North Fork River near Tecumseh, Mo. 

Black River near Annapolis, Mo. 

Black River at Leeper, Mo. 

Black River at Poplar Bluff, Mo. 

Jacks Fork at Eminence, Mo. 

Current River near Eminence, Mo. 

Current River at Van Buren, Mo. 

Current River at Doniphan, Mo. 

Little Black River near Fairdealing, Mo. 

Eleven Point River near Bardley, Mo. 

Arkansas River basin;. 

Spring River near Waco, Mo. 

Turkey Creek at Joplin, Mo. 

Shoal Creek above Joplin, Mo. 

Elk River near Tiff City, Mo.

DRAINAGE 

AREA 

(sq mi)

1,160 

420 

8,220 

655 

1,660 

1 1,500 

627 

14,000

1,250 

1,680 

560 

200 

2,840 

3,180 

528200 

701,000

781 

1,475 

608 

808 

2,673 

917 

3,788 

712,600

423 

7 17,200

956

1 1 1 

235 

235 

175 

450 

883 

89

1,238 

328 

19.4 

987 

3,617 

4,544 

561 

570 

1,157 

484 

957 

1,245 

398 

1,272 

1,667 

2,038 

187 

793

1,164 

33 

410 

872

MEAN 

ANNUAL 

FLOOD 

(cfs)

26,500 . 

1 3,000 

48,000

22,000 . 

16,000 . 

67,000 

15,500 .

97,000 .

25,000 

25000 _ 

1 2,300 

8,300 .

35,000 

34,000 

3 5 0,0 0 0 . 

5 4 4,0 0 0 .

20,200 . 

22,800 .

19,000 .

14,600 . 

36,000 

17,000 .

40,000 . 

585,000

12,500 .

5 7 0,0 0 0 .

34,000 .

2,000 

4,600 .

2,320 .

2,350

5,600 .

9,700 

1,580

36,000 .

10,200 

1,1 00 

2 1,500

55,000 . 

63,000 

1 1,200

14,700

23,000

22,000 

28,000 

16,000 .

1 1,000 

25,000 

27,500 

30,000

8,800

1 1,000 

2 0,0 0 0

1,350

16,000

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22 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

The peaks are arranged by the water year, which 

ends September 30 and begins October 1 of the preceding 

year. A break in record is indicated by a line in the 

water-year column alone.

Gage heights are given in the tabulation for their 

own value. They represent the water level, in feet, 

above an arbitrary datum (gage zero) which is referred 

to local benchmarks at the gaging station. Where known, 

the elevation of this arbitrary datum above mean sea 

level is given in the station description. Changes in 

datum are noted in the station description, and are 

indicated in the tabulation of annual floods by a line 

across the gage-height column. A change in location 

of the gage of sufficient magnitude to affect the stagedischarge relation is shown by a full line between two 

items in the flood listing. Gage heights affected by 

ice or backwater are shown without the corresponding

discharge where the discharge corresponding to the 

gage height under normal conditions would have exceeded the base discharge.

Peak discharges unless otherwise noted are the 

instantaneous peaks in cubic feet per second (cfs). In 

a few instances, principally older records or records 

furnished by other agencies, data was not available for 

determining instantaneous peak discharges. In those 

cases, the maximum daily discharge is given with an 

appropriate note.

Each annual surface water supply report of the 

Geological Survey contains an explanation of the computation of streamflow data. Additional information 

may be found in standard texts and Water-Supply Paper 

888V entitled Stream-gaging procedure.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Mississippi River main stem 

(l) Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa

Location. Lat 40°23'35", long 91°22'25", in tailwater at dam and power plant of Union Electric 

Power Co. at Keokuk, 2.8 miles upstream from Des Moines River, and 364.2 miles upstream from 

Ohio River,.

Drainage area. 119,000 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Jan. 1, 1878, to May 1913 at site 8 miles upstream from present gage 

and at datum 19.10 ft higher. Recording gage since May 1913 at present site; datum of gage 

is 477.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers) and 477.34 

ft above mean gulf level.

Stage-discharge relation. Since 1913, discharge computed from records of operation of turbines 

in power plant and spillway gates in dam.

Flood stage.--12 ft.

Historical data. Flood of June 6, 1851, reached a stage of 21.0 ft present site and datum; 

estimated at 13.5 ft former site and datum.

Remarks.--Keokuk dam completed in 1913. Records January 1878 to September 1932 from report of 

Iowa State Planning Board; since October 1932 furnished by Union Electric Power Co. Only 

annual peaks are shown.

23

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1851

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

Date

June 6, 1851

June 11, 1878

June 2,3, 1879

June 29, 1880

Apr .23,2 4, 1881

Oct. 31, and

Nov. 1, 1881

May 18, 1883

Apr. 1, 1884

Oct. 9, 13, 1884

May 6, 1886

May 4, 1887

May 18, 1888

Apr. 20, And 

June 8, 18, 188'9

July 1, 1890

May 3, 1891

June 29, 1892

May 15-17, 1893

June 4, 1894

Mar. 11, 1895

Gage 

height 

(feet)

--

--

--

__

__

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

__

--

Discharge* 

(cfs)

360,000

150,000

110,000

271,000

241,000

293,000

201,000

236,000

170,000

212,000

156,000

314,000

84,200

178,000

141,000

306,000

203,000

158,000

59,200

Water 

year

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

Date

June 3, 1896

Apr. 28,29,1897

Mar. 20, 1898

June 29, 1899

Apr. 5, 6, 1900

Mar. 24-26,1901

July 21,22, 1902

June 6, 1903

Oct. 7, 1903

June 10, 1905

Apr .26-28, 1906

Apr .17, 18, 1907

June 9, 1908

May 5-7, 1909

- Mar. 20-23, 1910

Feb. 21, 1911

Apr. 6, 7, 1912

Mar. 29, 1913

June 24, 1914

Feb. 28, 1915

Gage 

height 

(feet)

--

--

--

--

--

--

_-

--

--

--

--

--

Discharge* 

(cfs)

161,000

230,000

108,000

159,000

124,000

150,000

181,000

270,000

186,000

212,000

192,000

178,000

178,000

181,000

124,000

156,000

220,000

169,000

122,000

142,000
24 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Mississippi River main stem 

(l) Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa--Continued

Annual peak stages and discharges -^Continued

Water 

year

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

Date

May 9, 1916

June 17, 1917

June 12, 1918

May 8, 1919

Apr. 10,11, 1920

May 12,13, 1921

Apr. 24, 25, 1922

Apr. 9, 10, 1923

Apr. 24, 25, 192 4

June 23, 1925

Sept. 28, 1926

Apr. 3, 1927

Apr. 12, 1928

Mar. 23, 1929

June 18,- 1930

July 4, 1931

Apr. 24,25, 1932

Apr. 9, 1933

Apr. 22, 1934

Gage 

height 

(feet)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Discharge* 

(cfs)

213,000

163,000

192,000

205,000

230,000

108,000

240,000

148,000

160,000

112,000

146,000

175,000

150,000

247,000

163,000

52 , 500

106,000

160,000

83,500

Water 

year

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 11,12, 1935

Apr.9,D, 1936

Mar. 10, 1937

Sept. 26, 1938

Oct. 1, 1938

Apr. 19, 1940

Apr. 27, 1941

June 16, 1942

Apr. 18, 1943

May 27, 1944

Mar. 26, 1945

Jan. 11, 1946

June 21, 1947

Mar. 23, 1948

Mar. 12, 1949

Apr. 25,26, 1950

Apr. 29, 1951

Apr. 27, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Discharge* 

(cfs)

138,000

148,000

190,000

193,800

159,100

81,700

154,400

200,900

174,000

254,500

203,300

223,300

245,700

233,600

150,700

175,900

265,100

253,800

* Mean daily discharges.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 25 

Fox River basin

(2) Fox River at Wayland, Mo. 

[Published as "near Wayland" prior to 1930]

;;LaSfr 4? 025' 4r' 1 ?2f 91 ° 35 ' 50 "> ln NW^ ^C . 31, T. 65 N., R. 6 W., 90 ft downstream from 

on State Highway 136, three-quarters of a mile west of Wayland, and 5 miles downstream 

from Brush Creek.

Drainage area.--400 sq mi, approximately; 392 sq mi prior to Oct. 1, 1929.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Feb. 22, 1922, to June 11, 1936; recording gage therafter. Prior to

Uct. 1, 1929, at site 2.8 miles upstream from present gage at different datum; datum of present 

gage is 501.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; frequent shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of July 1909 reached a stage of 21.4 ft at present site, prior to construction of highway fill at present site in 1928.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 4,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

Date

July 12, 1922

Mar. 16, 1923

Aug. 6, 7,9,1924

Apr. 26, 1925

Sept. 10, 1926

Sept. 17, 1926

Oct. 2, 1926

Apr. 20, 1927

May 25, 1927

June 5, 1927

June 13, 1927

Oct. 1, 1927

Oct. 12, 1927

Feb. 8, 1928

June 19, 1928 

July 5, 1928

Sept. 12, 1928

Nov. 18, 1928

Mar. 1, 1929

Mar. 14, 1929

Apr. 21, 1929

Apr. 25, 1929

June 3, 1939

July 15, 1929

June 16, 1930

Apr. 21, 1931

June 7, 1931

Nov. 24, 1931

Jan. 2, 1932

Dec. 24, 1932

Jan. 19, 1933

May 12, 1933

June 29, 1933

Apr. 5, 1934

June 2, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Gage

height 

(feet)

11.00

9.75

13.32

14.9

14.60

17.50

17.90

18.30

16.12

16.00

15.55

19.10

15.10

14.56

17.70 

15.00

15.95

20.0

a 15. 00

15.80

18.80

17.60

17.00

15.40

14.16

17.20

18.35

16.85

16.74

15.22

17.00

17.13

21.53

10.92

19.38

17.65

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,400

1,980

3,250

3,760

4,160

6,570

6,900

7,300

5,240

5,150

4,830

8,100

4,430

4,070

6,700 

4,350

5,150

16,100

__

5,400

12,600

9,470

8,010

4,700

3,460

7,090

9,940

6,440

6,020

4,000

6,650

6,870

25,000

1,780

13,300

8,060

Water 

year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Fab. 22, 1937

Mar. 5, 1937

Apr. 6, 1938

Mar. 13, 1939

Apr. 16, 1939

Apr. 24, 1940

June 11, 1941

Oct. 11, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Feb. 7, 1942

May 17, 1943

Mar. 16, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

Feb. 17, 19*45

May 16, 1945

June 17, 1945

Jan. 7, 1946

June 19, 1946

July 19, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 14, 1947

June 19, 1947

Feb. 29, 1948

Mar. 20, 1948

July 26, 1948

Feb. 20, 1949

Apr. 1, 1949

June 16, 1950

June 20, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Mar. 29, 1951

May 12, 1951

June 27, 1951

July 23, 1951

Apr. 23, 1952

June 23, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

« 18.52

13.72

14.88

18.22

17.10

9.08

12.75

15.80

15.7

15.41

16.45

16.00

18.50

15.70

17.27

17.34

18.10

20.66

18.40

18.20

19.12

17.30

15.1

15.8

18.2

16.17

°15.50

12.90

17.79

17.20

 15.40

14.85

15.27

15.21

13.84

14.65

16.3

Discharge 

(cfs)

_ 

3,540

4,070

9,260

6,390

1,640

3,080

4,510

4,420

4,260

5,290

4,800

10,200

4,510

6,810

6,810

8,950

19,900

9,880

9,260

12,200

6,810

4,060

5,290

11,900

6,310

--

3,350

9,560

7,960

--

4,860

5,250

5,160

4,180

4,720

6,400

a Backwater from ice.
2b FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Wyaconda River basin

(3) Wyaconda River above Canton, Mo. 

[Published as "near Canton" prior to 1933]

Location.--Lat 40°08'30", long 91°55'55", In SE-J- sec. 28, T. 62 N., R. 6 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 16, 1 mile upstream from Sugar Creek and 2 miles west of Canton.

Drainage area.--595 sq mi; 447 sq mi prior to Oct. 1, 1932.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Feb. 20, 1922, to Apr. 50, 1959, recording gage thereafter. Prior to

0~ct. 1, 1952, at site 2 miles downstream from and at different datum from present gage; datum

of present gage, 515.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--17 ft.

Remarks. Records for sites "near" and "above" considered equivalent for flood-frequency study. 

Base for partial-duration series, 5,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

Date

Mar. 14, 1922

Mar. 16, 1923

Sept. 28, 1923

June 27, 1924

Apr. 26, 1925

Sept. 17, 1926

Oct. 3, 1926

Apr. 21, 1927

June 13, 1927

Oct. 3, 1927

Nov. 18, 1928

Apr. 1, 1929

Apr. 21, 1929

Apr. 26, 1929

June 3, 1929

July 16, 1929

Feb. 13, 1930

June 7, 1931

Aug. 15, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 13, 1933

June 30, 1933

Apr. 5, 1934

June 3, 1935

Feb. 27, 1936

Gage 

height 

(feet)

11.66

10.10

10.10

12.26

10.18

15.76

17.95

15.65

15.30

18.78

26.7

15.94

20.54

19.10

16.73

17.70

10.88

19.00

15.04

22.40

23.80

30.00

10.56

29.30

22.84

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,270

2,630

2,630

3,520

2,670

5,300

6,700

5,180

5,000

7,300

16,000

5,340

8,750

7,540

5,820

6,490

3,040

7,460

4,930

6,620

7,870

17,700

1,470

16,200

6,960

Water 

year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 22, 1937

Apr. 7, 1938

Mar. 13, 1939

Apr. 16, 1939

Apr. 24, 1940

June 10, 1941

Feb. 7, 1942

Aug. 9, 1943

Mar. 16, 1944

Apr. 12, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

June 17, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

June 20, 1946

July 19, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 14, 1947

Mar. 20, 1948

Mar. 27, 1949

June 20, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

July 22, 1951

Mar. 19, 1952

Apr. 24, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

«21.61

18.84

24.54

21.54

12.92

14.25

21.7

20.4

21.48

19.56

24.45

25.03

25.40

22.90

24.70

26.40

27.14

21.10

24.10

15.53

26.07

21.79

20.89

16.5

16.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,120

4,430

9,200

5,980

2,300

2,720

6,510

5,600

6,350

5,100

9,040

8,590

9,100

6,670

8,260

11,200

12,400

5,440

8,020

2,950

10,800

5,900

5,320

3,280

3,280

a Backwater from ice.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 27

Fabius River basin 

(4) North Fabius River at Montlcello, Mo.

Location. Lat 40°06'30", long 91°42'55", in SW-£-SE£ sec. 6, T. 61 N., R. 7 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 16, 1 mile south of Monticello and 19 miles upstream from Middle Fabius River.

Drainage area. 452 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to Nov..22, 1930, at site 400 ft downstream from and at datum 0.03 

ft lower than present gage; datum of present gage is 540.73 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements; large shift in relation 

occurred in 1936.

Flood stage.--17 ft.

Historical data. Flood of Nov. 18, 1928, was higher than highest previously known floods of 1875 

and 1909, from information by local resident.

Remarks. Considerable improvement work completed on tributaries and main channel upstream from 

gaging station prior to establishment. Base for partial-duration series, 6,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

July 13, 1922

Mar. 16, 1923

June 26, 1924

Apr. 25, 1S25

Sept. 16, 1926

Oct. 3, 1926

Apr. 20, 1927

June 13, 1927

Oct. 1, 1927

June 19, 1928

Nov. 18, 1928

Apr. 1, 1929

Apr. 21, 1929

Apr. 25, 1929

June 3, 1929

July 16, 1929

Oct. 29, 1929

Apr. 21, 1931

June 6, 1931

Nov. 23, 1931

Jan. 1, 1932

Aug. 15, 1932

Aug. 18, 1932

Dec. 24, 1932

Jan. 19, 1933

May 13, 1933

June 30, 1933

Sept. 29, 1934

May 24, 1935

May 28, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 19, 1935

Feb. 25, 1936

Sept. 28, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.60

15.70

22.9

18.18

23.2

23.10

23.50

20.30

22.60

25.00

" 30.0

21.00

22.00

24.00

23.30

26.80

20.50

22.40

22.80

21.40

21.42

21.50

20.65

25.70

20.50

24.00

30.8

8.80

25.85

20.58

29.62

22.17

25.68

21.3

21.34

Discharge 

(cfs)

4,500

3,590

6,370

4,370

6,580

8,490

8,760

6,210

8,040

10,300

16,000

6,700

7,500

9,300

8,670

12,200

6,350

7,860

8,220

7,020

7,020

7,100

6,420

11,000

6,350

9,300

17,400

1,270

10,900

6,340

15,700

7,480

10,800

7,800

7,650

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 28, 1938

Mar. 13, 1939

Apr. 16, 1939

Apr. 24, 1940

June 10, 1941

Feb. 7, 1942

July 15, 1942

May 16, 1943

Mar. 16, 1944

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

Feb. 15 1945

May 15, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 17, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Mar. 17, 1946

Mar. 24, 1946

June 19, 1946

July 18, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

May 29, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 14, 1947

June 19, 1947

June 22, 1947

Dec. 5, 1947

Feb. 28, 1948

Mar. 20, 1948

Feb. 24, 1949

June 20, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

July 22, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.44

26.0

25.25

12.4

18.0

23.14

22.30

20.15

21.05

19.46

25.1

19.80

19.65

20.40

26.7

25.77

19.80

19.42

21.70

27.00

28.00

20.36

28.65

24.98

20.00

19.50

20.00

21.70

24.61

«23.2

25.93

21.3

24.0

19.02

Discharge 

(cfs)

4,830

12,100

10,200

2,360

5,380

9,120

8,450

6,850

7,410

6,360

11,100

6,570

6,430

6,990

13,000

11,900

6,570

6,290

7,970

13,300

14,700

6,990

15,600

11.000

6,710

6,360

6,710

7,970

10,500

6,500

11,200

7,170

9,410

5,580

a Backwater from ice.
28 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Fabius River basin

(5) Middle Fabius River near Baring, Mo.

Location. Lat 40°19«55", long 92°12'50", in NW^NW£ sec. 26, T. 64 N., R. 12 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 15, 1 mile downstream from confluence of North and South Forks and 6 miles north of 

Baring.

Drainage area. 185 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Apr. 11, 1930, to Sept. 17, 1934; recording gage thereafter. Datum of 

gage is 679.69 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 6,200 cfs; shifts in relation occur.

Flood' stage. 17 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of July 1875 reached a stage of about 27 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 2,600 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

Apr. 21, 1931

May 29, 1931

June 6, 1931

July 3, 1931

Nov. 24, 1931

Aug. 15, 1932

Dec. 24, 1932

Jan. 19, 1933

May 12, 1933

June 29,. 1933

Apr. 4, 1934

May 4, 1935

May 24, 1935

Feb. 27, 1936

Sept. 27, 1936

Oct. 11, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

Mar. 4, 1937

Apr. 7, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

Apr. 15, 1939

Mar. 3, 1940

June 10, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Dec. 24, 1941

Feb. 7, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.70

18.00

18.55

15.85

18.90

18.70

16.00

18.10

19.90

24.23

8.60

15.94

19.78

15.76

20.10

16.38

20.07

15.75

15.13

22.31

21.62

15.40

19.07

17.5

16.4

19.24

Discharge 

(cfs)

4,840

3,830

4,160

2,840

4,340

4,220

2,790

3,880

4,940

8,740

800

2,740

4,880

2,700

5,000

2,980

5,060

2,700

2,230

7,060

6,460

2,130

4,500

3,35C

2,66C

4,570

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Dec. 28, 1942

Apr. 27, 1943

May 17, 1943

Mar. 15, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

May 16, 1945

June 16, 1945

June 21, 1945

Jan. 5, 1946

Mar. 23, 1946

July 17, 1946

Apr. 5, 1947

June 5, 1947

June 13, 1947

Dec. 5, 1947

Feb. 28, 1948

Mar. 20, 1948

June 26, 1949

June 19, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Apr. 8, 1951

July 22, 1951

Apr. 23, 1952

June 3, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.52

16.9

17.0

20.4

24.06

16.3

25.1

18.2

22.2

18.3

22.80

22.0

24.2

23.40

17.91

19.70

21.73

16.6

24.55

19.59

17.26

17.17

17.26

17.30

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,350

2,960

3,020

5,490

8,640

2,600

9,540

3,840

6,970

3,900

7,480

6,800

8,730

8,010

3,480

4,940

6,540

2,720

9,000

4,180

2,710

2,660

2,710

2,710
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 29

Fabius River basin 

(6) Middle Fabius River near Monticello, Mo.

Location.--Lat 40°05'40", long 91°44'10", in SE£ sec. 12, T. 61 N., R. 8 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 16, 2-| miles southwest of Monticello, 8 miles downstream from Radish Branch, and 17 

miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--595 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 540.46 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 5,500 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1946

1947

1948

Date

Jan. 8, 1946

July 20, 1946

Apr. 5, 1947

May 29, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 16, 1947

June 19, 1947

Mar. 1, 1948

Mar. 22, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.2

16.88

20.9

15.0

26.28

18.4

16.0

14.50

18.04

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,520

4,880

8,100

.5,880

16,200

5,880

4,380

3,650

5,600

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 21, 1949

July 21, 1949

June 21, 1950

Feb. 22, 1951

July 25, 1951

June 5, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.2

18.45

20.9

16.5

20.1

15.7

Discharge 

(cfs)

5,060

5,880

8,500

4,960

6,610

4,250

(7) North Fabius River at Taylor, Mo.

Location.--Lat 59°56'05", long 91°51'55", in NE-£-SE£ sec. 2, T. 59 N., R. 6 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 61 at Taylor, 6.5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--950 sq mi, approximately.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Apr. 12, 1950, to Sept. 17, 1954; recording gage Sept. 18, 1954, to

Feb. 28, 1942 (discontinued). Datum of gage is 469.65 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. Relation affected at times by backwater from the Mississippi River.

Flood stage. 15 ft.

Remarks.--New channel dug from near gage to mouth prior to establishment of gaging station. Peaks 

for partial-duration series not computed because of backwater conditions; only annual peaks are 

shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1929

1951

1952

1935

1954

1955

Date

Nov. 19, 1928

June 8, 1951

Aug. 19, 1952

June 50, and

July 1, 1955

Sept. 29, 1954

June 4, 1955

Gage 

height 

(feet)

25.5

14.29

14.56

22.85

6.18

19.44

Discharge 

(cfs)

26,000

11,400

11,600

50,500

2,580

24,400

Water 

year

1956

1957

1958

1959

1940

1941

1942

Date

Feb. 26, 1956

Feb. 25, 1957

Apr. 10, 1958

Mar. 14, 1959

Mar. 4, 1940

June 11, 1941

Feb. 8, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.50

11.51

10.64

15.67

7.18

8.55

15.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

12,100

8,480

7,460

16,200

3,790

5,050

15,100
30 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Fablus River basin 

(8) South Pabius River near Taylor, Mo.

Location. Lat 39°53'50", long 91°35'00", in NE£ sec. 20, T. 59 N., R. 6 W., at highway bridge 

45 miles southwest of Taylor, 5 miles downstream from Grassy Creek, and 5.3 miles upstream 

from confluence with North Fabius River.

Drainage area.--620 sq mi; 630 sq mi prior to May 14, 1936.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng gage Dec. 16, 1934, to Dec. 2, 1940; recording gage thereafter. Prior to 

May 14, 1936, at site 4 miles downstream from and at datum 21.94 ft lower than present gage; 

datum of present gage is 482.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of 

Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 11,000 cfs. 

Flood stage.--9.5 ft.

Remarks.--Channel improvements made in Pabius River, 5,3 miles below station, and for distance 

of 7.5 miles in South Fabius River, about 34 miles upstream from station. Base for partialduration series, 4,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1929

1933

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

Date

November 1928

June 1933

May 2, 1935

May 9, 1935

May 14, 1935

May 30, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 19, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Sept. 29, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

July 13, 1937

Jan. 24, 1938

Mar. 30, 1938

Apr. 10, 1938

May 28, 1938

Aug. 28, 1938

Nov. 7, 1938

Mar. 13, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

May 27, 1939

June 22, 1939

Aug. 11, 1939

Aug. 18, 1939

Mar. 3, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Dec. 26, 1941

Feb. 4, 1942

Feb. 7, 1942

Mar. 16, 1942

Apr. 10, 1942

Apr. 29, 1942

June 26, 1942

July 15, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 21, 1943

June 9, 1943

June 19, 1943

July 15, 1943

Gage 

height 

(feet)

«18.49

a !8.42

17.7

17.8

17.4

18.1

22.9

23.38

21.85

9.11

9.80

8.80

8.10

10.91

10.80

8.14

9.00

8.40

12.82

11.50

10.40

9.60

8.90

9.00

7.8

6.93

9.33

8.70

10.10

13.62

9.50

8.80

9.12

10.10

10.20

10.80

14.38

9.91

9.24

9.00

Discharge 

(cfs)

17,800

17,700

6,670

6,760

6,400

7,030

11,830

12,400

10,600

5,110

5,950

4,780

4,010

7,190

7,060

4,014

5,000

4,340

9,510

7,730

6,300

5 660

4,590

4,700

3,470

2,580

4,760

4,070

5,670

10,400

4,950

4,180

4,510

5,670

5,790

6,540

11,700

5,430

4,620

4,400

Water 

year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 17, 1944

Apr. 11, 1944 

Apr. 24^ 1944

ri flup- U££, . ?1 £. .L , j. 1944 *J^^

Mar. 20, 1945

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 13, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

Apr. 26, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 9, 1945

June 18, 1945

Sept. 29, 1945

Jan. 7, 1946

Mar. 26, 1946

May 6, 1946

Oct. 17, 1946

Nov. 2, 1946

Dec. 13, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

May 30, 1947

June 8, 1947

June 20, 1947

Dec. 7, 1947

Feb. 27, 1948

Mar. 21, 1948

July 20, 1949

July 22, 1949

Apr. 4, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Mar. 29, 1951

July 24, 1951

Mar. 10, 1952

Mar. 19, 1952

Apr. 25, 1952

June 9, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.44

14.30 

13.15

10.35

10.35

10.09

11.78

9.20

9.07

10.45

12.20

13.05

9.30

13.60

8.80

8.80

10.40

9.85

9.14

17.30

10.48

19.5

11.2

8.68

9.25

11.88

12.19

9.0

8.34

9.57

10.40

10.17

8.97

9.66

10.05

9.07

Discharge 

(cfs)

10,200

11,600 

9,700

5,970

6,030

5,670

7,870

4,630

4,520

6,030

8,430

9,550

4,740

10,400

4,210

4,210

6,030

5,310

4,520

15,700

6,150

19,700

6,990

4,070

4,620

7,830

8,210

4,400

3,650

5,070

6,030

5,790

4,330

5,100

5,430

4,440

"Present site and datum; annual peak only.
OAGINO-STATION RECORDS

North River basin 

(9) North River at Bethel, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°52', lone 92°01', in NE^NW£ sec. 33, T. 59 N., R. 10 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 15 at Bethel, 2j miles upstream from Messner Branch.

Drainage area.--58 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng. Datum of gage is 683.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 5,600 cfs.

Flood stage. 14 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 600 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

31

Water 

year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

. 1945

Date

Jan. 31, 1937

Feb. 9, 1937

Feb. 13, 1937

May 3, 1937

Apr. 10, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

Apr. 16, 1939

June 21, 1939

Aug. 11, 1939

Mar. 3, 1940

Jan. 17, 1941

Oct. 22, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Dec. 24, 1941

Feb. 6, 1942

Mar. 17, 1942

Apr. 10, 1942

July 14, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

Feb. 4, 1943

May 16, 1943

May 20, 1943

June 9, 1943

June 11, 1943

June 17, 1943

Mar. 15, 1944

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

May 24, 1944

Mar. 26, 1945

Apr. 17, 1945

Apr. 26, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 16, 1945

July 1, 1945

Sept. 29, 1945

Gage 

height 

(feet)

a !0.6

a 8.8

a !1.57

8.3

9.36

17.1

10.15

10.20

9.90

8.6

7.5

8.8

10.7

8.8

15.10

10.2

10.5

9.6

9.3

8.6

8.8

12.1

9 .9

9^3

12.2

18.04

16.3

13.0

9.4

10.9

9.5

9.9

12.2

12.1

17.3

9.3

13.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

__

__

518

111

4,280

972

972

894

596

420

652

1,110

652

2,960

973

1,050

824

756

613

652

1,530

897

756

1,560

4,900

3,750

1,840

778

1,190

801

897

1,560

1,530

4,410

756

1,840

Water 

year

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 5, 1946

Mar. 24, 1946

May 4, 1946

May 1, 1946

Dec. 13, 1946

Apr. 5, 1947

May 29, 1947

June 2, 1947

June 6, 1947

June 19, 1947

June 21, 1947

Sept. 21, 1947

Dec. 5, 1947

Feb. 28, 1948

Mar. 19, 1948

Apr. 8, 1948

Jan. 16, 1949

Feb. 14, 1949

Feb. 19, 1949

Feb. 24, 1949

Mar. 27, 1949

June 3, 1949

June 27, 1949

July 20, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Jan. 14, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

Apr. 25, 1950

June 15, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

June 27, 1951

Mar. '10, 1952

Mar. 19, 1952

Apr. 23, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

16.07

11.4

9.1

9.3

9.9

20.9

11.1

10.0

18.8

16.4

14.6

9.2

10.66

10.60

16.75

8.78

« 9.45

a 9.45

9.97

8.60

9.80

8.67

11.25

10.40

8.73

9.22

9.50

8.80

8.80

«12.4

11.49

11.8

10.9

16.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,620

1,310

713

756

897

6,930

1,220

922

5,460

3,810

2,530

713

1,110

1,080

4,070

652

 

--

922

613

872

632

1,250

1,030

632

734

801

652

652

900

1,020

1,110

850

3,280

a Backwater from ice.
32

FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

North River basin 

(10) North River at Palmyra, Mo.

Location. Lat 39°49'05", long 91°31'15", in SE^SW^ sec. 13, T. 58 N., R. 6 W., 50 ft upstream

from city waterworks dam, 1,000 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 24 and 61, half a mile 

north of Palmyra, and 7 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--575 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage, Dec. 14, 1934, to June 22, 1951, recording gage thereafter. Prior to 

Oct. 1, 1945, at site 1,000 ft downstream at same datum; datum of gage is 464.81 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 15,000 cfs; a large shift 

in relation occurred in 1951.

Flood stage.--19 ft.

Historical data. Maximum stage known, about 28 ft, from floodmarks, date unknown.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series. 4,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Date

May 9, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

July 13, 1937

July 19, 1937

Mar. 29, 1938

Mar. 31, 1938

May 28, 1939

Mar. 12, 1-939

Apr. 17, 1939

May 27, 1939

June 21, 1939

July 25, 1939

Aug. 12, 1939

Aug. 17, 1939

Mar. 3, 1940

Apr. 19, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 21, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Feb. 7. 1942

Mar. 16, 1942

Apr. 10, 1942

June 19, 1942

June 26, 1942

July 10, 1942

July 15, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 16, 1943

May 18, 1943

May 21, 1943

June 8, 1943

June 10, 1943

Mar. 15, 1944

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

May 28, 1944

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.15

21.00

15.36

18.45

16.84

15.63

18.00

17.54

19.70

17.39

18.80

17.20

20.50

16.00

15.40

12.4

12.0

15.52

15.52

16.32

18.95

14.90

16.90

614.90

20.48

15.00

19.00

19.27

15.78

18.00

16.00

15.19

18.30

19.80

22.96

19.50

6 13.40

Discharge 

(cfs)

«8,790

15,000

5,350

9,220

6,550

5,510

8,380

7,500

12,200

7,600

10,100

7,310

14,600

5,920

5,350

3,330

3,110

5,480

5,480

6,310

10,800

5,370

7,240

__

15,200

5,450

10,800

11,500

6,120

8,800

6,300

5,610

9,350

12,800

27,400

12,000

--

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 21, 1945

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 13, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

<Vpr. 2S, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 9, 1945

June 16, 1945

July 1, 1945

Sept. 28, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Jan. 9, 1946

May 11, 1946

Oct. 18, 1946

Nov. 3, 1946

Nov. 9, 1946

Dec. 13, 1946

Apr. 5, 1947

May 29, 1947

June 1, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 20, 1947

Dec. 4, 1947

Dec. 7, 1947

Feb. 28, 1948

Mar. 6, 1948

Mar. 19, 1948

Mar. 22, 1948

Feb. 13, 1949

June 2, 1949

June 24, 1949

June 26, 1949

July 20, 1949

July 22, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Dec. 21, 1949

Jan. 3, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

Mar. 29, 1951

June 27, 1951

Nov. 12, 1951

Mar. 10, 1952

Mar. 18, 1952

May 9, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.77

618.77

19.18

15.98

15.60

18.42

19.00

20.30

15.70

17.00

18.40

18.6

14.72

16.80

16.20

15.48

14.70

21.65

14.37

22.4

621.41

620.02

16.39

16.04

15.10

15.04

18.84

15.09

21.0

15.4

20.55

17.0

22.3

22.2

14.68

15.56

15.56

15.13

14.45

22.72

18.69

17.80

15.19

17.94

14.48

Discharge 

(cfs)

10,400

11,300

6,300

5,940

9,540

10,800

14,400

6,030

7,350

8,290

8,560

4,485

6,430

5,980

5,300

4,480

15,600

4,170

19,000

11,000

8,000

6,130

5,800

4,900

4,800

8,490

4,900

12,300

5,200 '

11,600

6,600

16,000

15,600

4,480

5,400

5,400

5,000

4,170

17,900

8,460

7,350

5,000

7,460

4,280

«Annual peak only.

6Backwater from Missouri River.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 33

Bear Creek basin 

(ll) Bear Creek at Hannibal, Mo.

Location. Lat 39°40'43", long 91°24'41", in SE^NW^ sec. 1, T. 56 N., R. 5 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 61, at Hannibal, 4 3/4 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--51.0 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Oct. 8, 1936, to Sept. 30, 1942, (fragmentary record prior to December 

1938), Nov. 7, 1947, to Mar. 25, 1948; recording gage since Mar. 26, 1947. Datum of gage is 

510.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 4,000 cfs; shifts in 

relation occur.

Flood stage. 10 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 1,500 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1937

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

June 13, 1937

Mar. 11, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

June 19, 1939

June 21, 1939

Aug. 11, 1939

Apr. 17, 1940

Aug. 5, 1940

Sept. 2, 1941

July 14, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

10.8

7.53

6.58

7.50

9.5

6.60

6.50

9.86

7.4

7.1

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,050

2,740

1,970

2,740

4,670

1,970

1,890

5,070

2,610

2,280

Water 

year

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 7, 1948

June 2, 1949

June 23, 1949

July 21, 1949

Sept. 12, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Dec. 21, 1949

July 28, 1951

Mar. 18, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.39

7.60

10.80

10.95

8.30

8.20

7.60

7.84

5.15

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,090

2,200

4,900

5,120

2,640

2,580

2,200

2,380

988

Salt River basin 

(12) Salt River near Shelbina, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°44', long 92°01', in SW£NE£ sec. 17, T. 57 N., R. 10 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 15, 3 miles north of Shelbina, and 15 miles upstream from Black Creek.

Drainage area.--481 sq ml.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Apr. 7, 1930, to Feb. 28, 1934; recording gage thereafter. Datum of 

is 664.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 20,000 cfs. 

Flood stage. 15 ft.

Remarks. Some channel improvements made in drainage basin upstream from gage during period 

1906-20. Base for partial-duration series, 3,000 cfs.
34 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Salt River basin

(12) Salt River near Shelbina, Mo.--Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1928

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

July 1909

June 1928

Apr. 23, 1931

June 8, 1931

Nov. 19, 1931

Nov. 26, 1931

Jan. 2, 1932

Aug. 3, 1932

Aug. 18, 1932

Dec. 26, 1932

May 14, 1933

July 1, 1933

Sept. 30, 1934

Nov. 5, 1934

May 3, 1935

May 10, 1935

May 12, 1935

May 22, 1935

May 29, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 19, 1935

Feb. 27, 1936

Sept. 28, 1936

Feb. 15, 1937

Feb. 21, 1937

Mar. 30, 1938

Apr. 11, 1938

Mar. 13, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

June 22, 1939

Aug. 2, 1939

Mar. 4, 1940

Jan. 18, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Dec. 25, 1941

Feb. 7, 1942

Mar. 17, 1942

Apr. 11, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

23.42

23.54

12.58

17.88

12.30

13.00

11.85

13.04

16.32

17.20

15.34

22.62

10.48

11.74

14.10

13.60

17.78

11.37

16.78

20.63

14.90

17.40

14.15

&12.32

* 13. 94

12.68

13.24

17.72

15.80

14.05

12.10

12.11

7.69

13.60

' 12.00

17.65

12.80

14.40

Discharge 

(cfs)

0 17, 700

a !8,000

3,890

8,270

3,720

4,110

3,460

4,110

5,920

7,390

5,490

16,000

2,800

3,360

4,660

4,360

8,140

3,220

6,930

12,300

5,180

7,040

4,720

__

4,000

3,780

4,050

7,880

5,810

4,500

3,480

3,560

1,590

4,270

3,480

7,750

3,840

4,760

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Dec. 28, 1942

May 21, 1943

June 10, 1943

June 18, 1943

Mar. 16, 1944

Apr. 12, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

May 4, 1944

Mar. 27, 1945

Apr. 18, 1945

Apr. 27, 1945

May 18, 1945

June 11, 1945

June 18, 1945

Sept. 30, 1945

Jan. 7, 1946

Mar. 25, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

June 1, 1947

June 3, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 15, 1947

June 20, 1947

Dec. 6, 1947

Feb. 29, 1948

Mar. 20, 1948

Feb. 15, 1949

Feb. 21, 1949

July 12, 1949

July 22, 1949

June 17, 1950

June 21, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

June 28, 1951

July 25, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Mar. 21, 1952

Apr. 24, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.00

16.00

15.60

1C X C^

J.D .OD

18.60

18.10

19.39

11.10

13.60

12.40

12.00

16.00

15.00

18.74

11.72

20.66

14.10

20.90

14.20

15.20

27.4

13.9

21.8

12.97

13.60

17.80

11.27

14.20

11.50

13.56

12.60

13.35

15.81

16.23

15.32

15.14

12.73

14.35

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,940

5,990

5,630

6

-z on ,OOU

9,160

8,440

10,400

3,010

4,270

3,630

3,430

5,990

5,160

9,310

3,290

11,700

4,560

13,000

4,630

5,310

23,000

4,440

13,400

3,940

4,270

7,920

3,100

4,630

3,080

4,270

3,730

4,160

5,810

6,180

5,390

5,230

3,780

4,760

a Annual peak only. 

& Backwater from ice.
35

GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Salt River basin

(13) Salt River near Hunnewell, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°40'05", long 91°54'10", in SW-£-NW£ sec. 10, T. 56 N., R. 9 W., l| miles downstream 

from Black Creek and 2 miles west of Hunnewell.

Drainage area.--626 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Station discontinued September 1940. Datum of gage is 615.64 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage. 12 ft.

Remarks.--Some channel improvements made in drainage basin upstream from gage during period 1906-20, 

Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Date

June 8, 1931

Aug. 20, 1932

July 1, 1933

Sept. 15, 1934

June 4, 1935

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.50

15.22

21.20

10.00

19.80

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,280

6,560

15,400

2,920

11,300

Water 

year

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Date

Feb. 26, 1936

Feb. 22, 1937

Mar. 31, 1938

Mar. 14, 1939

Mar. 5, 1940

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.83

13.09

14.9

18.34

11.05

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,590

4,700

6,000

9,150

3,600

(14) South Pork Salt River at Santa Fe, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°21'45", long 91°49'05", in NW£ NE£ sec. 20, T. 53 N., R. 8 W., at county highway bridge a quarter of a mile south of Santa Pe and 1 mile upstream from Elm Creek.

Drainage area.--298 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Sept. 27, 1939, to Peb. 4, 1940; recording gage since Feb. 5, 1940. Datum 

of gage is 613.05 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 10,400 cfs; shifts in relation occur.

Flood stage. 14 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of about 1929 washed away county highway bridge 100 ft upstream from gage; 

magnitude unknown.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 5,800 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Date

June 11, 1940

Apr. 19, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

June 27, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 8, 1943

May 19, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

Apr. 27, 1944

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.97

16.78

19.10

16.30

19.12

20.10

19.20

20.36

17.10

21.10

14.90

Discharge 

(cfs)

5,460

7,780

10,400

7,390

10,500

11,700

10,600

12,100

8,190

13,100

6,470

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 2, 1945

Mar. 21, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

May 16, 1945

June 7, 1945

Sept. 22, 1945

Sept. 28, 1945

Jan. 9, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

Mar. 23, 1948

Sept. 13, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Dec. 21, 1949

Mar. 17, 1951

Mar. 18, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.40

15.20

14.86

16.90

16.55

15.85

16.10

16.30

17.43

9.30

14,82

17.27

14.87

15.88

13.79

Discharge 

(cfs)

5,890

6,580

6,320

8,180

7,880

7,120

7,400

7,580

8,680

2,570

6,230

8,580

6,320

7,210

5,410
36 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Salt River basin 

(15) Youngs Creek near Mexico, Mo.

Location.--Lat 59°18'40", long 91°56'40", In NW^SW^ sec. 5, T. 52 N., R. 9 W., at bridge on 

State Highway 15, 6 miles upstream from Long Branch and 11 miles north of Mexico.

Drainage area.--67.4 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecordlng. Datum of gage Is 704.31 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by 

Missouri Highway Department).

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements.

Historical data.--Maximum stage known, about 15.1 ft, date unknown, from information by Missouri 

State Highway Department.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 1,400 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Date

May 3, 1957

Apr. 8, 1938

July 17, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

Apr. 16, 1959

May 27, 1959

June 20, 1959

June 27, 1939

Aug. 12, 1959

Aug. 17, 1939

June 11, 1940

Jan. 17, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 21, 1941

Oct. 51, 1941

Mar. 16, 1942

June 19, 1942

June 26, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 8, 1943

May 11, 1943

May 15, 1945

May 18, 1945

June 6, 1945

June 10, 1943

June 22, 1943

Mar. 15, 1944

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 25, 1944

Apr. 27, 1944

May 1, 1944

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.08

6.10

7.80

7.20

6.60

8.00

7.65

7.61

6.20

12.0

7.0

4.0

7.55

6.96

6.45

7.17

6.10

12.19

10.1

7.57

6.20

8.68

9.50

6.18

5.80

5.67

7.62

9.55

9.06

7.20

7.42

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,080

1,570

2,470

2,140

1,820

2,580

2,560

2,360

1,620

5,960

2,030

610

2,450

2,190

1,820

2,320

1,640

6,140

4,390

2,450

1,700

3,330

3,920

1,700

1,480

1,430

2,580

5,780

5,620

2,520

2,450

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 21, 1945

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

Apr. 17, 1945

June 7, 1945

Sept. 22, 1945

Jan. 5, 1946

Nov. 3, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Mar. 13, 1947

Apr. 1, 1947

Apr. 5, 1947

Apr. 11, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 18, 1947

July 21, 1948

Sept. 15, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Dec. 20,- 1949

Feb. 20, 1951

Mar. 17, 1951

June 26, 1951

July 12, 1951

Mar. 18, 1952

Aug. 21, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

6.90

5.80

7.50

7.33

8.5

6.90

5.85

5.01

5.00

5.18

5.90

5.30

5.41

7.05

5.25

6.60

4.4

4.5

7.85

7.5

5.8

6.46

6.29

5.10

6.00

6.64

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,120

1,480

2,380

2,380

5,190

2,120

1,890

1,420

1,420

1,520

1,950

1,600

1,660

2,610

1,550

2,360

1,060

1,120

3,150

2,800

1,890

2,310

2,190

1,470

2,010

2,370
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

Salt River basin 

(16) Middle Pork Salt River at Paris, Mo.

Location. Lat 39°29'00", long 91°59'50", in SW£SW£ sec. 2, T. 54 N., R. 10 W., at Wabash Railroad bridge in Paris, ^\ miles upstream from Elk Fork Salt River.

Drainage area. 356 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Oct. 13, 1939, to Jan. 21, 1940; recording gage thereafter. Datum of 

gage is 621.71 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements.

Flood stage.--12 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 2,400 cfs.

37

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Date

Mar. 4, 1940

Sept. 3, 1941

Oct. 4, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Feb. 8, 1942

Mar. 18, 1942

Apr. 8, 1942

Apr. 11, 1942

June 27, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 17, 1943

June 10, 1943

Mar. 17, 1944

Apr. 12, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

Mar. 26, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

Apr. 17, 1945

May 18, 1945

June 11, 1945

June 18, 1945

Gage 

height 

(feet)

9.35

10.60

11.60

10.93

12.96

10.50

11.60

11.44

21.76

11.58

16.78

11.68

16.86

18.52

17.50

11.40

13.60

11.91

12.29

14.94

11.07

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,070

2,520

3,040

2,670

3,860

2,470

3,040

2,930

10,500

3,040

6,430

3,400

6,500

7,730

6,960

2,930

4,240

3,210

3,440

5,080

2,770

Water 

year

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Oct. 1, 1945

Jan. 7, 1946

Nov. 3, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

May 28, 1947

June 8, 1947

June 20, 1947

Feb. 28, 1948

Mar. 21, 1948

June 29, 1949

Dec. 22, 1949

Mar. 29, 1951

June 30, 1951

Mar. 10, 1952

Mar. 19, 1952

Apr. 24, 1952

Sept. 3, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

10.80

17.2

10.50

19.75

. 10.95

18.80

17.15

10.40

14.65

11.80

10.63

13.68

14.88

11.01

10.83

11.40

10.65

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,620

6,640

2,480

8,670

2,720

7,840

6,640

2,430

4,870

3,150

2,520

4,280

5,060

2,720

2,620

2,930

2,520
38 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Salt River basin 

(17) Elk Pork Salt River near Paris, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°26'25", long 92°00'05", in SE^SE^ sec. 22, T. 54 N., R. 10 W., at bridge on 

State Highway 15, 2^ miles south of Paris and 11 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--262 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Apr. 3, 1930, to Jan. 21, 1935 (fragmentary record); recording gage 

thereafter. Datum of gage is 630.86 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 16,000 cfs; large shift in 

relation occurred May 27, 1939.

Flood stage.--14 ft.

Historical data. Flood of June 1928 was higher than that of 1902 but might have been exceeded by 

the flood of 1875, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 3,600 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1928

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

June 1928

June 12, 1931

Aug. 14, 1932

May 13, 1933

Sept. 12, 1934

Mar. 7, 1935

May 3, 1935

May 14, 1935

May 28, 1935

June 2, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

May 3, 1937

Mar. 29, 1938

Apr. 9, 1938

May 23, 1938

July 18, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

May 27, 1939

June 21, 1939

June 28, 1939

July 25, 1939

Aug. 17, 1939

June 11, 1940

Jan. 17, 1941

Oct. 4, 1941

Oct. 22, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Feb. 6, 1942

Mar. 16, 1942

Apr. 7, 1942

Apr. 10, 1942

June 27, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.1

12.50

10.46

12.32

8.64

9.03

9.11

10.70

11.08

8.80

12.20

7.57

6.88

8.31

8.02

12.99

7.24

9.76

11.28

13.45

14.45

14.20

12.67

9.56

6.40

10.97

10.04

10.07

8.45

9.41

9.55

10.06

20.22

Discharge 

(cfs)

«18,400

«10,100

«7,820

«9,490

a 5 , 400

5,700

5,810

7,570

8,020

5,500

9,360

4,400

3,600

5,000

4,700

10,400

3,900

6,580

5,850

8,860

10,300

10,000

7,910

4,610

2,420

5,640

4,860

4,940

3,700

4,420

4,560

4,940

20,600

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Dec. 27, 1942

May 18, 1943

June 10, 1943

Mar. 15, 1944

Apr. 10, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

May 1, 1944

Mar. 20, 1945

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 8, 1945

June 30, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Mar. 23, 1946

Nov. 3, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Apr. 1, 1947

Apr. 5, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

June 7, 1947

June 19, 1947

Feb. 27, 1948

Jan. 16, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Dec. 21, 1949

Jan. 3, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Mar. 17, 1951

Mar. 29, 1951

Mar. 10, 1952

Mar. 18, 1952

Aug. 22, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

12.75

14.42

11.70

13.58

16.66

16.55

9.18

10.40

11.62

12.44

9.88

12.25

8.82

9.32

9.76

9.84

9.06

9.08

9.82

9.75

11.83

13.4

8.38

7.86

8.45

11.90

8.07

8.10

9.26

11.73

9.5

10.0

13.86

Discharge 

(cfs)

8,040

10,300

6,700

9,140

14,000

13,800

4,560

5,570

6,700

7,550

5,140

7,330

4,240

4,640

5,050

5,050

4,480

4,480

5,050

5,050

6,900

8,860

4,000

3,560

3,930

7,000

3,700

3,700

4,640

6,800

4,800

5,220

9,560

"Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 39

Salt River basin 

(18) Salt River near Monroe City, Mo.

Location. Lat 39°32'25", long 91°40'20", in NE£NW£ sec. 22, T. 55 N., R. 7 W., at county high- 

 way bridge at Joanna, 2,500 ft downstream from Indian Creek, 2 miles upstream from Lick Creek, 

and 8 miles southeast of Monroe City.

Drainage area.--2,250 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Oct. 1, 1939, to Feb. 1, 1940; recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage 

is 520.04 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 44,000 cfs; shifts in 

relation occur.

Flood stage. 26 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 20,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1928

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Date

June 1928

Mar. 3, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Feb. 6, 1942

Mar. 17, 1942

June 23, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 18, 1943

June 11, 1943

Mar. 16, 1944

Apr. 12, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

May 1, 1944

Gage 

height 

(feet)

"36

13.40

15.30

21.70

19.70

20.60

19.00

28.7

26.27

30.04

21.68

23.52

29.63

30.34

18.64

Discharge 

(cfs)

__

12,600

15,600

26,200

22,500

24,100

21,200

44,900

38,000

48,800

26,200

30,400

47,600

49,700

20,600

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

1349

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 21, 1945

Mar. 26, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

Apr. 17, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 9, 1945

June 16, 1945

Jan. 9, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

June 9, 1947

June 20, 1947

Feb. 28, 1948

July 20, 1949

Dec. 22, 1949

Feb. 21, 1951

Mar. 18, 1951

Mar. 30, 1951

Mar. 19, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21,34

on c c:

L>JL « DO

23.45

18.60

22.50

23.45

18.68

22.8

21.30

21.10

24.17

23.65

16.20

13.94

20.49

19.36

19.76

19.83

19.22

Discharge 

(cfs)

25,400 

o /? nnn £o ,uuu

30,100

20,500

28,000

30,100

20,700

28,600

26,300

25,800

32,700

31,400

16,500

12,800

24,400

22,300

23,000

23,000

21,900

a Approximate.
40 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Salt River basin 

(19) Salt River near New London, Mo.

Location. Lat 3S°36'44", long 91°24'30", in NE^NW£ sec. 36, T. 56 N., R. 5 W., 250 ft upstream 

from bridge on U. S. Highway 61, 2 miles north of New London, and 8 miles upstream from Spencer 

Creek.

Drainage area.--2,480 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng gage Feb. 16, 1922, to Jan. 17, 1935; recording gage thereafter. Datum of 

gage is 477.03 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 50,200 cfs; shifts in 

relation occur.

Flood stage.--19 ft.

Historical data. Flood of July 14, 1858, reached a stage of about 27.6 ft present site and datum, 

from comparison of June 1928 crest at stone marker 1 mile below gage.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 25,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

Mar. 16, 1922

Mar. 12, 1923

June 13, 1924

Mar. 19, 1925

Apr. 8, 1926

Sept. 6, 1926

Mar. 21, 1927

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 14, 1927

June 21, 1928

Nov. 19, 1928

Mar. 17, 1929

Apr. 26, 1929

May 15, 1929

May 20, 1929

Feb. 13, 1930

June 13, 1931

Aug. 15, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 14, 1933

May 27, 1933

Sept. 30, 1934

May 4, 1935

May 15, 1935

May 30, 1935

Feb. 28, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

May 24, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

24.15

15.50

14.21

14,70

24.64

26.00

23.46

23.35

22.60

28.8

24.00

23.26

21.65

21.30

22.30

16.45

22.54

18.70

20.80

21,72

20.36

15.40

20.60

20.26

19.95

22.90

15.77

18.31

Discharge 

(cfs)

39,800

15,800

13,700

14,500

41,700

49,800

36,600

36,200

32,800

58,700

37,800

35,100

29,400

28,500

21,600

17,400

33,400

23,500

29,600

32,400

28,300

15,800

28,900

27,900

27,000

36,500

16,900

22,400

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 13, 1939

Apr. 18, 1939

June 22, 1939

July 26, 1939

Mar. 3, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 6, 1941

Feb. 7, 1942

June 29, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 19, 1943

June 11, 1943

Mar. 17, 1944

Apr. 13, 1944

Apr. 25, 1944

Mar. 22, 1945

Mar. 26, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

May 18, 1945

June 10, 1945

Jan. 10, 1946

Apr. 7, 1947

Apr. 26, 1947

June 10, 1947

June 21, 1947

Mar. 23, 1948

July 20, 1949

Dec. 23, 1949

Mar. 18, 1951

Mar. 19, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21.13

21.31

22.47

20.66

13.97

16.37

21.36

20.49

25.55

24.20

27.18

21.28

22.55

26.08

26.48

21.38

21.45

22.53

21.95

23.2

22.11

21.04

21.02

22.77

23.0

16.96

15.65

19.78

19.91

19.13

Discharge 

(cfs)

26,900

27,500

31,000

25,900

12,600

17,600

28,200

25,800

43,500

37,500

51,600

27,900

31,800

45,900

47,900

28,200

28,200

31,400

29,900

33,800

30,200

25,200

25,200

31,100

31,700

16,800

14,600

22,400

23,500

21,800
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 41

Cuivre River basin 

(20) Cuivre River near Troy, Mo.

Location. Lat 39°00'59", long 90°59'00", in SE£ sec. 14, T. 49 N., R. 1 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 61, 1-jj- miles downstream from confluence of North and West Forks and 2 miles north of 

Troy.

Drainage area.--9Q5 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Feb. 15, 1922, to July 10, 1939; recording gage thereafter. Prior to 

Oct. 1, 1930, at site 3 miles downstream at datum 4.31 ft lower than present datum; datum of 

present gage is 450.27 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 101,000 cfs. 

Flood stage. 21 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of October 1941 exceeded the previously known maximum flood of December 

1895 by 5 or 6 ft at Frenchmens Bluff, 3 miles downstream, and is highest flood since 

Frenchmens Bluff bridge was built in 1888.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 20,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Date

Mar. 14, 1922

Apr. 8, 1922

Apr. 15, 1922

Mar . 12, 1923

Aug. 17, 1923

Dec. 13, 1923

Mar. 19, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Apr. 7, 1926

Sept. 5, 1926

Oct. 1, 1926

Oct. 3, 1926

Nov. 15, 1926

Mar. 9, 1927

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 13, 1927

May 8, 1927

May 25, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

June 20, 1928

Oct. 9, 1928

Mar. 16, 1929

May 3, 1929

May 13, 1929

May 18, 1929

June 13, 1929

Jan. 2, 1930

May 20, 1931

Aug. 13, 1932

May ]3, 1933

Sept. 29, 1934

May 15, 1935

Gage 

height 

(feet)

24.50

23.30

21.00

22.46

22.40

20.42

20.24

21.20

22.90

25.40

21.45

20.40

20.95

23.00

23.40

23.40

20.00

20.35

22.15

23.77

20.85

24.40

20.00

21.20

25.75

20.00

19.10

23.58

20.20

24.22

20.20

24.78

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 44, 200

a 36,700

"24,800

«32,200

<*31,600

«22,400

a 21,600

25,700

34,400

50,000

26,600

22,400

24,800

34,900

37,300

37,300

20,800

22,400

30,500

39,700

24,000

43,500

20,800

25,700

52,600

20,800

18,100

21,300

13,900

26,200

13,900

30,000

Water 

year

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Nov. 5, 1935

Nov. 3, 1936

Apr. 9, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

Apr. 16, 1939

June 28, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

June 26, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 18, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 22, 1944

Mar. 26, 1945

May 15, 1945

Sept. 23, 1945

Sept. 29, 1945

Jan. 99, 1946

Nov. 1, 1946

NOV. 3, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

July 26, 1948

Jan. 24, 1949

July 21, 1949

Dec. 22, 1949

Feb. 21, 1951

Mar. 18, 1951

Apr. 12, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.69

25.80

23.7

23.80

25.03

15.20

26.4

33.4

24.20

24.00

27.58

24.34

27.00

25.86

26.92

24.9

24.53

23.60

23.48

24.0

26.00

24.80

27.1

23.11

24.30

25.88

23.94

25.80

25.49

19.51

Discharge 

(cfs)

19,000

36,900

23,300

23,900

31,300

8,540

41,300

120,000

22,700

21,900

41,500

23,100

37,000

30,500

36,400

25,600

23,900

20,500

20,100

21,900

30,000

24,200

37,200

18,000

21,000

29,200

19,400

28,600

26,900

10,300

a Revised.
42 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Mississippi River main stem 

(21) Mississippi River at Alton, 111.

Location. Lat 38°53'06", long 90°10'5l", in sec. 14, T. 5 N., R. 10 W., in downstream end of 

intermediate lock wall of Lock and Dam 26 at Alton, 300 ft downstream from Missouri Illinois 

Bridge & Belt Railway bridge, 7.7 miles upstream from Missouri River, and 202.7 miles upstream 

from Ohio River.

Drainage area. 171.500 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage 1879 to Jan. 4, 1937, and Nov. 11, 1937, to Jan. 31, 1938; recording 

gage Jan. 5 to Nov. 10, 1937, and since Dec. 1, 1938. Prior to Jan. 1, 1933, at site 15 miles 

upstream at datum 403.72 ft higher than present gage; Jan. 1, 1933, to Jan. 31, 1938, at 

present site at datum 395.48 ft higher than present gage; datum of present gage is mean sea 

level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Since July 11, 1940, auxiliary waterstage recorder 5.9 miles downstream; previously various combinations of gages were used. Gage 

heights for present site given herein converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Affected by backwater from Missouri River. Fall between auxiliary 

gage and reference gage used as a factor in computing discharge.

Frequent current-meter measurements necessary to define relationship.

Flood stage.--421 ft.

Historical data. Maximum stage known, 432.42 ft, present datum, in June 1844.

Remarks. Alton gage-height record and discharge record January 1928 to February 1933 (published 

as at Grafton" prior to January 1933), February 1938 to September 1939 furnished by Corps of 

Engineers. Natural flow of stream affected by many reservoirs and navigation dams in upper 

Mississippi River basin and by diversion through Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Lake 

Michigan into Illinois River.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1858

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

June 1858

Apr. 9, 10, 1928

Apr. 29, 1929

June 21, 1930

June 14, 1931

Nov. 30, and

Dec. 1, 1931

May 17, 1933

Apr. 24, 1934

May 17, 1935

Mar. 1, 1936

Mar. 15, 1937

Apr. 11, 1938

Mar. 17, 18^939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

"428. 2

--

c 26.2

14.5

--

14.4

418.9

405.0

<*424.4

413.5

414.9

«416.9

/421.2

Discharge 

(cfs)

* 573, 000

216,000

365,000

186,000

145,000

182,000

265,000

97,200

231,000

218,000

255,000

268,000

240,000

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 19, 1940

Apr. 21, 1941

June 22, 1942

May 24, 1943

Apr. 30, 1944

June 13, 1945

Jan. 14, 1946

July 3, 1947

Mar. 28, 1948

Mar. 13, 1949

June 24, 1950

May 10, 1951

Apr. 30, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

407.10

C417.27

0423.72

429.91

C 429.33

C424.14

c 419. 10

c 429. 40

« 424. 41

C 415.08

*417.20

3 429. 47

C 424.47

Discharge 

(cfs)

137,000

220,000

253,000

437,000

^394, 600

308,000

314,000

380,000

366,000

219,000

261,000

333,000

340,000

a Present site and datum.

6 Computed by Corps of Engineers.

c Occurred at different time than peak discharge,

d Occurred on June 8, 1935.

e Occurred on May 27, 1938.

/Occurred on Apr. 20, 1.939.

a Occurred on June 30, 1942.

h Excludes diversion from Missouri River.

iOccuried on May 1, 1950.

jOccurred on July 21, 1951.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 43 

Missouri River main stem 

(22) Missouri River at Omaha, Nebr.

Location. Lat 41°15'40", long 95°55-'15", in sec. 23, T. 15 N., R. 13 E., at Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge in 

Omaha and at mile 632.0

Drainage area. 322,800 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Sept. 1, 1928, to Oct. 18, 1931; recording gage thereafter. Prior to 

Dec. 1, 1929, at site 2.4 miles upstream at datum 2.97 ft higher than present gage; datum of 

present gage is 958.24 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Continually shifting, must be defined by-frequent current-meter 

measurements.

Flood stage. 19 ft.

Remarks. Plow partly regulated by Port Peck Reservoir. Annual peaks only are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1881

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Apr. 25, 1881

June 1, 1929

Mar. 15, 1930

June 18, 1931

June 19, 1932

May 29, 1933

Mar. 5, 1934

July 19, 1935

Mar. 9, 1936

Mar. 25, 1936

June 24, 1937

July 10, 1938

Apr. 5, 6, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

<* 24.65

14.28

11.9

10.85

15.12

13.03

15.00

16.85

ft !6.90

16.00

18.15

6 JL8.75

19.30

Discharge 

(cfs)

370,000

198,000

84,400

52,800

137,000

102,000

125,000

99,800

__

89,200

111,000

117,000

141,000

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 5, 1940

June 18, 1941

June 11,12,1942

Apr. 12, 1943

Apr. 16, 17^.944

Mar. 22, 1945

June 24, 1946

July 1, 1947

Mar. 28, 1948

Apr. 13, 1949

Apr. 27, 1950

Apr. 11, 1951

Apr. 18, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

c 10.96

17.20

18.30

& 22.45

19.40

14.52

13.20

19.10

14.0

20.00

21.24

18.20

30.20

Discharge 

(cfs)

54,600

107,000

121,000

200,000

149,000

106,000

84,700

150,000

112,000

183,000

196,000

152,000

396,000

a Present site and datum; result of ice jam. 

b Occurred on following day. 

e Occurred on June 18, 1940.

(23) Missouri River at Nebraska City, Nebr.

Location. Lat 40°40'35", long 95°50'10", in SW£ sec. 10, T. 8 N., R. 14 E., at Waubonsie Highway 

Bridge at Nebraska City and at mile 579.3.

Drainage area.--414.400 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Aug. 12, 1929, to Oct. 21, 1931; recording gage thereafter. Datum of 

gage is 903.94 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter 

measurements.

Flood stage. 15 ft.

Remarks. Flow partly regulated by Port Peck Reservoir. Only annual peaks are shown.
44 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Missouri River main stem 

'23) Missouri River at Nebraska City, Nebr. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1881

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Date

Apr. 27, 1881

May 11, 1930

Jan. 5, 1931

June 24, 1931

June 17-19,1932

May 29, 1933

Mar. 5, 1934

Feb. 16, 1935

June 23,24,1935

Mar. 6, 1936

Mar. 10, 1936

June 25, 1937

July 12, 1938

Apr. 6, 1939

June 8, 1940

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.1

11.63

a !1.02

10.83

12.9

12.2

12.4

«15.25

14.00

"15.25

14.00

16.55

17.90

17.15

12.95

Discharge 

(cfs)

380,000

95,200

__

56,200

138,000

112,000

138,000

__

106,000

--

113,000

111,000

125,000

149,000

69,500

Water 

year

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 19, 1941

May 21, 1942

Apr. 14, 1943

June 14, 1944

Feb.14,15, 1945

June 17, 1945

June 24, 1946

July 1,2, 1947

Feb. 27, 1948

July 29, 1948

Mar. 6, 1949

Apr. 13, 1949

Apr. 28, 1950

Mar. 29, 1951

Apr. 19, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.05

18.40

19.88

17.70

<»16.85

16.30

13.7

20.1

018.65

17.5

«25.8

20.32

20.95

&18.52

C 27.66

Discharge 

(cfs)

106,000

134,000

181,000

214,000

--

129,000

96,700

172,000

--

135,000

--

182,000

185,000

163,000

414,000

a Backwater from ice.

b Occurred on June 2, 1951.

"Occurred on preceding day.

Tarklo River basin 

(24) West Tarkio Creek near Westboro, Mo.

Location.--Lat 40°32'30", long 95°23'00", in NW£ sec. 13, T. 66 N., R. 40 W., at bridge on county 

highway C, 3-| miles west of Westboro and 6 miles upstream from confluence with Middle Tarkio 

Creek.

Drainage area.--105 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Mar. 14 to July 19, 1934; recording gage July 19, 1934 to June 30, 1940, 

(discontinued). Datum of gage is 926.80 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,630 cfs and by slope-area 

determination at 8,720 cfs.

Flood stage.--25 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 1,600 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

Sept. 26, 1934

June 1, 1935

June 17, 1935

June 26, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Apr. 28, 1936

May 12, 1936

June 5, 1936

Feb. 13, 1937

Mar. 2, 1937

July 29, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.50

9.76

14.55

12.72

9.46

14.69

10.02 , 11.00

9.82

9.42

22.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

172

1,710

4,640

3,430

1,960

5,310

2,260

2,830

2,150

1,930

8,720

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

Date

June 11, 1938

June 16, 1938

Aug. 20, 1938

Sept. 10, 1938

Mar. 8, 1939

Mar. 11, 1939

June 10, 1939

June 22, 1939

July 27, 1940

Gage 

height 

(feet)

16.87

10.00

12.00

8.70

8.76

18.91

9.05

11.89

16.14

Discharge 

(cfs)

5,600

2,280

3,190

1,740

1,670

6,810

2,378

3,741

a 5,760

a Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

Tarkio River basin 

(25) Tarkio River at Fairfax, Mo.

Location. Lat 40°20'20", long 95°24'20", in SW£sw£ sec. 22, T. 64 N., R. 40 W., at county highway bridge 0.5 mile west of Fairfax and 2 miles downstream from unnamed creek.

Drainage area.--508 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to Oct. 1, 1931, at datum 2.00 ft higher. Datum of present gage 

is 867.66 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to 

present datum.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 11,000 cfs; shifts in 

relation occur frequently. Levees confine flow to channel until overtopped or crevassed.

Flood stage.--17 ft.

Remarks.--Channel was straightened and improved prior to beginning of records. Base for partialduration series, 4,800 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

45

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Date

Apr. 9, 1922

May 11, 1923

June 12, 1924

June 24, 1924

July 17, 1924

July 19, 1924

June 15, 1925

June 13, 1926

Sept. 4, 1926

Oct. 3, 1926

Sept. 12, 1928

Mar. 6, 1929

July 7, 1929

July 15, 1929

June 19, 1930

June 15, 1931

Nov. 23, 1931

May 30, 1932

Aug. 15, 1932

Aug. 21, 1933

Sept. 26, 1934

Oct. 19, 1934

June 1, 1935

Apr. 28, 1936

Mar. 2, 1937

Apr. 20, 1937

July 30, 1937

June 11, 1938

Aug. 6, 1938

Aug. 21, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

June 21, 1939

July 28, 1940

Aug. 27, 1940

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.06

8.60

17.95

16.64

17.00

16.10

14.80

15.70

19.3

9.53

18.71

17.60

22.33

18.00

8.86

16.15

15.70

15.96

15.20

11.30

5.90

14.80

18.00

15.22

15.05

17.15

17.20

14.50

17.7

14.00

18.8

16.00

17.00

17.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,850

1,100

6,610

5,700

5,960

5,580

4,530

5,120

7,940

1,740

7,090

6,350

15,000

6,610

1,560

5,310

5,810

6,000

5,500

3,570

710

4,360

6,670

5,080

6,300

8,610

8,730

5,800

9,480

5,300

10,900

7,410

5,800

6,150

Water 

year

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 9, 1941

Sept. 15, 1941

Oct. 4, 1941

Oct. 7, 1941

Oct. 22, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

May 5, 1942

May 11, 1942

June 20, 1942

June 25, 1942

June 5, 1943

June 10, 1943

June 16, 1943

May 3, 1944

May 14, 1945

July 5, 1945

Aug. 3, 1945

Aug. 14, 1945

Sept. 4, 1946

June 5, 1947

June 12, 1947

June 18, 1947

June 22, 1947

Mar. 19, 1948

Feb. 18, 1949

Feb. £4, 1949

Mar. 4, 1949

June 2, 194S

June 28, 1949

May 9, 1950

June 9, 1950

Oct. 2, 1950

Apr. 25, 1951

May 1, 1951

June 2, 1951

June 22, 1951

June 26, 1951

Aug. 26, 1951

June 21, 1952

June 27, 1952

July 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

20.3

17.80

16.90

17.70

18.55

16.10

18.63

12.70

18.91

20.50

17.05

17.7

17.00

18.0

15.65

16.00

18.91

15 20

12.0

17.87

18.56

19.5

12.50

14.1

a !5.12

« 20. 44

a !5.2

19.0

19.85

18.0

14.0

13.36

14.70

17.50

16.90

12.75

12.70

13.10

14.08

13.10

15.35

Discharge 

(cfs)

12,400

7,690

6,600

7,560

8,870

5,770

8,870

6,170

16,300

13,800

6,710

7,560

6,710

7,960

5,310

5,670

9,400

4,960

4,760

11,800

12,700

14,000

5,310

7,340

__

6 4,000

6,980

12,800

14,100

11,200

5,600

5,000

8,780

12,700

10,500

5,080

4,970

5,420

6,630

5,420

8,360

"Backwater from ice. 

Mean daily discharge,
46 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Nodaway River basin 

(26) Nodaway River near Burlington Junction, Mo.

Location. Lat 40°26'40", long 95°05'20", in NW£ sec. 17, T. 65 N., R. 37 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 4, a quarter of a mile upstream from Mill Creek, 0.5 mile downstream from Wabash Railroad bridge, and l| miles west of Burlington Junction.

Drainage area.--1,240 sq mi, approximately.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Mar. 4, 1922, to June 28, 1939; recording gage since June 29, 1939.

Prior to Oct. 26, 1928, at present site at approximately same datum; Oct. 26, 1928, to June 9, 

1929, at site half a mile upstream at different datum; since June 10, 1929 at present 

site and datum; datum of present gage is 896.17 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements; large shifts in relation occur 

Frequent ly.

Flood stage.--18 ft.

Remarks.--Channel improvement made above and below gage prior to establishment of station. Base 

for partial-duration series, 8,500 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

Date

July ii9, 1922

Mar. 26, 1923

June 9, 1924

June 26, 1924

June 14, 1925

Feb. 2, 1926

June 13, 1926

Sept. 3, 1926

Oct. 3, 1926

June 17, 1928

July 21, 1928

Mar. 6, 1929

Mar. 14, 1929

Apr. 21, 1929

June 1. 1929

July 6, 1929

July 15, 1929

May 7, 1930

Sept. 25, 1931

Nov. 23, 1931

Aug. 15, 1932

Apr. 1, 1933

Sept. 27, 1934

May 31, 1935

June 2, 1935

June 18, 1935

Feb. 25, 1936

Mar. 4, 1937

May 21, 1937

July 19, 1937

May 31, 1938

June 14, 1938

Aug. 21, 1938

Mar. 21, 1939

June 21, 1939

July 4, 1939

July 28, 1940

June 4, 1941

June 9, 1941

Sept. 15, 1941

Gage 

height 

(feet)

10.42

7.94

12.60

13.42

9.50

13.38

12.26

19.5

13.25

13.79

15.70

15.60

16.20

14.20

17.59

19.40

17.50

11.20

9.40

14.45

15.00

6.55

7.20

13.45

12.62

11.97

10.95

14.55

11.97

11.50

17.07

12 . 50

11.99

16.7

12.00

15.41

11.74

12.80

18.44

16.47

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,710

3,480

9,900

10,200

5,000

10,200

8,550

18,200

6,800

9,420

12,800

12,600

13,800

10,000

16,800

21,000

16,600

6,220

4,100

13,900

15,400

1,750

2,150

10,600

9,760

8,500

6,520

17,100

11,300

10,300

19,800

10,700

9,860

19,600

10,300

17,000

8,140

11,200

22,100

17,700

Water 

year

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Oct. 7, 1941

Oct. 22, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

May 5, 1942

May 11, 1942

June 20, 1942

June 25, 1942

June 5, 1943

June 10, 1943

June 16, 1943

Aug. 3, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

May 2, 1944

June 4, 1944

Mar. 15, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

May 14, 1945

May 21, 1945

July 5, 1945

Aug. 14, 1945

Mar. 26, 1946

June 19, 1946

Apr. 10, 1947

May 28, 1947

June 6, 1947

June 14, 1947

June 18, 1947

June 21, 1947

Mar. 19, 1948

Feb. 24, 1949

Mar. 5, 1949

June 2, 1949

June 27, 1949

May 9, 1950

Feb. 26, 1951

Mar. 28, 1951

Apr. 25, 1951

May 1, 1951

May 10, 1951

May 25, 1951

June 2, 1351

June 15, 1951

July 3, 1951

July 6, 1951

Aug. 15, 1951

Aug. 26, 1951

Sept. 9, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

May 22, 1952

June 22, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.32

15.26

15.20

16.95

11.93

13.95

15.95

15.30

15.5

13.60

12.73

12.16

16.9

12.13

12.25

13.20

15.93

11.23

12.30

11.20

13.9

11.29

14.20

10.12

17.90

19.0

13.60

16.00

14.6

a !8.3

a !9.69

15.97

15.70

13.74

9.65

12.07

10.18

16.42

10.28

14.90

15.50

12.05

11.40

13.90

10.40

10.17

10.25

9.63

10.10

12.44

Discharge 

(cfs)

12,000

15,600

15,400

19,000

9,850

13,200

16,800

16,700

17,200

13,300

11,600

10,400

20,300

10,400

10,900

12,900

18,500

9,100

11,100

9,100

13,900

9,000

18,700

8,860

28,800

32,000

17,100

23,800

19,700

9,000

10,000

23,500

22,700

17,400

11,500

13,400

9,070

24,600

9,280

20,500

22,200

13,200

11,700

17,900

9,490

9,070

9,070

9,920

8,860

14,100

Backwater from ice; discharge is estimated mean for day.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 47 

Missouri River main stem

(27) Missouri River at St. Joseph, Mo. 

[Published as "at Leavenworth, Kans." prior to 1929]

Location.--Lat 39°45'10", long 94°51'28", in sec. 17, T. 57 N., R. 35 W., at St. Joseph & Grand 

Island Railroad bridge in St. Joseph and at mile 460.3.

Drainage area.--424,500 sq mi; 425,000 sq mi prior to Oct. 1, 1928.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng gage Apr. 1, 1922, to Oct. 20, 1931; recording gage thereafter. Prior to Oct. 1, 

TT928, at site 52.1 miles downstream from and at datum 74.66 ft lower than present gage; Oct. 1, 

1928, to Jan. 1, 1934, at present site and at datum 5.50 ft higher than present gage; datum of present gage is 788.19 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein for present 

site are converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter measurements .

Flood stage.--17 ft.

Remarks. Records for sites "at St. Joseph" and "at Leavenworth" considered equivalent for floodfrequency study. Drainage basin above station contains many reservoirs with total usable capacity 

in excess, of 27,175,000 acre-ft. Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1844

1881

1903

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Date

June 1844 

Apr. 29, 1881 

June 2, 1903

June 27, 23,1922

July 7,8,1923

June 28, 1924

June 16, 1925

June 23, 1926

May 17, 18 

June 29,3Q 1927

June 18, 1928

June 4, 1929

May 14, 1930

June 23, 1931

June 20, 1932

May 30, 1933

Mar. 6, 1934

June 29, 1935

Gage 

height 

(feet)

« 24.5 

a 27.2 

a 20.5

46.6

48.3

49.3

47.7

43.8

49.3

646.4

15.6

13.2

12.3

15.8

14.2

12.9

15.42

Discharge 

(cfs)

350,000 

370,000 

2D^,000 

242,000

241,000

221,000

235,000

75,000

213,000

146,000

196,000

106,000

65,600

156,000

112,000

94,700

116,000

Water 

year

1936 

1937 

1938 

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945 

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 12, 1936 

June 28, 1937 

July 17, 1938 

Apr. 10, 1939

June 10, 1940

June 11, 1941

June 25, 1942

Apr. 18, 1943

Apr. 19, 

June 18, 1944

June 16, 1945 

June 19, 1946

June 16, 1947

Mar. 20, 1948

Mar. 7,8,1949

Apr. 29, 30^950

May 3, 1951

Apr. 22£3, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.10 

14.85 

17.05 

15.85

12.39

16.29

17.15

18.30

C 19.1

17.4 

14.70

20.4

17.50

d21.3

19.0

19.9

26.82

Discharge 

(cfs)

108,000 

100,000 

124,000 

141,000

65,600

115,000

134,000

154,000

161.000

152,000 

114,000

180,000

158,000

170,000

178,000

198,000

397,000

a Referred to present site and datum. 

b Occurred on June 9,. 1928. 

c Occurred on June 18, 1944. 

d Backwater from ice.
48 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Platte River basin 

(23) Platte River at Conception Junction, Mo.

Location.--Lat 40°16'15", long 94°42'15", on line between NW£ sec. 14 and SW£ sec. 11, T. 63 N., 

R. 34 W., at county highway bridge half a mile west of Conception Junction and 6 miles downstream from Honey Creek.

Drainage area.--492 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to Aug. 6, 1923, at site 1 mile upstream at different datum; station 

discontinued September 1932. Altitude of gage is 940 ft (from topographic map).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 9,000 cfs; large shifts in 

relation occur frequently.

Flood stage.--13 ft.

Remarks.--Channel improvement made in vicinity of gage during 1923-24. Channel has been improved 

for some distance upstream and downstream from gage. Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1929

Date

July 10, 1922

Nov. 13, 1922

July 6, 1929

Gage 

height 

(feet)

20.62

17.45

21.70

Discharge 

(cfs)

8,730

3,900

12,200

Water 

year

1930

1931

1932

Date

June 16, 1930

Sept. 25, 1931

Nov. 24, 1931

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.02

10.42

17.12

Discharge 

(cfs)

4,200

1,310

10,200

Platte River basin (Iowa-Missouri)

(29) One Hundred and Two River near Mar/ville, Mo. 

(Published as "at Maryville" prior to 1935]

Location.--Lat 40°23', long 94°50', in SE-J-SW-J- sec. 34, T. 65 N., R. 35 W. , at county highway bridge, 

2^ miles northeast of Maryville and 5 miles downstream from Norvey Creek.

Drainage area.--500 sq mi, approximately; 515 sq mi prior to June 20, 1934.

Gage. Nonrecording. Prior to June 20, 1934, at site 3 miles downstream at datum 5.63 ft lower; 

datum of present gage is 969.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--19 ft.

Remarks.--Channel improvements made prior to establishment of station. Base for partial-duration 

series, 3,500 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Platte River basin (Iowa-Missouri) 

(29) One Hundred and Two River near Maryville, Mo.--Continued

49

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1926

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

Date

Sept. 16, 1926

Aug. 22, 1933

May 14, 1934

June 1, 1935

June 18, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Sept. 5, 1936

Mar. 4, 1937

July 19, 1937

June 1, 1938

Mar. 13, 1939

June 21, 1939

July 4, 1939

May 8, 1940

June 10, 1941

Sept. 15, 1941

Oct. 7, 1941

Oct. 9, 1941

Oct. 22, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Mar. 6, 1942

Mar. 26, 1942

May 5, 1942

June 20, 1942

Aug. 26, 1942

May 16, 1943

June 5, 1943

June 12, 1943

June 16, 1943

Aug. 3, 1943

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21.2

8.20

3.60

19.60

15.45

* 17.95

17.55

15.50

14.20

16.1

20.4

16.4

19.6

13.9

20.51

17.10

14.60

16.80

18.0

19.2

16.0

14.9

16.4

17.4

15.40

17.9

19.4

20.02

17.2

18.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 14,500

2,920

500

10,300

4,470

--

6,330

4,530

3,840

4,900

12,600

5,110

10,300

3,640

11,800

5,170

3,540

4,910

6,180

8,280

4,340

3,690

4,610

5,470

3,980

6,050

8,730

10,300

5,270

6,930

Water 

year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 23, 1944

May 2, 1944

Mar. 15, 1945

Apr. 11, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945 

May 14, 1945

Mar. 26, 1946

May 4, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

June 6, 1947

June 14, 1947

June 18, 1947

June 23, 1947

Mar. 19, 1948

Feb. 24, 1949

June 2, 1949

May 10, 1950

Feb. 26, 1951

Mar. 28, 1951

Apr. 25, 1951

May 1, 1951

May 10, 1951

May 26, 1951

June 3, 1951

June 26, 1951

July 6, 1951

Aug. 26, 1951

Nov. 12, 1951

Mar. 13, 1952

Apr. 22, 1952

May 23, 1952

June 21, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

10.9

20.2

16.6

14.4

18.94 

19.1

17.9

14.35

19.3

20.70

21.2

15.8

19.9

18.1

16.60

20.07

18.56

13.72

13.55

14.70

19.70

16.10

18.70

14.50

13.40

20.10

14.10

17.30

13.82

13.38

16.54

16.80

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,630

10,900

4,750

3,510

7,630 

8,080

6,180

3,510

8,480

12,400

14,200

4,220

10,000

6,330

4,750

10,600

7,080

4,090

3,630

4,270

10,500

5,230

8,330

4,150

3,520

11,600

3,910

6,300

3,740

3,520

5,560

5,820

a Annual peak only. 

6 Resuit of ice jam.

(30) Platte River near Agency, Mo. 

[Published as "at Agency" prior to 1932]

Location. Lat 39°41'20", long 94°42'15", in NEiNW^ sec. 10, T. 56 N., R. 34 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 169, 1 ? miles downstream from Third Fork and 3| miles northeast at Agency.

Drainage area.--1,760 sq mi, approximately; prior to May 13, 1932, 1,790 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to May 13, 1932, at site 4 miles downstream at different datum: datum of 

present gage is 807.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; relationship is affected by slope 

at extremely high stages.

Flood stage.--20 ft.

Remarks.--Channel improvement made in vicinity of station during 1921 and 1930. Base for partialduration series, 7,000 cfs.
50 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Platte River basin (Iowa-Missouri) 

(30) Platte River near Agency, Mo.--Continued

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

June 27, 1924

June 4, 1925

Oct. 5, 1925

Sept. 10, 1926

Sept. 18, 1926

Oct. 7, 1926

Apr. 16, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

June 10, 1928

June 19, 1928

July 26, 1928

Sept. 14, 1928

Nov. 4, 1928

Nov. 18, 1928

Mar. 2, 1929

Mar. 7, 1929

Mar. 16, 1929

Apr. 16, 1929

Apr. 22, 1929

June 3, 1929

July 8, 1929

June 6, 1930

Sept. 27, 1933

May 14, 1934

May 28, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 20, 1935

Mar. 5, 1936

Feb. 13, 3937

Mar. 6, 1937

July 13, 1937

June 2, 1938

Mar. 15, 1939

June 23, 1939

Aug. 15, 1940

June 13, 1941

Sept. 19, 1941

Oct. 9, 1941

Oct. 24, 1941

Nov. 3, 1941

Jan. 20, 1942

Mar. 7, 1942

Mar. 27-, 1942

June 22, 1942

June 26, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

20.38

22.60

16.25

20.60

26.83

22.22

17.25

19.90

19.30

20.15

20.80

22.67

19.65

22.70

17.25

18.45

20.50

15.40

25.40

26.60

25.30

14.66

13.36

6.01

15.90

23.10

19.75

13.54

«19.60

17.90

15.10

12.13

16.76

16.05

12.38

20.97

15.15

16.20

15.10

18.70

15.00

15.20

16.00

19.20

24.2

Discharge 

(cfs)

11,800

15,200

7,600

12,000

22,600

14,500

8,300

11,100

10,300

11,500

12,300

15,300

10,600

15,600

8,300

9,320

11,900

7,100

20,100

22,300

19,900

6,690

5,560

1,020

7,800

21,800

13,500

6,150

*7,120

11,400

8,150

6,380

9,010

8,100

4,870

15,900

7,280

8,250

7,190

11,200

7,100

7,280

8,050

12,100

28,600

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 17, 1943

June 16, 1943

Aug. 4, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

May 5, 1944

May 24, 1944

June 9, 1944

Aug. 5, 1944

Apr. 17, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 17, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Mar. 17, 1946

Mar. 27, 1946

June 20, 1946

Apr. 5, 1947

Apr. 12, 1947

May 29, 1947

June 9, 1947

June 23, 1947

Mar. 17, 1948

Mar. 20. 1947

Feb. 19, 1949

Feb. 26, 1949

June 4, 1949

July 12, 1949

May 11, 1950

Aug. 15, 1950

Mar. 3, 1951

Mar. 29, 1951

Apr. 26, 1951

May 3, 1951

May 12, 1951

May 27, 1951

June 16, 1951

June 22, 1951

June 28, 1951

July 7, 1951

July 11, 1951

Aug. 27, 1951

Sept. 10, 1951

Nov. 13, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

Apr. 24, 1952

May 24, 1952

June 23, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.50

23.53

15.00

22.60

24.4

14.90

17.00

14.90

22.50

22.88

22.60

21.5

16.60

16.40

15.20

18.60

18.80

15.90

24.80

30.46

15.7

17.9

"17.83

"24.7

19.25

17.80

17.35

19.2

14.75

15.33

15.45

23.50

17.80

16.33

18.10

22.45

20.70

22.97

15.76

17.10

16.65

19.17

18.90

15.70

16.40

17.43

Discharge 

(cfs)

10,900

24,800

7,100

20,200

38,300

7,010

9,050

7,010

19,800

21,300

20,200

17,100

9,280

9,030

7,620

12,100

12,400

8,430

26,000

50,000

8,070

11,000

--

12,000

13,000

10,800

10,200

13,000

7,100

7,520

7,740

18,800

9,430

7,970

9,760

16,200

13,200

17,500

7,530

8,700

8,760

12,200

11,800

7,770

8,540

9,720

"Backwater from ice

^Discharge is estimated mean for day.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 51 

Missouri River main stem 

(31) Missouri River at Kansas City, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°06'43", long 94°35'16", In sec. 32, T. 50 N., R. 33 W., at Chicago, Burlington

& Quincy Railroad bridge at Kansas City, 1.4 miles downstream from Kansas River and at mile 377.5.

Drainage area. 489,200 sq ml.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng gage Aug. 1, 1928, to May 3, 1931, and May 16, 1947, to Feb. 23, 1948. RecordTTng gage, May 4, 1931, to May 15, 1947, and since Feb. 29, 1948. Datum of gage Is 715.79 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter measurements.

Flood stage.--22 ft.

Remarks.--Drainage basin above station contains many reservoirs with total usable capacity in excess 

of 27,640,000 acre-ft. Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1844

1903

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

June 16, 1844

June 2, 1903

June 5, 1929

May 9, 1930

June 24, 1931

June 21, 1932

May 31, 1933

Mar. 7, 1934

June 6, 1935

Mar. 12, 1936

June 30, 1937

July 19, 1938

Apr. 10, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

38.0

34.95

23.4

16.7

12.0

20.90

14.7

13.45

23.80

16.30

15.55

19.30

17.40

Discharge 

(cfs)

625,000

548,000

254,000

149,000

64,000

178,000

109,000

87,100

230,000

117,000

102,000

137,000

135,000

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 21, .1940

June 13, 1941

June 22, 1942

June 18, 1943

Apr. 24, 1944

June 18, 1945

June 20, 1946

June 27, 1947

Mar. 21, 1948

Mar. 8, 1949

July 21, 1950

July 14, 1951

Apr. 24, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.25

24.66

24.25

29.1

27.67

25.30

15.75

a 27.01

21.25

20.4

20.70

36.2

30.63

Discharge 

(cfs)

68,100

215,000

206,000

366,000

311,000

242,000

123,000

261,000

208,000

195,000

198,000

573,000

400,000

a Occurred two days earlier.

Blue River basin 

(32) Blue River near Kansas City, Mo.

Location.--Lat 38°57'25", long 94°33'32", in SE^NE^ sec. 28, T. 48 N., R. 33 W., at bridge on

County Highway W, 0.4 mile downstream from Indian Creek and 1.7 miles southeast of Kansas City.

Drainage area.--188 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage May 1 to June 30, 1939. Recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage is 

753.73 ft above mean sea level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements. 

Flood stage.--14 ft.

Historical data.--Maximum stage known, about 39 ft Nov. 17, 1928, occurred before construction of 

present bridge and major changes in channel at gage site.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 5,800 cfs.
FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Blue River basin 

(32) Blue River near Kansas City, Mo. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1333

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

Date

June 25, 1939

Apr. 27, 1940

May 18, 1940

June 23, 1940

Apr. 4, 1941

Oct. '31, 1941

June 19, 1942

July 25, 1942

June 10, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

May 21, 1944

Mar. 24, 1945

Apr. 1«, 1945

May 16, 1945

June 30, 1945

May 10, 1946

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21.52

17.66

18.20

19.58

18.65

19.15

20.10

21.2

17.06

35.88

19.80

17.89

26.3

22.40

22.90

21.36

Discharge 

(cfs)

«8,140

5,990

6,250

7,000

6,460

6,730

7,280

7,890

5,650

26,400

7, .010

6,000

11,100

8,460

8,740

7,890

Water 

year

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 13, 1947

Apr. 3, 1947

Apr. 5, 1947

Apr. 10, 1947

June 21, 1947

June 23, 1947

Mar. 19, 1948

July 22, 1948

July 26, 1948

May 21, 1949

June 6, 1949

June 7, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

July 12, 1950

Aug. 27, 1950

June 26, 1951

June 29, 1951

July 6, 1951

July 11, 1951

Sept. 4, 1951

Sept. 9, 1951

Mar. 10, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21.15

20.9

27.35

20.00

21.80

28.98

22.32

22.26

24.88

20.93

23.74

19.10

30.85

19.13

20.93

21.20

19.80

21.90

38.30

19.1

20.20

23.00

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,780

7,620

12,100

7,120

8,120

14,100

7,970

7,970

9,540

7,180

8,800

6,200

16,400

6,200

7,180

7,350

6,580

7,740

31,100

6,200

6,800

8,380

a Annual peak only.

Missouri River main stem 

(33) Missouri River at Waverly, Mo.

Location. Lat 39°12'51", long 93°30'57", in Sec. 14, T. 51 N., R. 24 W., at bridge on * T . S. Highway 65 at Waverly and at mile 297.2.

Drainage area.--491,200 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Mar. 1, 1929, to Apr. 4, 1934, and June 14, 1943, to Sept. 15, 1944;

recording gage Apr. t>, 1934, to June 13, 1943, and since Sept, 16, 1944. Prior to Jan. 1, 1934, 

at da.um 5.00 ft lower than present gage; datum of present gage is 645.49 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter measurements.Relation affected by levee breaks during extreme floods.

Flood stage.--13 ft.

Remarks.--Drainage basin above station contains many reservoirs with total usable capacity in 

excess of 27,640,000 acre-ft. Only annual peaks are shown.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Missouri River main stem 

(33) Missouri River at Waverly, Mo. Continued

Annual peak stages and discharges

53

Water 

year

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Date

June 5, 1929

May 9, 1930

June 25, 1931

June 23, 1932

June 1, 1933

Mar. 8, 1934

June 8, 1935

Mar. 13, 1936

June 30, 1937

July 20, 1938

Apr. 11, 1939

June 21, 1940

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.9

15.6

12.4

19.00

15.4

13.6

22.02

15.20

14.45

17.20

16.65

12.55

Discharge 

(cfs)

263,000

146,000

65,500

167,000

111,000

82,600

215,000

120,000

105,000

137,000

133,000

70,800

Water 

year

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 14, 1941

June 27, 1942

June 19, 1943

Apr. 24, 1944

Apr. 18, 1945

June 20,21, 1946

June 25,26, 1947

Mar. 21,22,1948

Mar. 8, 1949

July 21, 1950

July 16, 1951

Apr. 26, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

20.9

21.84

24.3

24.4

22.4

15.7

25.1

21.60

«20.74

21.75

* 28.20

628.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

185,000

200,000

310,000

347,000

240,000

116,000

273,000

215,000

187,000

197,000

549,000

369,000

a Occurred on June 30, 1949. 

* Occurred two days earlier.

Grand River basin 

(34) East Fork Big Creek near Bethany, Mo.

Location.--Lat 40°17'50", long 94°01'55", in SE£ sec. 34, T. 64 N., R. 23 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 69, 2 miles north of Bethany and 4 miles upstream from confluence with West Fork.

Drainage area.--95 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage, Mar. 9 to June 25, 1934; recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage is 854.74 

ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 2,600 cfs and extended to 

3,120 cfs on basis of velocity-area study.

Flood stage. 13 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 350 cfs.
54 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Grand River basin

(34) East Fork Big Creek near Bethany, Mo.--Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

Date

July 6, 1909

June 23, 1934

May 31, 1935

June 2, 1935

June 6, 1935

June 18, 1935

Feb. 24, 1936

Feb. 26, 1936

May 23, 1936

Jan. 30, 1937

Feb. 13, 1937

Feb. 18, 1937

Mar. 2, 1937

Apr. 29, 1937

Aug. 21, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

June 21, 1939

June 25, 1939

Aug. 2, 1939

May 8, 1940

July 30, 1940

June 3, 1941

June 9, 1941

Oct. 9, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Dec. 23, 1941

Feb. 15, 1942

Mar. 6, 1942

Mar. 26, 1942

June 21, 1942

June 26, 1942

Oct. 30, 1942

Dec. 26, 1942

Feb. 3, 1943

May 16, 1943

May 19, 1943

June 5, 1943

June 8, 1943

June 10, 1943

June 11, 1943

June 16, 1943

Gage 

height 

(feet)

23.8

4.17

12.04

10.25

5.80

10.40

« 9. 65

a 7.87

5.27

7.4

a !2.lO

a !0.55

a !0.20

6.0C

3.01

7.70

6.00

8.6

8.86

8.09

6.2

10.6

11.00

6.35

7.05

5.60

5.55

6.6

6.6

14.3

15.9

5.70

7.80

8.70

11.23

5.6

10.0

6.85

6.35

9.4

11.15

Discharge 

(cfs)

__

590

3,500

2,520

1,130

2,610

__

860

980

1,610

1,460

1,460

1,400

1,090

210

1,680

1,090

1,960

2,060

1,780

1,120

2,770

2,950

1,19

1,400

925

925

1,330

1,330

5,320

6,600

958

1,680

2,000

3,110

925

2,470

1,330

1,190

2,240

3,070

Water 

year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 15, 1944

Apr. 22, 1944

May 2, 1944

June 9, 1944

Apr. 16, 1945

May 15, 1945

June 16, 1945

July 13, 1945

Jan. 5, 1946

Mar. 16, 1946

June 19, 1946

June 30, 1946

Sept. 27, 1946

Apr. 5, 1947

June 6, 1947

June 13, 1947

June 21, 1947

June 23, 1947

Mar. 15, 1948

May 6, 1948

Feb. 24, 1949

Mar. 30, 1949

Feb. 8, 1950

May 9, 1950

Sept. 20, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

Mar. 3, 1951

May 1, 1951

June 14, 1951

June 22, 1951

June 27, 1951

July 6, 1951

July 22, 1951

Nov. 12, 1951

Mar. 10, 1952

Mar. 19, 1952

Apr. 23, 1952

June 21, 1952

June 22, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

6.2

11.38

10.30

9.2

11.80

12. 70

9.60

9.70

13.10

7.50

7.90

16.10

8.60

9.40

17.65

11.00

12.10

13.80

6.60

9.56

« 10.9

5.4

a 7.67

6.34

6.72

5.43

6.11

10.92

6.13

7.90

8.85

5.97

5.80

7.07

7.65

6.60

6.52

11.0

9.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,120

3,210

2,620

2,170

3,490

4,120

2,310

2,350

4,400

1,580

1,720

6,770

1,960

2,240

8,120

2,970

3,700

4,920

1,260

2,310

& 2,000

859

'

1,160

1,300

859

1,090

2,920

1,090

1,720

2,030

1,060

991

1,440

1,610

1,090

1,230

2,970

2,280

a Backwater from ice. 

b Mean daily discharge.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 55

Grand River basin 

(35) Grand River near Gallatin, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°55'35", long 93°56'35", in SW^NW^ sec. 16, T. 59 N., R. 11 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 6, 100 ft downstream from Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway bridge, 1 mile northeast 

of Gallatin, and 6 miles upstream- from Honey Creek.

Drainage area,--2,250 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage June 30, 1921, to Nov. 14, 1937; recording gage thereafter. Prior to 

Jan. 31, 1922, at site 100 ft upstream from present gage; Jan. 31, 1922, to Nov. 15, 1936, at 

site 1,100 ft upstream from and at datum 0.17 ft higher than present gage; datum of present 

gage is 712.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--28 ft.

Remarks.--Some channel improvement work done below Honey Creek. Base for partial-duration series, 

18,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

July 8, 1909

July 12, 1922

Nov. 15, 1922

June 27, 1924

June 4, 1925

Sept. 17, 1926

Sept. 21, 1926

Oct. 5, 1926

Apr. 21, 1927

June 4, 1927

June 19, 1928

July 24, 1928

Sept. 15, 1928

Nov. 4, 1928

Nov. 19, 1928

Mar. 8, 1929

Apr. 22, 1929

June 2, 1929

July 8, 1929

June 6, 1930

Sept. 26, 1931

Nov. 16, 1931

Nov. 19, 1931

Nov. 25, 1931

Jan. 3, 1932

Aug. 22, 1933

Apr. 4, 1934

May 29, 1935

June 4, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Mar. 5, 1937

June 1, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

about 40

36.50

29.30

31.10

30.20

36.80

30.20

33.90

32.40

28.64

29.79

33.00

28.74

31.40

35.50

28.30

33.40

37.38

34.02

17.00

23.95

29.98

29.16

33.16

31.36

23.96

14.25

25.98

33.60

23.75

22.75

11.72

Discharge 

(cfs)

a70,800

51,400

19,100

22,400

20,800

53,200

20,800

37,100

29,600

18,000

20,000

32,600

18,100

24,900

45,400

18,100

34,600

56,800

37,600

6,800

12,800

21,100

19,600

33,600

24,900

16,600

6,420

19,300

40,100

16,400

15,700

5,480

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 22, 1939

May 8, 1940

June 11, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Mar. 27, 1942

June 23, 1942

June 26, 1942

May 17, 1943

June 7, 1943

June 12, 1943

June 17, 1943

Apr. 24, 1944

May 4, 1944

June 10, 1944

Dec. 5, 1944

Apr. 18, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 18, 1945

Jan. 8, 1946

Mar. 18, 1946

Apr. 5, 1947

Apr. 11, 1947

May 29, 1947

June 8, 1947

June 15, 1947

June 20, 1947

June 24, 1947

Mar. 20, 1948

Feb. 25, 1949

May 10, 1950

May 3, 1951

May 11, 1951

June 23, 1951

June 28, 1951

July 7,8, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.67

13.2

27.45

22.82

23.49

31.0

26.35

24.52

22.82

26.99

25.00

31,55

26.60

22.89

21.30

28.66

30.35

26.05

25.76

21.66

23.10

19.65

19.74

33.30

24.24

23.50

34.55

18.52

20.3

16.78

23.7

20.15

20.3

19.9

27.50

21.32

Discharge 

(cfs)

18,800

10,900

26,300

19,100

20,200

34,200

24,500

21,500

18,800

25,800

22,400

35,700

25,100

19,000

21,100

39,200

43,600

32,400

31,900

22,000

25,500

18,000

18,200

62,500

28,200

26,500

69,100

16,000

19,400

13,600

27,000

19,400

19,600

18,900

38,100

21,500

0 Determination by Corps of Engineers; annual peak only.
56 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Grand River basin 

(36) Weldon River near Mercer, Mo.

Location.--Lat 40° 33', long 93°36', in SW£ sec. 3, T. 66 N., R. 24 W., at county highway bridge, 

4^ miles northwest of Mercer and 5 miles upstream from Little River.

Drainage area.--246 sq mi. 

Gage.--Nonrecording.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 14,000 cfs; large shift 

in relation occurred June 1950.

Flood stage.--22 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of Mar. 12, 1939, was the highest stage during the period 1922-39, from 

information by local resident.

Remarks. Channel improvement work done in 1922. Base for partial-duration series, 4,300 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Date

Mar. 12, 1939

May 7, 1940

July 27, 1940

July 30, 1940

June 9, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

June 20. 1942

June 26, .1942

Dec. 26, 1942

Feb. 3, 1943

May 15, 1943

May 19, 1943

June 6, 1943

June 11, 1943

June 16, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

May 2, 1944

June 8, 1944

Sept. 21, 1944

Mar. 15, 1945

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

May 14, 1945

May 16, 1945

June 15, 1945

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21.6

15.7

20.9

15.9

9.68

13.0

23.81

18.8

13.7

12.5

20.7

14.6

15.6

16.59

12.2

16.8

17.7

14.0

13.27

13.14

15.85

21.30

22.0

12.2

12.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

"16,100

8,460

15,200

8,680

2,350

5,500

19,400

11,200

6,240

5,000

14,900

7,210

8,340

9,520

4,700

9,760

10,900

6,550

5,820

5,600

8,570

15,700

16,700

4,700

5,000

Water 

year

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 5, 1946

June 18, 1946

Aug. 24, 1946

Mar. 13, 1947

Apr. 5, 1947

Apr. 20, 1947

June 5, 1947

June 13, 1947

June 21, 1947

Feb. 27, 1948

Mar. 19, 1948

Feb. 18, 1949

Feb. 24, 1949

Sept. 12, 1949

May 9, 1950

June 15, 1950

June 19, 1950

Apr. 6, 1951

May 1, 1951

May 10, 1951

June 21, 1951

June 26, 1951

July 16, 1951

July 22, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

May 23, 1952

June 21, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.2

19.3

16,0

13.2

14.40

12.05

25.71

16.8

23.2

15.11

11.27

610.5

616.5

18.74

11.59

13.9

22.16

10.25

12.36

11.20

10.4

11.6

11.0

14.0

10.0

10.0

12.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

19,700

14,800

9,700

6,220

7,580

4,920

28,000

10,900

21,700

8,580

4,320

--

--

13,700

4,820

6,990

21,000

4,520

6,940

5,620

4,740

6,060

5,400

8,800

4,300

4,300

6,500

"Annual peak only. 

* Backwater from ice.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 57

Grand River basin 

(37) Weldon River at Mill Grove, Mo.

Location. Lat. 40°13', long 93°36', in SE^SE^ sec. 28, T. 64 N., R. 24 W., at county highway 

bridge in Mill Grove, 8% miles upstream from West Muddy Creek.

Drainage area.--494 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 785.77 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 24,000 cfs; large shift in 

relation occurred June 1950.

Flood stage. 16 ft.

Remarks.--Channe1 improvements made prior to establishment of gaging station and additional work 

in vicinity of station done in September 1945. Base for partial-duration series, 6,100 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

Date

July -- 1909

Oct. 29, 1929

Sept. 26, 1931

Nov. 24, 1931

Jan. 1, 1932

Aug. 2, 1932

Aug. 18, 1932

Sept. 27, 1933

Apr. 4, 1934

May 24, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 18, 1.935

Feb. 26, 1936

Feb. 20, 1937

Aug. 16, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

May 8, 1940

July 31, 1940

June 9, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

June 21, 1942

June 26, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 16, 1943

June 7, 1943

June 12, 1943

Gage 

height 

(feet)

23.9

13.08

13.94

19.70

18.58

20.1

19.32

17.08

11.73

19.33

20.5

20.25

*15.06

16.40

10.50

20.75

17.27

16.32

16.80

18.00

22.0

20.50

17.50

21.8

18.05

18.03

Discharge 

(cfs)

* 18, 000

2,910

3,320

11,200

8,020

12,400

10,000

5,400

2,280

10,300

13,200

12,400

2,900

5,540

2,380

14,000

7,300

6,240

6,740

8,750

18,000

14,100

7,880

17,400

8,750

8,750

Water 

year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 22, 1944

May 3, 1944

June 9 , 1944

Mar. 16, 1945

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

May 15. 1945

June 16, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Mar. 17, 1946

June 19, 1946

Aug. 25, 1946

Mar. 13, 1947

Apr. 5, 1947

June 5, 1947

June 13, 1947

June 22, 1947

Feb. 28, 1948

Feb. 24, 1949

Sept. 12, 1949

Feb. 8, 1950

June 15, 1950

June 19, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Mar. 3, 1951

Apr. 30, 1951

May 10, 1951

June 21, 1951

June 24, 1951

June 26, 1951

July 22, 1951

Mar. 10, 1952

Mar. 13, 1952

June 21, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.00

19.35

17.30

16.40

18.02

20.20

20.76

18.25

21.6

14.80

18.60

15.00

14.80

18.62

22.79

17.60

20.62

15.7

14.56

14.46

13.0

13.7

18.70

11.53

9.95

13.00

13.17

12.30

11.28

10.40

13.64

10.02

9.90

11.35

Discharge 

(cfs)

10,800

11,700

7,560

7.080

9,700

14,600

16,200

10,100

23,800

6,120

14,800

6,320

6,120

14,800

27,600

12,000

20,700

7,600

6,910

8,560

6,930

7,210

22,200

8,360

6,350

10,900

11,300

9,710

8,050

6,830

12,000

6,350

6,240

8,200

a Determination by Corps of Engineers; annual peak only. 

b Backwater from ice.
58 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Grand River basin

(33) Thompson River at Trenton, Mo. 

[Published as "near Hickory" prior to 1929]

Location.--Lat 40°04'45", long 93°38'35", in SW£ sec. 13, T. 61 N., R. 24 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 6, 1 mile west of Trenton and Itj- miles downstream from Weldon River.

Drainage area.--1,670 sq mi,,approximately; prior to Sept. 6, 1923, 1,700 sq mi approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecordins. June 29, 1921, to Sept. 5, 1923, at site 12 miles downstream from and at 

different datum than present gage; Aug. 3, 1928, to Sept. 15, 1930, at present site and datum; 

Sept. 16, 1930, to May 31, 1945, at site 1^ miles downstream from and at datum 3.46 ft lower 

than present gage; since June 1, 1945, at present site and datum. Datum of present gage is 

721.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 73,000 cfs. 

Flood stage.--20 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of July 6, 1909, reached a stage of 30.7 ft at present site, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records for sites "near Hickory" and "at Thompson" considered equivalent for floodfrequency study. The channel has been straightened and improved from the Missouri-Iowa line 

to the Grundy-Livingston county line; work completed in vicinity of gage in 1925. Base for 

partial-duration series, 15,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1922

1923

1928

1929

1S30

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

Date

July 1909

July 13, 1922

Nov.l6A7, 1922

July 23, 1928

Nov. 18, 1928

Feb. 26, 1929

Apr. 20, 1929

June 2, 1929

Oct. 30, 1929

June 17, 1930

Sept. 25, 1931

Nov. 14, 1931

Nov. 24, 1931

Dec. 31, 1931

Sept. 26, 1933

June 23, 1934

May 20, 1935

May 24, 1935

May oO, 1935

June 1, 1935

June 18, 1935

Feb. 25, 1936

Feb. 20, 1937

Sept. 1, 1938

Mar. 13, 1939

AUfa. 18, 1940

June 10, 1941

Gage

height 

(feet)

_.

24.05

22.92

22.5

22.31

20.95

21.40

21.55

11.40

11.86

10.94

18.25

20.48

21.1

14.94

10.42

17.38

16.20

16.70

19.82

18.86

12.40

14.60

11.1

18.15

14.9

20.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

<*50,000

16,000

12,500

27,000

26,700

23,600

24,600

25,000

5,980

5,980

5,100

20,300

25,400

26,700

13,500

5,130

18,800

16,300

17,400

24,000

22,000

5,650

13,900

6,340

22,700

15,700

32,300

Water 

year

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Nov. 1, 1941

June 20, 1942

June 27, 1942

May 16, 1943

June 8, 1943

June 16, 1943

Mar. 15, 1944

Apr. 22, 1944

May 3, 1944

June 9, 1944

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

Mav 15. 1945

June 16, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

May 3, 1946

June 19, 1946

Mar. 13, 1947

Apr. 5, 1947

June 6, 1947

June 14, 1947

June 18, 1947

June 23, 1947

Mar. 19, 1P48

Feb. 24, 1949

Feb. 8, 1950

June 19, 1950

May 2, 1951

June 22, 1951

June 27, 1951

Mar. 13, 1952

June 21, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.28

20.35

22.2

19.0 ,

16.17

17.45

15.33

21.3

18.00

15.60

17.00

20.78

19.90

20.2

22.6

16.10

14.60

14.20

20.65

25.7

19.70

16.55

22.80

16.00

15.6

*14.9

16.62

15.62

14.48

15.10

13.42

13.70

Discharge 

(cfs)

21,600

29,300

35,400

26,800

18,000

21,600

15,400

34,800

23,500

16,200

18,300

27,600

25.400

28,300

45 , 800

20,700

16,100

15,000

35,500

95,000

32,300

22,300

47,500

20,400

19,200

__

22,300

20,800

17,700

19,500

15,000

16,600

a Determination by Corps 

b Backwater from ice.

of Engineers; annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

Grand River basin 

(39) Medicine Creek near Gait, Mo.

59

Location. Lat 40°07'58", long 93°21'50", in NW£ sec. 34, T. 62 N., R. 22 W. , at bridge on State 

Highway 6, l| miles upstream from West Medicine Creek and l£ miles east of Gait.

Drainage area. --22 5 sq mi.

Gage . --Nonrecording . Prior to Oct. 1, 1924, at datum 4.97 ft higher than present gage; Oct. 1, 

T924, to Sept. 30, 1926, at datum 2.97 ft higher than present gage. Datum of present gage is 

769.21 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage readings herein have been converted to 

present datum.

Stage -discharge relation. --Defined by current-meter measurements below 19,000 cfs; frequent large 

shifts in relation occur.

Flood stage. --17 ft.

Remarks . --Major channel improvements made on creek during 1919-20. Base for partial-duration series, 

3,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

July 1909

July 13, 1922

Nov. 15, 1922

June 28, 1924

Apr. 25, 1925

June 19, 1926

Sept. 14, 1926

Sept. 17, 1926

Apr. 19, 1927

June 18, 1928

Sept. 12, 1928

Oct. 31, 1929

Apr. 20, 1931

Oct. 7, 1931

Nov. 14, 1931

Nov. 17, 1931

Dec. 31, 1931

Aug. 2, 1932

Aug. 17, 1932

May 13, 1933

Sept. 13, 1934

May 20, 1935

June 1, 1935

June 18, 1935

July 3, 1935

Feb. 25, 1936

Feb. 13, 1937

Feb. 21, 1937

June 2, 1938

Mar. 12, 1939

Apr. 15, 1939

June 21, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

--

18.58

18.00

17.56

17.20

16.40

17.64

29.00

14.60

14.18

14.20

7.64

9.17

8.90

10.40

9.05

11.68

11.86

9.78

7.32

5.56

9.75

11.00

11.08

10.30

6.99

9.05

11.0

6.81

12.9

8.12

9.60

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 8,000

2,960

2,230

3,170

3,000

3,040

3,700

4,640

3,720

6,260

6,260

1,890

3,910

3,280

5,400

3,400

7,440

7,760

4,500

1,660

456

4,440

6,340

6,500

5,220

1,210

3,280

6,340

1,090

12,300

3,720

6,250

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Aug. 18, 1940

June 3, 1941

June 9, 1941

June 26, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 16, 1943

June 8, 1943

June 16, 1943

Apr. 21, 1944

Oct. 2, 1944

Apr. 15, 1945

May 14, 1945

June 9, 1945

June 16, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Apr. 4, 1947

June 6, 1947

June 12, 1947

June 18, 1947

June 23, 1947

July 6, 1947

Feb. 27, 1948

Mar. 19, 1948

Feb. 24, 1949

June 14, 1949

Sept. 13, 1949

June 15, 1950

June 19, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Apr. 7, 1951

May 10, 1951

June 22, 1951

June 25, 1951

June 28, 1951

July 22, 1951

Apr. 22, 1952

June 22, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.4

7.94

12.84

14.3

7.93

13.17

8.55

8.75

10.9

7.40

8.46

10.30

7.40

10.52

8.61

16.88

18.9

8.90

10.40

8.40

8.00

7.66

11.53

6.0

12.6

6.0

11.29

7.5

4.75

5.48

5.15

5,85

4.80

4.80

11.0

5.22

6.63

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,820

3,070

10,000

12,400

3,070

10,700

4,120

4,360

7,180

3,390

4,460

6,510

3,390

7,010

4,560

16,900

24,200

7,110

9,300

6,410

5,850

5,460

11,000

3,400

12,700

3,400

13,000

8,300

3,830

4,950

4,470

5,430

3,830

3,830

14,500

4,470

6,430

a Determination by Corps of Engineers; annual peak only.
60 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Grand River basin 

(40) Locust Creek near Milan, Mo.

Location.--Lat 40°11'00", long 93°10'10", in SW£ sec. 8, T. 62 N., R. 20 W., at bridge on county 

highway, 3-| miles southwest of Milan.

Drainage area.--225 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Station discontinued September 1933.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 3,100 cfs.

Flood stage. 13 ft.

Remarks.--24 miles of new channel was dug in 1920, all work being 8 or more miles downstream from 

station. Base for partial-duration series, 2,150 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

Date

July 1909

Apr. 8, 1922

July 12, 1922

July 18, 1922

Nov. 14, 1922

June 10, 1924

June 27, .1924

Apr. 25, 1925

Jan. 5, 1926

Sept. 11, 1926

Sept .16,17,1926

Sept. 22, 1926

Oct. 5, 1926

Apr. 3, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

June 5, 1927

June 19, 1928

Sept. 12, 1928

Gage

height 

(feet)

__

15.00

16.75

16.90

15.05

15.40

15.75

17.70

&15. 10

16.50

18.10

15.20

16.60

15.95

16.18

15.84

17.30

17.20

Discharge 

(cfs)

o 8,000

2,240

2,840

2,880

2,240

2,360

2,490

3,200

2,740

3,260

2,300

2,770

2,590

2,650

2,530

2,980

2,950

Water 

year

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

Date

Nov. 2, 1928

Nov. 18, 1928

Mar. 1, 1929

Mar. 8, 1929

Apr. 20, 1929

June 3, 1929

Oct. 13, 1929

Oct. 31, 1929

Nov. 1, 1929

Apr. 22, 1931

June 6, 1931

Oct. 8, 1931

Nov. 15, 1931

Nov. 25, 1931

Jan. 2, 1932

Apr. 22, 1932

Aug. 3, 1932

Aug. 8, 1932

Aug. 18, 1932

Dec. 26, 1932

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.92

20.07

*17.10

15.30

19.40

17.14

15.40

15.5

14.80

15.97

15.20

16.72

17.62

16.80

15.36

18.00

15.18

18.12

14.87

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,820

3

QQ A ,aoU

2,400

2,380

3,650

2,920

2,410

? t- , 4.40 *±^W

2,230

2,650

2,350

2,800

3,070

2,830

2,410

3,200

2,350

3,230

2,260

Determination by Corps of Engineers; annual peak only. 

Backwater from ice.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 61

Grand River basin 

(41) Locust Creek near Linneus, Mo.

Location (revised).--Lat 39°53'45", long 93°14'10", in NW^NE^ sec. 34, T. 59 N., R. 21 W., at 

county highway bridge, 3 miles northwest of Linneus and 5 miles downstream from West Locust 

Creek.

Drainage area.--550 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 692.61 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 15,000 cfs and by slopearea measurement at 33,000 cfs; shifts in relation occur frequently.

Flood stage.--20 ft.

Remarks.--Gage located on 24-mile reach of new channel, dug in 1920. Base for partial-duration 

series, 7,500 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

Date

July 1909

June 30, 1930

Apr. 20, 1931

June 6, 1931

Nov. 23, 1931

Dec. 31, 1931

Dec. 24, 1932

Apr. 5, 1934

May 28, 1935

June 2, 1935

July 4, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Sept. 26, 1936

Jan. 30, 1937

Apr. 10, 1938

June 7, 1938

June 21, 1939

Aug. 18, 1940

June 11, 1941

June 26, 1942

Dec. 26, 1942

May 18, 1943

June 8, 1943

June 10, 1943

June 16, 1943

Gage 

height 

(feet)

__

14.44

15.86

15.73

16.04

15.70

11.14

6.22

15.05

18.97

15.11

9.89

9.99

6 14. 67

5.81

5.74

21.3

10.6

16.7

21.2

15.5

15.5

16.6

16.64

15.52

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 18,000

7,920

8,800

8,610

8,900

8,610

4,390

900

7,940

11,800

8,040

3,100

3,100

5,110

639

639

15,400

3,110

11,800

19,000

8,930

8,930

10,700

10,800

8,930

Water 

year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 23, 1944

June 10, 1944

Apr. 18, 1945

May 16, 1945

June 9, 1945

June 16, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

May 28, 1947

June 6, 1947

June 13, 1947

June 19, 1947

June 23, 1947

Mar. 20, 1948

June 1, 1949

June 15, 1949

July 12, 1949

June 16, 1950

June 20, 1950

Apr. 6, 1951

June 2, 1951

June 21, 1951

June 27, 1951

July 24, 1951

June 22, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.50

14.78

14.80

16.80

15.60

20.45

15.6

19.60

16.00

26.93

18.60

20.11

17.75

16.87

15.3

15.4

14.2

17.2

15.3

14.2

14.1

15.0

13.8

16.2

13.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

20,100

7 1 , 7?O 1 L. \J

7,720

10,700

8,920

16,500

8,920

15,200

9,520

38,000

14 , 600

17,100

13,300

11,900

9,420

9,570

7,600

13,200

11,100%

9,320

9,160

10,600

8,680

12,300

8,200

a Determination by Corps 

b Backwater from ice.

of Engineers; annual peak only.
62 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Grand River basin 

(42) Grand River near Sumner, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°38'25", long 93°16'25", In NE£ sec. 29, T. 56 N., R. 21 W., at bridge on 

County Highway E, 120 ft downstream from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad bridge, 2 

miles southwest of Sumner and 2|- miles downstream from Locust Creek.

Drainage area.--6,880 sq mi, approximately.

Gage. Nonrecording gage, Apr. 19, 1924, to July 9, 1939, and Aug. 9, 1952, to date; recording 

gage, July 10, 1939, to Aug. 8, 1952. Datum of gage is 630.37 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929.

Auxiliary nonrecording gage at various sites Mar. 15, 1939, to Aug. 4, 1942, and at site 

3-j miles downstream since Aug. 5, 1942.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 163,000 cfs; shifts in 

relation occur.Relation affected by slope at high stages.

Flood stage. 25 ft.

Remarks.--Extensive channel improvement and drainage work in basin above station prior to establishraent of gaging station. Base for partial-duration series, 38,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

July 1909

July 1922

November 1922

July i, 1924

Apr. 27, 1925

Sept. 21, 1926

Oct. 8, 1926

Apr. 22, 1927

Sept. 17, 1928

Nov. 20, 1928

Mar. 2, 1929

Apr. 23, 1929

June 4, 1929

Feb. 10, 1930

Apr. 22, 1931

Nov. 19, 1931

Nov. 26, 1931

Jan. 4, 1932

Dec. 26, 1932

Apr. 5, 1934

May 23, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 21, 1935

Feb. 28, 1936

Feb. 22, 1937

Mar. 6, 1937

June 2, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

36.7

« 31.5

c 32.0

28.56

28.00

32.42

30.50

30.80

30.70

35.35

29.95

33.60

35.25

23.22

28.00

31.32

33.30

30.92

25.35

15.29

29.61

33.25

29.30

29.10

d30.28

28.60

14.99

Discharge 

(cfs)

a ^150,000

* 51,000

b 54,000

36,600

33,000

56,400

45,200

47,800

46,900

107,000

41,500

79,400

110,000

18,200

35,600

52,600

84,600

48,700

22,800

8,280

42,900

72,000

41,000

41,000

__

36,800

8,120

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 24, 1939

Mar. 3, 1940

June 12, 1941

June 28, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 18, 1943

June 4, 1943

June 19, 1943

Apr. 25, 1944

May 6, 1944

Apr. 19, 1945

May 18, 1945

May 19, 1945

June 11, 1945

June 18, 1945

Jan. 8, 1946

Mar. 19, 1946

Mar. 15, 1947

Apr. 7, 1947

May 31, 1947

June 7,8,1947

June 16, 1947

June 25, 1947

Mar. 21, 1948

Feb. 26,27, 1949

June 20, 1950

May 4, 1951

June 24, 1951

June 29, 1951

July 9, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

29.95

23.79

29.9

35.83

30.46

30.44

31.89

32.22

36.55

30.37

32.60

33.5

34.32

30.58

33.32

34.2

30.10

30.22

35.05

30.75

39.5

31.78

37.15

31.8

31.2

29.96

30.70

31.34

32.3

31.57

31.6

Discharge 

(cfs)

45,300

18,000

45,500

89,900

44,700

42,600

55,200

60,600

115,000

47,100

67,800

86,200

52,200

79,300

89,300

43,100

40,600

98,000

51,700

180,000

56,900

145,000

61,000

54,000

35,200

45,800

52,400

57,000

60,000

57,100

"Determination by Corps 

6 Annual peak only. 

c From high-water marks. 

d Backwater from ice.

of Engineers.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 63

Grand River basin 

(43) Yellow Creek near Rothville, Mo.

Location.--Lat 39°38', long 93°05', on line between NW£ sec. 31, T. 56 N., R. 19 W., and NE£ sec. 

36, T. 56 N., R. 20 W. , at bridge on State Highway 11, 2^- miles southwest of Rothville and 3 

miles downstream from East Yellow Creek.

Drainage area.--405 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording. Station discontinued December 1951. Datum of gage is 664.37 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 5,900 cfs.

Flood stage.--19 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 1,800 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1929

1930

1931

1932

Date

July 1909

:;»vertiber 1928

Oct. 12, 1929

Nov. 1, 1929

Feb. 9, 1930

July 2, 1930

Apr. 23, 1931

June 9, 1931

June 14, 1931

Nov. 19, 1931

Nov. 25, 1931

Jan. 3, 1932

Gage 

height 

(feet)

__

&22.0

17.6

17.4

17.9

19.56

20.60

20.4

19.3

20.6

21.16

20.7

Discharge 

(cfs)

6 a 15, 000

__

1,900

1,840

1,970

2,630

5,450

3,700

2,470

3,920

7,400

4,400

Water 

year

1947

1949

1950

1951

Date

June 1947

Jan. 16, 1949

Feb. 26, 1949

June 3, 1949

July 14, 1949

Sept. 14, 1949

Jan. 2, 1950

June 4, 1950

June 17, 1950

Feb. 22, 1951

Apr. 9, 1951

June 24, 1951

June 29, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

&23.1

17.4

17.4

21.19

17.8

17.7

18.8

17.7

21.40

19.80

20.52

20.85

21.26

Discharge 

(cfs)

--

1,810

1,810

7,400

1,910

1,880

2,230

1,880

9,000

2,710

3,640

4,900

8,200

a Determination by Corps of Engineers. 

b Annual peak only.

Chariton River basin

(44) Chariton River at Novinger, Mo. 

[published as "at Elmer'1 prior to 1931]

Location.--Lat 40°14'05", long 92°41'00", in SE-^NW-J- sec. 27, T. 63 N., R. 16 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 6, 1,000 ft downstream from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad bridge, 0.8 mile east 

of Novinger, and 2 miles upstream from Spring Creek.

Drainage area.--1,570 sq mi, approximately; prior to Oct. 1, 1930, 1,660 sq mi, approximately.

Gage. Nonrecording gage July 7, 1921, to Dec. 19, 1939; recording gage Dec. 20, 1939, to Sept. 30, 

1952 (discontinued). Prior to Oct. 1, 1930, at site 36^ miles (prior to 1952 shortening) downstream from present gage and July 1, 1921, to Sept. 30, 1924, at datum 43.80 ft lower; Oct. 1, 

1924, to Sept. 30, 1926, at datum 46.80 ft lower; and Oct. 1, 1926, to Sept. 30, 1930, at 

datum 49.80 ft lower than present gage. Jan. 16, 1931, to Dec. 19, 1939, at present site and 

datum. Datum of present gage is 737.65 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 19,000 cfs at former site; 

defined by current-meter measurements below 20,000 cfs at present site. Frequent shifts in 

relation occur.

Flood stage. 20 ft.

Remarks.--Channel improved from point 6 miles downstream from former site to mouth prior to June 

1921. Channel improvement made in vicinity of former site during 1922-23 and channel improvement below present gage completed in June 1952. Base for partial-duration series, 6,500 cfs.
64 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Chariton River basin 

(44) Chariton River at Novinger, Mo. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1917

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

June 1917

July 13, 1922

July 18, 1922

Nov. 14, 1922

Mar. 29, 1924

Apr. 27, 1925

Sept. 21, 1926

Oct. 4, 1926

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

June 4, 1927

Oct. 2, 1927

Oct. 11, 1927

June 18, 1928

July 11, 1928

Sept. 17, 1928

Nov. 17, 1928

Mar. 5, 1929

Apr. 22, 1929

June 5, 1929

Nov. 1, 1929

Apr. 21, 1931

June 7, 1931

Nov. 24, 1931

Aug. 17, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

Sept. 12, 1934

May 21, 1935

June 2, 1935

June 22, 1935

July 9, 1935

Feb. 26, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

June 4, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

a 28.6

19.64

19.30

17.24

16.00

18.66

24.56

22.00

17.4

26.10

19.1

22.67

17.3

20.0

16.2

17.15

24.06

15.4

20.6

15.4

13.80

22.17

22.60

26.03

25.47

22.02

16.96

22.17

24.98

24.04

23.08

19.50

*23.84

11.89

Discharge 

(cfs)

27,000

7,350

7,080

5,560

6,000

7,200

18,700

16,400

8,620

21,800

11,300

17,800

8,480

12,800

7,060

8,340

22,500

8,200

16,900

8,200

6,200

6,500

7,160

15,400

14,000

6,500

3,250

6,500

12,600

10,100

8,100

4,000

6,820

1,690

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 13, 1939

Mar. 17, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Aug. 18, 1940

June 11, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Dec. 28, 1942

May 21, 1943

June 17, 1943

Mar. 17, 1944

Apr. 16, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

June 14, 1944

May 20, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 17, 1945

June 21, 1945

Jan. 6, 1946

Jan. 11, 1946

Mar. 24, 1946

June 23, 1946

July 21, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947 

June 7, 1947

June 13, 1947

June 19, 1947

June 28, 1947

Mar. 20, 1948

Feb. 25, 1949

Feb. 27, 1949

Apr. 1, 1949

June 16, 1949

June 15, 1950

June 20, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Apr. 8, 1951

July 23, 1951

Mar. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

24.99

25.09

23.52

18.42

23.90

22.7

23.14

24.28

24.07

22.69

22.74

25.86

23.32

25.37

23.12

26.34

23.66

23.92

24.25

23.80

26.0

23.93

?<t £> Tt . 9RJ \J

28.50

28.50

25.37

24.68

25.23

*23.85

23.10

23.10

23.6

26.22

26.66

24.12

24.16

24.32

23.87

Discharge 

(cfs)

12,600

12,900

8,940

3,680

9,860

6,900

7,710

10,600

10,000

6,640

6,640

15,200

8,060

13,700

7,540

16,400

9,020

9,540

10,300

9,280

15,500

8,720

12,000

22,900

22,900

12,300

9,940

11,600

6,510

6,510

7,640

15,000

16,700

8,020

8,340

8,660

7,380

a At present site; annual peak only, 

6Backwater from ice.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 65

Chariton River basin 

(45) Chariton River near Keytesville, Mo,

Location.--Lat 39°26'55", long 92°52<10", in SE^SE^ sec. 25, T. 54 N., R. 18 W., at county highway 

bridge, 4^ miles northeast of Keytesville and 5£ miles upstream from Puzzle Creek.

Drainage area.--1,950 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 616.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; large shifts in relation have 

occurred as a result of major channel improvement below gage 1947-49.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--During 1906-09 channel 33^ miles long dug from Missouri River at Chariton-Macon county 

line to replace 290 miles of natural channel. Channel improvement extended upstream after 

1909. Base for partial-duration series, 9,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

Nov. 18, 1928

Nov, 2, 1929

June 8, 1931

Nov. 19, 1931

Nov. 27, 1931

Jan. 6, 1932

Aug. 202 1,1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 13, 1933

Apr. 5, 1934

May 29, 1935

June 3, 1935

Feb. 27, 1936

Feb. 21, 1937

Feb. 22, 1937

Apr. 11, 1938

Mar.38-20, 1939

Apr. 19, 1939

June 22, 1939

Mar. 4, 1940

June 14, 1941

June 26, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.54

18.64

20.02

19.92

21.46

19.86

21.47

20.64

20.47

15.78

22.23

22.72

21.04

621.66

&21.29

18.3

21.5

21.39

21.57

16.3

20.8

23.41

Discharge 

(cfs)

«24,000

6,800

9,690

9,100

17,500

9,100

17,500

12,500

12,000

4,760

15,000

18,000

9,200

--

8,700

6,020

12,000

9,600

10,600

4,350

8,370

21,000

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 20, 1943

June 11, 1943

June 17, 1943

Mar. 16, 1944

Apr. 12, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

May 22, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 19, 1945

Jan. 5, 1946

Mar. 26, 1946

June 27, 1946

Apr. 6, 1947

June 2, 1947

June 8,9,1947

June 16, 1947

June 19, 1947

July 1, 1947

Mar. 20, 1948

Mar. 23, 1948

June 26, 1949

June 23, 1950

June 27,23, 1951

Mar. 19, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.08

21.53

21.89

21.76

21.30

23.01

22.17

21.98

22.76

23.0

21.56

22.16

22.80

22.20

25.3

24.10

24.92

22.55

22.6

22.6

20.1

22.36

21.87

19.25

r 

Discharge 

(cfs)

13,000

10,200

21,000

11,400

9,500

17,200

13,300

12,300

16,200

17,200

10,500

12,700

15,600

12,700

25,600

20,000

23,700

13,300

13,300

13,300

9,620

14,900

10,400

9,590

a Annual peak only. 

6 Backwater from ice.
66 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Lamlne River basin 

(46) Lamine River at Clifton City, Mo.

Location.--Lat 38°45'20", long 93°01'10", in NW£ sec. 16, T. 46 N., R. 19 W., at county highway 

bridge, 300 ft upstream from Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad bridge, three-quarters of a mile 

east of Clifton City, and 8 miles downstream from Otter Creek.

Drainage area..--598 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 621.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 30,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 10,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1905

1907

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

Sept. 18, 1905

Jan. 20, 1907

Apr. 8, 1922

July 4, 1923

June 25, 1924

Mar. 19, 1925

Sept. 10, 1926

Mar. 20, 1927

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 13, 1927

May 8, 1927

Oct. 3, 1927

Nov. 18, 1928

Apr. 10, 1929

May 3, 1929

May 13, 1929

May 19, 1929

June 4, 1929

Feb. 7, 1930

Sept. 25, 1931

Nov. 23, 1931

Dec. 25, 1932

May 14, 1933

Sept. 29, 1934

Nov. 23, 1934

May 29, 1935

June 2, 1935

June 21, 1935

June 27, 1935

Nov. 5, 1935

Sept. 29, 1936

Mar. 20, 1937

May 4, 1937

May 23, 1937

June 10, 1937

June 17, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

35.3

33.2

31.5

19.9

18.85

20.60

21.64

27.40

27.85

22.70

22.02

18.11

22.60

23.50

24.35

27.50

23.00

24.62

17.60

19.10

21.65

26.10

21.80

14.12

21.40

26.38

26.19

22.36

27.76

23.20

22.93

22.00

21.95

27.30

22.20

22.80

Discharge 

(cfs)

« 90, 000

"70,000

a 55, 000

9,300

7,640

10,100

11,300

22,700

25,000

12,500

11,700

7,620

12,400

13,600

14,800

23,800

33,000

15,100

7,260

8,500

11,200

17,800

11,500

5,190

11,000

18,600

18,000

12,200

25,000

13,200

12,800

11,700

11,700

22,200

11,900

12,700

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 24, 1938

Apr. 16, 1939

Mcnr Q 1 Q^Q way y, j.yoy

June 12, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Mar. 17, 1942

June 27, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 8, 1943

May 18, 1943

June 5, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

Apr. 17, 1945

June 11, 1945

Jan. 7, 1946

May 11, 1946

Aug. 15, 1946

Mar. 14, 1947

Apr. 11, 1947

Apr. 26, 1947

June 19, 1948

June 23, 1948

Jan. 24, 1949

June 7, 1949

June 9, 1949

Dec. 22, 1949

May 31, 1950

June 4, 1950

Feb. 21, 195-1

June 25, 1951

June 29, 1951

July 4, 1951

July 7, 1951

July 13, 1951

Sept. 10, 1951

Sept. 13, 1951

Nov. 13, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

25.5

29.86 

?~\ R7 C -L . O I

13.5

26.5

27.00

27.5

21.52

24.70

26.00

24.00

32.0

21.80

28.00

29.0

24.0

23.6

21.80

25.5

23.40

22.01

23.32

25.4

28.14

29.0

22.6

24.2

23.6

23.5

23.0

24.0

24.25

23.0

32.5

22.0

28.85

24.4

23.0

22.0

21.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

16,600

40,200

11,200

4,280

18,600

19,800

21,400

10,300

14,700

17,200

13 , 600

60,000

10,700

25,000

32,500

12,200

11,800

10,000

14,500

11,600

10,200

11,500

14,300

25,600

32,500

10,800

12,400

11,800

11,700

11,200

12,200

12,400

11,200

65,500

10,200

30,900

12,700

11,200

10,200

9,750

<* Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 67

Lamlne River basin 

(47) Blackwater River at Blue Lick, Mo.

Location.--Lat 38°58'30", long 93°12'15", on line between sees. 27 and 34, T. 49 N., R. 21, W., at 

 bridge on U. S. Highway 65, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Finney Creek and 1 mile south 

of Blue Lick.

Drainage area.--1,120 sq ml, approximately.

Gage.--Daturn of gage Is 593.79 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 32,000 cfs and extended to 

54,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting.

Flood stage. 25 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 10,000 cfs.

Flood sta|es and discharges

Water 

year

1905

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1938

Date

Sept. 1905

July 4, 1923

June 30, 1924

June 19, 1925

Apr. 8, 1926

Mar. 22, 1927

Apr. 3, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

May 9, 1927

Oct. 4, 1927

Feb. 9, 1928

Nov. 18, 1928

Apr. 2, 1929

Apr. 11, 1929

May 14, 1929

May 21, 1929

June 5, 1929

Feb. 10, 1930

Sept. 24, 1931

Nov. 26, 1931

May 14, 1933

May 25, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

36

30.9

29.05

24.10

28.05

32.01

31.0

30.25

28.95

30.68

34.17

28.60

41.25

31.30

30.00

32.10

30.10

31.19

26.42

18.77

27.85

25.88

34.18

Discharge 

(cfs)

«&26,000

.9,280

10,800

7,060

10,000

17,400

15,400

14,000

11,800

14,900

21,800

11,200

54,000

16,000

13,600

17,600

13,800

15,800

7,990

3,200

9,680

6,900

19,600

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 18, 1939

Apr. 20, 1940

Jan. 28, 1941

June 23, 1942

June 29, 1942

May 20, 1943

Mar. 18, 1944

Apr. 13, 1944

Apr. 24, 1944

June 10, 1945

Jan. 8, 1946

Mar. 16, 1947

Apr. 7, 1947

July 3, 1947

June 25, 1948

June 9,10,1949

Oct. 23, 1949

July 1, 1951

July 8, 1951

July 14, 1951

Aug. 29, 1951

Nov. 15, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

29.6

25.0

23.8

31.83

32.2

36.45

31.50

32.50

37.0

31.85

31.3

30.76

31.9

31.09

32.80

30.6

32.0

34.2

35.06

31.06

28.48

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,810

5,300

3,800

12,400

13,400

27,900

12,600

15,300

32,400

12,600

11,300

10,200

12,900

10,800

15,600

9,760

13,200

618,000

20,400

23,900

10,800

7,100

a Annual peak only.

6Discharge approximate,
68 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Missouri River main stem 

(48) Missouri River at Boonville, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°58'40", long 92°45'15", in sec. 35, T. 49 N., R. 17 W., at Missouri-Kansas-Texas 

Railroad bridge at Boonville and at mile 196.7.

Drainage area.--505,700 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng gage Oct. 1, 1925, to May 9, 1931; recording gage thereafter. Prior to Oct. 1, 

1928, at site 0.4 miles downstream at datum 3.14 ft lower than present gage. Oct. 1, 1928 to 

Apr. 13, 1934, at site 0.4 miles downstream from present site at present datum; since Apr. 13, 

1934, at present site and datum. Datum of present gage is 565.02 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter measurements.

Flood stage.--21 ft.

Remarks.--Drainage basin above station contains many reservoirs with total usable capacity in excess 

of 27,640,000 acre-ft. Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1844

1903

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

June 21, 1844 

June 6, 1903 

Sept. 25, 1926

Apr. 23, 1927

June 20, 1928

June 7, 1929

May 11, 1930

June 9,10, 1931

Nov. 28, 1931

June 2,4,1933

Mar. 9, 1934

June 4, 1935

Mar. 14, 1936

July 25, 1937

July 19, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

32.7 

30.5 

17.4

23.9

19.6

23.7

16.2

12.8

21.5

14.9

12.2

26.7

15.4

15.70

18.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 710,000 

612,000 

175,000

381,000

224,000

344,000

150,000

79,200

221,000

105,000

77,000

306,000

134,000

123,000

142,000

Water 

year

1939 

1940 

1941

1942

' 1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949 

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 18, 1939 

Aug. 17, 1940 

June 17, 1941

June 29, 1942

June 22, 1943

Apr. 27, 1944

Apr. 20, 1945

Jan. 10, 1946

June 27, 1947

Mar. 24, 1948

Mar. 9, 1949 

July 20, 1950

July 17, 1951

Apr. 27, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

20.00 

13.44 

22.40

27.50

28.82

30.93

625.25

17.44

32.02

24.20

21.15 

21.30

32.62

27.70

Discharge 

(cfs)

170,000 

76,700 

201,000

312,000

366,000

504,000

280,000

150,000

448,000

247,000

196,000 

209,000

550,000

360,000

* Computed by Corps of Engineers. 

Occurred June 21, 1945.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

Osage River basin 

(49) Sac River near Stockton, Mo.

Location.-Lat 37°42'30", long 93°45'20", in W| sec. 11, T. 34 N., R. 26 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 64, three-quarters of a mile upstream from Bear Creek and 2 miles east of Stockton.

Drainage area. 1.160 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 764.02 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur.

Flood stage. 13 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 12,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

69

Water 

year

1896

1909

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

Date

Dec. 19, 1895

July 1909

May 14, 1922

May 24, 1923

May 29, 1924

July 20, 1924

Aug. 17, 1924

Sept. 22, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 10, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

Apr. 20, 1927

June 21, 1927

July 21, 1927

Aug. 9, 1927

Aug. 18, 1927

June 10, 1928

June 29, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

May 6, 1929

May 13, 1929

May 19, 1929

Feb. 5, 1930

May 20, 1931

Aug. 7, 1931

June 28, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 14, 1933

May 26, 1933

Sept. 12, 1934

Oct. 18, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

June 8, 1935

June 14, 1935

June 21, 1935

Sept. 28, 1936

Gage 

height 

(feet)

27.25

29.3

18.00

15.80

21.60

20.90

21.05

22.30

15.40

24.95

24.60

22.00

18.85

18.95

24.45

21.50

23.10

20.90

20.98

20.70

20.70

20.50

20.85

15.55

19.80

22.40

24.00

23.48

20.30

17.80

20.50

19.90

22.59

17.45

20.61

17.45

17.06

Discharge 

(cfs)

ffl 72,000

092,000

9,440

7,930

21,400

14,800

15,000

23,900

8,600

34,800

33,200

22,800

13,300

13,700

32,300

21,000

27,000

19,000

19,300

18,400

18,400

17,800

18,700

8,800

15,700

24,300

30,700

30,400

20,000

13,200

20,600

19,100

36,200

12,300

22,000

12,300

11,800

Water 

year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Nov. 2, 1936

Jan. 15, 1937

Jan. 31, 1937

Apr. 30, 1937

June 9, 1937

June 14, 1937

May 8, 1938

May 8, 1939

May 1, 1940

Apr. 15, 1941

Apr. 19, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

June 18, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 19, 1943

Aug. 27, 1944

Mar. 3, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 7, 1945

Sept. 23, 1945

Sept. 26, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

July 1, 1947

June 22, 1948

June 26, 1948

Feb. 16, 1949

Oct. 23, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 4, 1951

Sept. 10, 1951

Nov. 12, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

20.46

19.30

18.28

19.50

21.40

23.15

16.50

17.3

13.6

19.10

26.5

26.4

22.50

19.80

22.20

23.03

31.8

22.0

18.40

25.6

20.30

19.70

23.70

16.28

21.00

25.25

20.00

24.6

20.04

19.2

21.9

20.37

21.57

21.40

22.00

25.35

20.16

18.80

Discharge 

(cfs)

19,300

15,200

12,700

15,800

23,300

34,300

9,700

10,900

6,830

14,400

57,000

56,300

21,600

12,800

20,300

23,600

120,000

27,000

12,500

56,400

14,000

12,600

26,900

8,790

16,000

52,800

13,200

47,400

19,300

14,400

26,300

18,400

24,300

20,200

23,300

50,100

15,600

11,900

ffl Annual peak only.
70 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Osage River basin 

(50) Cedar Creek near Pleasant View, Mo.

Location.--La t 37°50 I 03", long 93°52'31", In NE^- sec. 2, T. 35 N.,R. 27 W., at bridge on State Highway 39, ! § miles north of Pleasant View, 1^ miles downstream rrom Alder Creek, and 5-f miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--420 sq ml, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng. Datum of gage Is 739.5 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 15,100 cfs and extended to 

24,300 cfs by"logarithmic plotting.

Flood stage. 20 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 3,500 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1909

1923

1924

1925

1926

Date

July 20, 1909

June 10, 1923

Dec. 13, 1923

Feb. 17, 1924

May 24, 1924

May 29, 1924

June 10, 1924

June 21, 1924

July 12, 1924

July 21, 1924

Aug. 16, 1924

Mar. 19, 1925

Apr. 4, 1925

Sept. 23, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Aug. 21, 1926

Sept. 6, 1926

Gage 

height 

(feet)

027.7

20.86

16.75

16.61

19.32

22.92

16.60

20.11

24.00

14.77

15.70

18.75

16.10

21.78

19.12

15.00

17.40

Discharge 

(cfs)

__

a 7,310

4,460

4,370

5,790

11,400

4,370

6,430

16,000

3,620

3,980

5,490

4,140

8,440

5,660

3,700

4,750

Water 

year

1943

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 1943

Jan. 24, 1949

Feb. 17, 1949

June 10, 1949

July 12, 1949

July 17, 1950

July 19, 1950

Aug. 28, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

June 23, 1951

July I, 1951

July 4, 1951

July 11, 1951

Aug. 28, 1951

Sept. 10, 1951

Sept. 13, 1951

Nov. 12, 1951

Feb. 2, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

24.7

20.2

15.5

15.7

14.9

15.1

22.38

15.7

22.7

17.0

22.2

25.56

19.75

19.45

24.29

19.0

21.50

14.70

Discharge 

(cfs)

« 19, 500

6,530

3,900

3,980

3,660

3,740

9,900

4,020

10,800

4,620

9,400

24,300

6,320

6,000

17,500

5,720

8,160

3,580

a Annual peak only.

(5l) Osage River at Osceola, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°03'44", long 93°41'37", In NE^NE^- sec. 17, T. 38 N., R. 25 W., half a mile downstream from Galllnlpper Creek, 1 mile downstream from hydroelectric plant of West Missouri Power 

Co., and 1 mile northeast of Osceola.

Drainage area.--8,220 sq mi, approximately.

Ga^e.--Nonrecordlng gage Mar. 1, 1917, to Sept. 30, 1928, at site l£ miles upstream from and at 

datum 3.67 ft higher than present gage. Recording gage at present site since Nov. 28, 1930. 

Datum of present gage is 678.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given 

herein converted to present site and datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements. 

Flood stage.--22 ft.

Remarks.--Low and medium flow regulated by power plant 1 mile upstream since 1930. Peak flows 

not materially affected by regulation. Base for partial-duration series, 32,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

Osage River basin 

(51) Osage River at Osceola, Mo. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

71

Water 

year

1844

1896

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1931

1932

1933

1934

Date

June 1344

Dec. 1895

Apr. 29, 1918

May 20,21,1919

Oct. 30, 1919

Mar. 28, 1920

Aug. 16, 1921

Mar. 20, 1922

Apr. 2, 1922

Apr. 10, 1922

Apr. 17,18,1922

June 11, 1923

June 17, 1923

May 31, 1924

July 14, 1924

July 21, 1924

Sept. 24, 1925

Nov. 9, 1925

Oct. 7, 1926

Oct. 11, 1926

Mar. 22, 1927

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 11, 1927

Apr. 17, 1927

June 22, 1927

July 23, 1927

Aug. 9, 1927

Aug. 20, 1927

Oct. 8, 1927

June 11, 1928

June 19, 1928

June 30, 1928

May 21, 1929

May 21, 1931

June 30, 1932

Dec. 26, 1932

May 16, 1933

Sept. 13, 1934

Gage 

height 

(feet)

45

35.3

12.0

18. S

21.70

23.4

19.1

23.80

23 -.60

30.8

29.7

20.7

22.2

21.40

24.40

20.80

19.31

18.9

22.00

24.50

23.40

27.30

32.4

32.10

26.10

23.80

30.25

30.50

28.2

25.35

19.70

22.20

I>32.4

17.35

16.40

20.66

21.17

11.30

Discharge 

(cfs)

"150,000

"90,000

16,100

31,100

37,500

41,800

31,500

42,300

41,900

65,000

61,200

35,200

38,700

36,800

43,800

35,400

32,000

31,100

38,200

44,800

41,800

53,200

70,900

69,800

49,500

42,900

62,900

64,000

56,100

47,500

32,900

38,700

«c68,000

27,700

25,300

36,000

37,200

13,800

Water 

year"

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 14, 1935

June 9, 1935

Sept. 29, 1936

Nov. 4, 1936

June 12, 1937

June 17, 1937

May 30, 1938

May 9, 1939

May 2, 1940

Apr. 21, 1941

Oct. 7, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

June 22, 1942

Dec. 30, 1942

May 13, 1943

May 21, 1943

June 9, 1943

Mar. 23, 1944

Apr. 13, 1944

May 1, 1944

Aug. 29, 1944

Mar. 21, 1945

Mar. 26, 1945

Apr. 17, 1945

Apr. 23, 1945

Aug. 14, 1946

Nov. 1, 1946

Apr. 13, 1947

Apr. 27, 1947

June 24, 1948

Aug. 2, 1948

Jan. 24, 1949

T?£iV\ 1 Q 1 Q/ Q reu. _LO f _Ly*ky

July 19, 1950

Feb. 22, 1951

June 24, 1951

July 6, 1951

July B,2Q1951

Sept. 14, 1951

Nov. 14, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21.32

29.35

16.86

20.61

24.04

25.90

24.97

14.55

12.36

30.22

30.00

31.78

23.52

24.96

28.60

41.48

21.35

21.36

22.47

31.56

22.66

21.18

21.71

31.11

29.39

20.30

25.73

25.42

27.95

29.03

23.80

20.04

22.55

24.20

23.85

20.38

35.87

35.07

32.10

21.39

Discharge 

(cfs)

37,500

59,700

26,200

35,700

44,500

49,500

47,300

20,200

15,300

62,600

61,600

71,100

40 , 600

44,600

55,200

146,000

36,200

35,400

38,000.

69,500

38,600

35,200

36,400

66,800

58,700

33,100

46,500

45,700

53,000

56,900

41,700

32,600

38,700

43,500

42,500

34,300'

98,300

92,300

72,400

35,900

"Annual peak only.

^Furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau; affected by backwater due to dam construction.

c From discharge measurements of peak.
72 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Osage River basin 

(52) Pomme de Terre River at Hermitage, Mo.

Location.--Lat 37°56'45", long 93°18'35'', in SE-J-NE^ sec. 23, T. 37 N., R. 22 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 54, a quarter of a mile east of Hermitage and 1^ miles downstream from Mill (Crane) Creek.

Drainage area.--655 sq mi.

Gage. Konrecording gage July 25, 1921, to July 23, 1937; recording gage thereafter. Prior to Oct. 

I, 1325, at site 1.60 miles upstream from and at different datum than present gage; datum of 

present gage is 726.83 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 41,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 12,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

Mar. 14, 1922

June 4, 1923

May 29, 1924

June 10, 1924

Sept. 22, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Oct. 5, 1926

Mar. 20, 1927

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

June 1,. 1927

Aug. 8, 1927

June 10, 1928

June 29, 1928

Aug. 2, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

May 7, 1929

May 13, 1929

May 19, 1929

FeD. 4, 1930

May 20, 1931

Aug. 6, 1931

June 28, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 14, 1933

Apr. 16, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

May 29, 1935

June 15, 1935

Sept. 28, 1936

Nov. 3, 1936

Jan. 15, 1937

Jan. 31, 1937

June 10, 1937

June 16, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.95

12.38

22.56

20.00

15.80

15.84

19.30

20.40

23.50

19.70

23.60

36.45

22.50

19.30

21.16

19.72

23.95

20.90

20.24

15.10

21.46

19.40

18.05

22.20

19.95

12.14

23.76

20.82

29.38

17.11

23.05

20.50

19.70

25.97

19.00

Discharge 

(cfs)

16,600

7,600

24,600

18,800

11,400

9,000

13,100

14,600

19,000

13,600

19,100

70,000

19,800

13,100

15,700

13,600

23,700

15,300

14,300

8,300

16,100

13,200

11,500

19,100

14,000

5,530

23,200

16,000

42,200

9,740

21,000

16,500

15,100

29,900

13,900

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 24, 1938

Apr. 6, 1939

May 8, 1939

May 1, 1940

Apr. 16, 1941

Apr. 19, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

June 18, 1942

June 21, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 19, 1943

May 1, 1944

Aug. 27, 1944

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

Sept. 23, 1945

Sept. 25, 1945

Aug. 14, 1946

Nov. 1, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

June 22, 1948

June 26, 1948

July 20, 1948

Feb. 15, 1949

July 7, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

May 31, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 11, 1951

Sept. 10, 1951

Feb. 2, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.50

21. 28 1

19.80

15.70

21.72 

29 .44

30.70

23.20

29.60

21.10

24.58

24.20

29.48

19.36

23.52

19.30

26.92

20.29

25.57

27.84

24.20

22.69

28.44

29.06

18.90

20.11

19.87

21.23

20.38

22.62

19.41

19.98

26.40

20.3

23.73

(

18.82

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,120

17,100 '

14,000

8,060

16,700

39,100

44,300

19,800

39,900

15,600

23,800

23,000

39,900

13,000

21,000

12 , 800

30,700

14,400

26,600

33,700

22,700

19,100

35,800

38,400

12,300

14,100

13,800

16,000

14,500

18,900

13,000

13,900

29,000

14,400

21,500

12,100
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 73

Osage River basin 

(53) South Grand River near Erownington, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°15'45", long 93°42'50", in NW£ sec. 17, T. 40 N., R. 25 W., at county highway 

bridge, 150 ft downstream from St. Louis-San Francisco Railway bridge, 200 ft downstream from 

Deepwater Creek, and 1 mile north of Brownington.

Drainage area.--1,660 sq mi, approximately. 

Gage.--Nonrecordlng. Datum of gage is 675.1 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 47,000 cfs and extended to 

63,900 cfs by logarithmic plotting.

Flood stage.--16 ft.

Remarks.--Channel improvement of 57^ miles of main channel and some tributaries completed in 1921; 

all work some distance above gage. Base for partial-duration series, 9,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

1915

Mar. 15, 1922

Mar. 27, 1922

Apr. 9, 1922

June 13, 1923

June 29, 1924

Apr. 6, 1925

June 3, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Apr. 9, 1926

Mar. 22, 1927

Apr. 3, 1927

Apr. 17, 1927

May 10, 1927

June 5, 1927

Oct. 5, 1927

Feb. 9, 1928

Nov. 19, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

May 14, 1929

May 20, 1929

June 5, 1929

June 25, 1929

Feb. 11, 1930

May 21, 1931

Nov. 26, 1931

May 13, 1933

Sept. 30, 1934

June 4, 1935

June 29, 1935

Sept. 28, 1936

Mar. 26, 1937

May 24, 1937

June 11, 1937

May 26, 1938

Apr. 17, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

30

25.70

20.30

28.0

24.65

18.20

20.25

17.15

15.70

19.00

27.25

25.75

--

22.49

20.33

28.52

22.57

39.9

20.10

29.03

25.73

20.56

22.62

15.32

7.85

19.80

11. 94

7.07

31.29

24.95

15.16

20.38

23.83

21.05

31.89

17.8

Discharge 

(cfs)

ffl 25,000

18,700

13,400

21,100

17,500

11,500

13,300

10,600

9,240

12,200

16,500

14,300

14,900

10,900

9,480

18,600

11,000

63,900

9,340

21,000

15,200

9,740

11,500

6,880

2,820

9,580

4,840

1,990

29,400

14,200

6,820

9,900

12,800

10,400

31,100

8,040

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 11, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 7, 1941

Nov. 3, 1941

June 21, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 20, 1943

June 5, 1943

Mar. 18, 1944

Apr. 13, 1944

Apr. 25, 1944

Apr. 18, 1945

May 27, 1945

May 31, 1945

June 12, 1945

July 3, 1945

Jan. 8, 1946

Aug. 15, 1946

Mar. 15, 1947

Apr. 8, 1947

Apr. 12, 1947

Apr. 27, 1947

June 10, 1947

June 27, 1947

Mar. 22, 1948

June 27, 1948

July 2 3, 24, 1948

July 2 8, 29^948

Jan. 18, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

June 11, 1949

Oct. 24, 1949

Aug. 30, 1950

July 1, 1951

July 15, 1951

Sept. 7, 1951

Sept. 10, 1951

Nov. 15, 1951

Mar. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

11.2

16.0

21.80

25.0

23.97

23.15

23.35

37.88

28.00

24.92

26.50

35.8

26.40

24.20

24.70

21.35

21.50

24.4

23.30

24.75

26.40

26.02

23.20

24.34

27.15

20.15

26.15

27.40

30.8

20.7

22.35

20.1

22.05

27.20

32.60

35.5

25.45

25.90

20.08

20.78

Discharge 

(cfs)

4,140

7,210

11,000

14,200

13,000

12 , 100

12,300

52,700

19,000

14,100

16,400

43 , 600

16,200

13,200

13,800

10,500

10,600

13,500

12,200

14,000

16,200

15,600

12,100

13,400

17,600

9,420

15,900

17,900

25,900

9,830

11,400

9,340

11,000

17,600

31,600

42,400

14,800

15,500

9,340

9,920

"Annual peak only.
74 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Osage River basin 

(54) Osage River at Warsaw, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°li'40", long 92°23'10", In NE-jj-SW^ sec. 17, T. 40 N., R. 22.W., at Warsaw. 

Drainage area.--11,500 sq ml, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to Aug. 6, 1925, at various sites and datums In vicinity. Intermittent 

record since April 1931. Gage heights given herein converted to present site and datum. Datum 

of present gage is 681.80 ft above mean sea level (levels by U. S. Weather Bureau).

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements. Stage-discharge relation affected 

at times by storage in Lake of the Ozarks since 1931.

Flood stage.--51 ft.

Historical data. Flood in 1872 reached a stage of 33.1 ft; that in 1374 a stage of 26.2 ft; and that 

on Feb. 1, 1916, a stage of 35.5 ft, from reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Remarks.--Peaks for period prior to Oct. 1, 1925, and after Apr. 30, 1931, computed from plotted 

U. S. Weather Bureau gage readings. Base for partial-duration series, 40,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1844

1855

1896

1905

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1 Qy-z

J. J Cf \J

1924

1925

1 -L Q?fi J C* U

Date

June 1844

1855

December 1895

April 1905

Apr. 30, 1918

May 20, 1919

Oct. 29, 1919

Mar. 27, 1920

Sept. 15, 1920

Sept. 28, 1920

Sept. 15, 1921

Mar. 15, 1922

Mar. 20, 1922

Apr. 1, 1922

Apr. 4, 1922

Apr. 12, 1922

June 12, 1923

June 17, 1923

Dec. 15, 1923

May 31, 1924

June 11, 1924

June 21, 1924

July 15, 1924

July 22, 1924

Apr. 6, 1925

Nov. 9 1925

Gage 

height 

(feet)

44.46

39.5

38.4

37.4

16.6

23.3

28.7

28.9

20.3

19.7

21.2

26.7

25.7

25.5

26.8

34.9

22.2

23.4

19.7

22.7

21.8

21.0

25.5

21.1

17.8

20.1

Discharge 

(cfs)

« 185, 000

«112,000

« 108, 000

«104,000

32,900

50 , 800

68,600

69,300

42,300

40 , 700

«44,800

61,800

58,500

57,800

62,100

90*000

47,600

51,100

40,700

49,000

46,400

44,200

57,800

44,500

35,900

41,800

Water 

year

1927

1928

1929

1930

1935

1941

1942

1943

1946

1947

1951

Date

Oct. 5, 1926

Oct. 11, 1926 

Mar. 22, 1927

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 17, 1927

May 10, 1927

June 3, 1927

June 22, 1927 

July 24, 1927

Aug. 10, 1927

Aug. 21, 1927

Oct. 3, 1927

Oct. 9, 1927

June 11, 1928

July 1, 1928

Nov. 24, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

Apr. 22, 1929

Apr. 25, 1929

May 8, 1929

May 19, 1929

Feb. 9, 1930

June 3, 1935

Apr. 21, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

May 21, 22, 1943

Aug. 14, 1946

Apr. 27, 1947

July 7, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

24.0

24. 7

28.6

28.7

34.45 ?1 ?

£* J. . £»

26.7

26.3 

20.4

31.8

25.9

27.0

28.2

23.7

22.2

28.1

26.2

19.7

19.6

23.0

34.8

16.4

34.1

33.8

34.5

44.54

35.2

34.40

40.1

Discharge 

(cfs)

53,000

55,200 

68,200

68,600

88,300

44 , 800

61,800

60,500 

42 , 600

79,200

59,200

62,800

66,900

52,000

47,600

66,500

60,200

40,700

40,500

49,900

89,700

32,400

« 94, 000

a 80, 000

«88,600

"220,000

«76,000

078,300

a*120,000

«Annual peak only 

b Estimated.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 75

Osage River basin

(55) Niangua River near Decaturville, Mo. 

[published as "near Roach" prior to 1931]

Location. Lat 37°65'20", long 92°50'30", in NW^NE-^ sec. 19, T. 37 N., R. 17 W., 0.3 mile downstream 

from hydroelectric plant of Sho-me Power Cooperative, Inc. and 8 miles northwest of Decaturville.

Drainage area.--627 sq mi; about 698 sq mi prior to Oct. 1, 1930.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Nov. 18, 1922, to Sept. 30, 1930, at site 18 miles downstream from and at 

datum about 51.15 ft lower datum than present gage. Recording gage at present site since Oct. 1, 

1930. Datum of present gage is about 665.9 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements.

Flood stage.--9 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of September 1914 reached a stage of 28 ft at present site and 23.8 ft at 

former site near Roach.

Remarks.--Records for site "near Decaturville" and "near Roach" considered equivalent for floodfrequency study. Low flows since 1931 regulated by hydroelectric plant upstream; peak discharges not materially affected. Base for partial-duration series, 9,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

June 12, 1923

May 30, 1924

Aug. 12, 1924

Dec. 21, 1924

Nov. 9, 1925

Mar. 21, 1927

Apr. 2, 1S27

May 10, 1927

June 1, 1927

June 22, 1927

Aug. 9, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

June 10, 1928

May 7, 1929

May 19, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

Aug. 7, 1931

June 28, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

Apr. 17, 1933

May 14, 1933

Apr. 17, 1934

Mar. 13, 1935

May 29, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 15, 1935

June 21, 1935

Sept. 28, 1936

Jan. 16, 1937

June 9, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

3.75

13.30

11.30

11.90

8.52

15.3

15.1

12.1

16.5

11.2

17.00

11.80

15.80

13.12

10.6

8.80

12.60

17.00

15.62

13.70

16.30

8.73

17.12

12.70

13.10

14.40

15.90

11.94

13.45

13.40

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,810

15,200

11,100

12,800

7,180

22,100

21,500

13,200

25,700

13,400

27,200

12,400

23,600

15,900

9,520

6,560

9,210

19,000

17,000

11,800

17,200

4,410

19,300

9,730

10,500

13,500

18,000

8,280

11,100

11,100

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 24, 1938

Apr. 6, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

May 2, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 6, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

June 18, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 19, 1943

Apr. 12, 1944

Mar. 4, 1945

Mar. 21, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

Sept. 26, 1945

Aug. 15, 1946

Apr. 12, 1947

Apr. 26, 1947

June 23, 1948

June 29, 1948

June 9, 1949

Oct. 23, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

May 31, 1950

July 2, 1951

Feb. 3, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

11.26

12.40

12.43

10.31

20.4

18.20

13.39

21.06

20.27

14.68

21.84

13.90

13.15

13.0?

14.97

19.46

17.17

14.75

13.47

20.37

16.33

13.07

13.2

13.12

17.55

14.4

16.29

16.06

10.23

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,320

9,170

9,170

6,020

29,000

26,900

11,100

31,200

28,700

13,300

33,400

11,600

10,300

9,920

14,000

26,200

19,600

13 , 500

10,800

29,000

17,200

10,100

10,300

10,100

20,700

12,700

17,200

16,700

6,220

(56) Osage River near Bagnell, Mo.

Location.--Lat 38'12'26", long 92°35«23", in N|SE£ sec. 21, T. 40 N., R. 15 W., l| miles upstream 

from Bagnell and 3 miles downstream from hydroelectric plant of Union Electric Co. of Missouri.

Drainage area. 14,00 sq mi, approximately.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Oct. 1, 1880, to Oct. 14, 1930; recording gage thereafter. Prior to May 5, 

1925, at various sites and datums; datum of gage is 548.57 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Flood stage. 24 ft.

Remarks. Flow regulated by Lake of the Ozarks (usable capacity, 1,246,000 acre-ft) since 1931.

Only annual peaks are shown. Annual peaks since 1931 are the computed maximum daily inflows into 

the Lake of the Ozarks. Records prior to May 5, 1925,furnished by Union Electric Co. of Missouri 

and computed from rating defined by measurements made after May 1925.
76 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Osage River basin

(56) Osage River near Bagnell, Mo. Continued 

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1844

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

Date

June 1844

Feb. 10, 1881

Feb. 22,23, 1882

Feb. 17, 1883

May 4, 1884

Sept. 15, 1885

May 9, 1886

Apr. 23, 1887

Feb. 1, 1888

May 31, 1889

Jan. 15, 1890

June 8, 1891

June 4, 1892

May 1, 1893

May 8, 1894

July 9, 1895

Dec. 22, 1895

Jan. 5, 1897

Mar. 24, 1898

Apr. 25, 1899

Mar. 8, 1900

Mar. 12, 1901

May 27, 1902

Mar. 10, 1903

Apr. 2 7,2 8,1 904

Aug. 1, 1905

Aug. 26, 1906

May 17, 1907

Apr. 13, 1908

May 13, 1909

June 11, 1910

Apr. 7, 1911

May 1, 1912

Mar. 27, 1913

Sept. 17, 1914

Sept. 24, 1915

Feb. 1, 1916

Gage 

height 

(feet)

*.

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 164, 000

«31,500

a l!9,000

a 82, 100

«66,500

"86,500

a 44,100

«30,000

«45,800

"72,200

a 73,700

<*76,500

«94,300

«91,000

«69,800

a 54, 900

a- 126, 000

«102,000

a 66,500

"54,500

«48,200

«41,900

a 52, 600

"79,200

"122,000

a 78,000

« 52, 000

<*66,200

"87,800

a 78, 000

a 103, 000

a 49,600

a 108, 000

«89,600

«55,000

«89,600

«118,000

Water 

year

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 24, 1917

Apr. 30, 1918

May 19, 1919

Oct. 30, 1919

Mar. 31, 192,1

Apr. 17, 1922

June 18, 1923

July 17, 1924

Apr. 7, 1925

Nov. 10, 1925

Apr. 17, 1927

Oct. 11, 1927

May 21, 1929

Feb. 10, 1930

May 20, 1931

Nov. 27, 1931

May 13, 1933

Sept. 14, 1934

June 3, 1935

Sept. 28, 1936

June 10, 1937

May 24, 1938

May 9, 1939

June 24, 1940

Apr. 19, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

May 19, 1943

May 1, 1944

Apr. 16, 1945

Aug. 14, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

June 22, 1948

Feb. 17, 1949

June 10, 1950

July 6, 1951

Feb. 4, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

~

--

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 27, 400

«42,300

"60,600

"101,000

« 57, 600

"120,000

«54,000

"64,300

«40,900

52,400

106,000

70,600

106,000

39,000

655,500

642,600

6 85,200

619,300

6117,000

b 82, 400

690,300

685,300

665,800

637,300

6145,000

6152,000

6219,000

6116,000

6128,000

6214,000

6140,000

6139,000

671,400

679,400

6134,000

664,500

" Mean daily discharge.

6 Estimated reservoir inflow.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 77

Gasconade River basin 

(57) Gasconade River near Hazlegreen, Mo.

Location. Lat 37°45'35", long 92°27'05", in SE^SE^ sec. 15, T. 35 N., R. 14 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 66, 1 mile downstream from Osage Fork and 1^ miles west of Hazlegreen.

Drainage area.--1,250 sq mi, approximately.

Gage. Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 844.75 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined.by current-meter measurements below 68,000 cfs; shifts in re- lation occur. 

Flood stage.--21 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 10,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1916

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

Date

August 1915

January 1916

Apr. 10, 1929

May 7, 1929

May 14, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

Aug. 18, 1931

June 28, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

Apr. 17, 1933

May 15, 1933

Mar. 29, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 8, 1935

June 17, 1935

June 21, 1935

Nov. 11, 1935

Jan. 9, 1937

Jan. 16, 1937

Feb. 1, 1937

May 3, 1937

Jan. 26, 1938

Feb. 19, 1938

May 8, 1938

May 24, 1938

Nov. 8, 1938

Feb. 21, 1939

Apr. 18, 1939

May 28, 1939

Apr. 13, 1940

Apr. 17, 1941

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 19, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Apr. 10, 1942

June 14, 1942

June 18, 1942

Oct. 31, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 19, 1943

June 23, 1943

Gage 

height 

(feet)

30.4

30.6

15.60

16.21

14.08

14.48

6.96

13.12

14.12

17.70

25.75

6.09

27.50

17.08

12.98

18.32

18.59

8.51

13.05

15.90

14.50

17.10

17.00

19.2

17.97

17.99

16.15

15.75

17.22

13.80

12.7

18.80

25.8

14.60

18.04

16.08

12.83

21.6

15.30

23.80

24.00

25.3

13.20

Discharge 

(cfs)

0 86, 000

« 100, 000

17,700

19,000

14,600

15,200

4,100

12,700

14,600

22,300

53 , 800

3,100

68,700

20,600

12,500

23,200

23,800

5,600

12,500

18,100

15,400

20,600

18,000

23,300

20,200

20,200

16,400

15,600

18,500

12,000

10,300

22,200

54,500

13,400

20,200

16,200

10,500

31,500

14,600

41,800

42,900

51,000

11,100

Water

year

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 1, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Mar. 3, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 20, 1945

Mar. 26, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 18, 1945

Sept. 25, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

May 26, 1946

Aug. 14, 1946

Nov. 11, 1946

Apr. 12, 1947

Apr. 26, 1947

Mar. 3, 1948

June 18, 1948

June 21, 1948

June 28, 1948

Jan. 25, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

July 8, 1949

Oct. 12, 1949

Oct. 22, 1949

Dec. 22, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Feb. 14, 1950

Apr. 5, 1950

Apr. 30, 1950

May 11, 1950

May 20, 1950

May 31, 1950

June 11, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Mar. 12, 1951

Apr. 8, 1951

May 20, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 5, 1951

July 13, 1951

Aug. 28, 1951

Nov. 13, 1951

Nov. 17, 1951

Feb. 3, 1952

Mar. 12, 1952

Apr. 5, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

12.4

20.60

18.40

20.30

17.30

12.50

15.60

20.00

29.6

17.60

13.00

18.90

15.75

19.0

17.60

12.49

26.9

12.65

14.2

14.8

16.1

14.1

12.2

19.5

12.2

19.0

24.75

13.0

18.2

17.5

13.6

12.6

13.0

24.0

12.5

14.0

14.1

16.25

15.0

12.3

15.31

23.00

13.65

13.0

14.4

15.00

16.50

15.00

12.48

12.30

14.75

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,860

27,800

21,200

26,800

18,700

10,000

15,200

25,800

76,400

19,300

10,800

22,500

15,600

22,800

19,300

10,000

58,000

10,200

12,700

13,700

16,200

12,800

10,100

24,100

10,100

22,700

44,600

11,200

20,700

19,100

12,100

10,700

11,200

40,500

10,500

12,700

12 , 800

16,400

14,300

10,200

14 , 800

36,000

12,100

11,200

13,300

14,300

17,000

14,300

10,500

10,200

14,000

«Annual peak only.
78 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Gasconade River basin 

(58) Gasconade River near Waynesville, Mo.

Location. Lat 37°52'20", long 92°13'40", In SE^SE^ sec. 3, T. 36 N., R. 12 W., at county highway 

bridge, 2^ miles downstream from Roubidoux Creek and 4 miles north of Waynesville.

Drainage area.--1,680 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng. Datum of gage is 738.60 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Stage-discharge realtion.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Peaks for period prior to July 19, 1921, computed from plotted readings by Engineering 

Experiment Station, University of Missouri. Base for partial-duration series, 17,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Date

Aug. 22, 1915

Aug. 28, 1915

Jan. 14, 1916

Feb. 1, 1916

May 2, 1917

Apr. 28, 1918

May 14, 1818

May 17, 1919

Oct. 28, 1919

Nov. 3, 1919

Sept. 15, 1920

Mar. 29, 1921

Apr. 28, 1921

Mar. 31, 1922

Mar. 13, 1923

May 29, 1924

Dec. 21, 1924

Nov. 9, 1925

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

June 1, 1927

Aug. 10, 1927

Aug. 16, 1927

Aug. 18, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

Apr. 24, 1928

June 10, 1928

Apr. 10, 1929

May 7, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

May 20, 1931

June 29, 1932

Apr. 17, 1933

May 15, 1933

Apr. 18, 1934

Mar. 13, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 18, 1935

June 22, 1935

Gage 

height 

(feet)

24.3

14.1

16.7

23.0

8.35

13.1

15.4

12.35

15.75

14.8

14.25

15.0

16.1

14.14

9.10

13.00

17.50

9.80

17.50

16.85

16.00

15.00

14.70

15.25

17.00

13.85

18.20

13.80

15.35

13.20

7.25

15.01

14.60

19.95

6.35

21.62

15.00

16.55

16.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

89,000

20,300

26,800

77,000

8,600

18,200

23,100

16,700

24,000

20,500

19,300

20,900

23,100

19,200

9,110

16,900

30,800

10,500

30,800

24,500

22,900

20,900

20,200

21,300

27,800

18,500

36,300

18,100

21,400

16,800

5,380

20,600

19,900

52,200

3,940

69,000

20,700

25,900

25,500

Water 

year

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Nov. 12, 1935

May 4, 1937

Feb. 20, 1938

May 9, 1938

May 25, 1938

Apr. 19, 1939

Mar. 12, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

June 19, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 20, 1943

Mar. 1, 1944

Feb. 23, 1945

Mar. 4, 1945

Mar. 8, 1945

Mar. 21, 1945

Apr. 4, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 19, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

Aug. 15, 1946

Nov. 12, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

June 19, 1948

June 22, 1948

June 29, 1948

Feb. 17, 1949

Oct. 13, 1949

Oct. 23, 1949

Jan 4, 1950

June 15, 1950

May 12, 1950

June 10, 1950

May 20, 1951

July 2, 1951

Nov. 13, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

8.01

14.42

16.44

14.74

15.11

14.9

11.8

20.4

15.4

17.8

20.7

19.25

21.2

10.5

16.35

16.08

16.8

15.0

17.0

23.5

14.25

16.30

17.57

14.40

20.6

15.4

15.2

14.2

15.6

16.3

19.15

17.50

14.95

18.66

14.90

14.4

17.95

12.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,400

19,400

24,600

17,800

19,100

18,500

10,600

57,700

20,700

33,200

59,400

44,700

64,700

8,470

25,300

23,900

27,200

18,800

28,100

81,600

17,400

24 , 800

31,600

18,000

55,700

21,200

21,200

17,400

21.900

23,700

40,600

29,200

19,200

36,600

18,900

17,700

32,000

13,700
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 79

Gasconade River basin

(59) Big Piney River near Big Piney, Mo. 

(published as Piney Creek prior to 1942)

Location. Lat 37°40'00", long 92°03'05", in NE^SE^ sec. 8, T. 34 N., R. 10 W., at Ross Highway 

bridge, 3 miles east of Big Piney and 14f miles upstream from Spring Creek.

Drainage area.--560 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 800.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 19,000 cfs; shifts in relation 

occur.

Flood stage. 9 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 6,800 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Apr. 17, 1922

Apr. 28, 1922

May 16, 1923

Sept. 20, 1924

Dec. 20, 1924

Oct. 17, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 14, 1927

May 25, 1927

June 2, 1927

Aug. 15, 1927

Aug. 18, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

Apr. 22, 1928

June 9, 1928

Mar. 16, 1929

Apr. 10, 1929

May 6, 1929

May 13, 1929

Nov. 1, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Nov. 21, 1930

Jan. 17, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Mar. 28, 1934

Sept. 16, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 16, 1935

Nov. 10, 1935

Jan. 15, 1937

Jan. 31, 1937

May 3, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

May 8, 1938

May 24, 193-8

Nov. 8, 1938

Feb. 20, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

10.00

10.26

10.10

6.65

12.00

8.40

15.50

14.50

10.10

12.00

14.20

12.00

14.20

11.10

11.10

17.00

10.05

10.50

10.66

10.30

12.20

12.10

7.93

7 '.70

10.50

14.60

17.50

4.05

4.10

19.62

13.30

11.22

8.91

12.83

10.22

12.24

14.73

12.33

14.65

11.15

11.53

12.40

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,300

7,-63O

7,410

3,700

9,650

5,900

15,600

12,700

7,420

9,600

12,300

9,600

12,300

8,560

8,560

20,200

7,300

7,880

8,100

7,640

9,840

9,720

5,100

4,770

7,880

13,300

21,800

1,240

1,240

28,800

11,200

8,550

5,780

10,600

7,340

9,800

13,000

9,920

12,900

8,550

8,920

10,000

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 12, 1940

Apr. 17, 1941

Apr. 19, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 19, 1943

June 24, 1943

Feb. 29, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Feb. 27, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 20, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

June 18, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Mar. 7, 1946

May 17, 1946

May 25, 1946

Aug. 14, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

Jan. 2, 1948

June 19, 1948

June 28, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 25, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

July 8, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

Apr. 3, 1950

May 11, 1950

June 10. 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 10, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

10.10

13.74

12.64

11.00

20.7

18.30

15.80

12.60

9.0

16.81

11.60

14.60

11.80

13.00

12.25

19.08

16.00

17.75

11.20

13.10

19.53

15.40

19.00

16.80

15.0

15.08

14.2

12.65

15.0

12.1

15.6

16.70

11.6

18.5

15.5

11.2

11.5

18.6

12.0

13.0

17.00

13.0

12.4

12.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,220

11,300

9,280

6,690

32,700

24,400

16,500

9,280

4,660

19,600

7,600

13,300

7,920

10,000

8,590

27,000

17,100

21,800

6,990

10,200

27,500

15,200

25,700

18,800

14,200

14,500

12,400

9,280

14,200

8,420

15,700

18,600

7,600

24,000

15,400

6,990

7,290

24,300

8,250

10,000

19,400

10,000

8,930

9,100
80 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Gasconade River basin

(60) Little Piney Creek at Newburg, Mo.

Location.--Lat 37°54'40", long 91°54'10", in SE£ sec. 22, T. 37 N., R. 9 W., at bridge on State 

Highways Panel T at Newburg, 2 miles upstream from Mill Creek.

Drainage area.--200 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to Oct. 1, 1951, at datum 3.00 ft higher. Datum of present gage is 

693.40 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present 

datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter and indirect measurements; shifts in relation 

occur.

Flood stage. 10 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 4,900 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

Aug. 20, 1915

May 6, 1929

Feb. 25, 1930

May 19, 1931

Dec. 31, 1931

May 13, 1933

Sept. 13, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

June 16, 1935

June 21, 1935

June 26, 1935

June 7, 1936

July 19, 1937

May 23, 1938

Apr. 16, 1939

Apr. 17, 1940

Apr. 19, 1941

June 25, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

16.7

10.22

9.26

6.14

6.38

10.58

9.98

11.54

9.98

12.40

16.26

9.12

14.35

10.04

13.00

7.05

12.50

8.81

Discharge 

(cfs)

o 30,000

8,860

6,700

1,110

1,390

7,840

6,700

10,100

6,520

13,100

28,000

4,660

20,500

6,050

15,200

2,540

15,000

4,820

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Oct. 20, 1942

 noi- l^C \~r . 91 £*f, JLt/T±£j 1 94.?

May 18, 1943

Feb. 28, 1944

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 8, 1945

Aug. 14, 1946

Apr. 24, 1947

Oct. 31, 1947

Feb. 15, 1949

Oct. 6, 1949

Oct. 11, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Jan. 3, 1950

Jan. 13, 1950

May 10, 1950

May 19, 1950

June 10, 1950

June 30, 1951

July 10, 1951

July 13, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

9.50

11.30 

9.40

5.94

11.50

13.20

15.00

16.20

11.23

5.82

9.00

9.20

11.60

11.00

12.00

8.60

8.00

8.00

13.60

12.00

10.00

8.00

6.30

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,070

10,800 

5,870

1,320

11,500

19,200

26,000

32,500

11,800

1,660

7,030

7,390

13,100

11,300

14,400

6,350

5,330

5,330

20,300

14,400

8,950

5,330

2,680

a Annual peak only.

(6l) Gasconade River at Jerome, Mo. 

[Published as "near Arlington" prior to 1923]

Location.--Lat 37°55'35", long. 91°58'40", in SE£ sec. 13, T. 37 N., R. 10 W., 0.5 mile downstream from Little Piney Creek.

Drainage area.--2.840 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Apr. 11, 1903, to July 21, 1906, and Jan 3, 1923, to Jan. 17, 1939; 

recording gage thereafter. Prior to July 26, 1904, at site 4,000 ft downstream from present 

gage at different datum; July 26, 1904, to July 21, 1906, at site 2,600 ft upstream from and 

at datum about 0.85 ft higher than present gage; Jan. 3, 1923, to Sept. 29, 1928, at site 400 

ft downstream from and at datum 0.14 ft lower than present gage; datum of present gage is 657.64 

ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 16,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Gasconade River basin

(61) Gasconade River at Jerome, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

81

Water 

year

1897

1904

1905

1915

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

Jan. 6, 1897

Jan. 23, 1904

Mar. 26, 1904

Apr. 26, 1904

June 26, 1904

Mar. 9, 1905

July 23, 1905

July 30, 1905

Sept. 19, 1905

Aug. 20,22, 191 5

Mar. 17, 1923

May 29, 1924

Aug. 12, 1924

Dec. 20, 1924

Sept. 29, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Mar. 22, 1927

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

May 26, 1927

June 3, 1927

June 22, 1927

Aug. 11, 1927

Aug. 16, 1927

Aug. 19, 1927

Nov. 16, 1927

Dec. 15, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

Apr. 23, 1928

May 24, 1928

June 10, 1928

June 20, 1928

Mar. .16, 1929

Apr. 11, 1929

May 7, 1929

May 24, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

May 20, 1931

Jan. 24, 1932

Apr. 17, 1933

May 16, 1933

Sept. 13, 1934

Mar. 13, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 21, 1935

June 26, 1935

Nov. 11, 1935

Jan. 16, 1937

Feb. 2, 1937

May 3, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

29.0

11.5

16.5

18.0

14.5

13.5

20.3

19.1

16.5

28.6

10.30

15.80

11.85

18.20

12.75

9.80

12.55

21.06

19.0

15.26

15.45

19.85

11.75

13.6

17.9

16.2

11.4

13.89

20.0

15.7

11.59

23.25

12.65

11.00

14.20

16.60

13.45

15.52

6.80

8.50

16.80

23.40

7.28

25.80

15.70

20.60

23.50

7.30

13.96

11.16

15.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 120,000

16,400

29,900

33,900

24,500

24,200

45,000

41,100

32,900

«114,000

15,500

30,400

19,400

3-8 , 600

22,000

13,900

21,300

45,500

39,300

28,700

29,000

41,600

19,200

24,000

36,100

31,300

18,100

24,800

42,200

29,900

18,600

61,100

21,300

17,000

25,700

32,700

23,500

29,300'

7,500

11,100

31,700

62,600

8,530

76,800

28,400

46,900

62,600

8,480

23,900

17,000

27,000

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 19, 1938

May 10, 1938

May 24, 1938

Apr. 16, 1939

Apr. 18, 1939

Mar. 13, 1940

Apr. 21, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Apr. 11, 1942

June 13, 1942

June 20, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 21, 1943

June 23, 1943

June 25, 1943

Mar. 1, 1944

Feb. 23, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 21, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

June 8, 1945

June 19, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

May 26, 1946

Aug. 14, 1946

Nov. 11, 1946

Apr. 27, 1947

June 20, 1948

June 29, 1948

Jan. 26, 1949

Jan. 29, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

June 3, 1949

June 9, 1949

July 9, 1949

Oct. 6, 1949

Oct. 12, 1949

Oct. 24, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 15, 1950

May 13, 1950

May 21, 1950

June 10, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

Mar. 13, 1951

May 21, 1951

June 29, 1951

July 2, 1951

July 6, 1951

July 11, 1951

July 14, 1951

Nov. 14, 1951

Nov. 17, 1951

Feb. 4, 1952

Mar. 12, 1952

Apr. 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.70

12.65

16.2

13.67

16.19

10.44

22.64

13.35

13.03

12.84

17.4

25.63

20.57

24.7

13.9

11.76

9.57

15.91

17.20

14.35

17.77

27.7

20.01

14.67

18.06

17.75

26.55

16.9

23.53

16.50

12.95

13.0

13.4

17.3

13.6

13.6

13.9

13.4

17.3

18.88

21.03

16.73

21.6

12.24

19.14

14.25

11.78

12.39

11.55

20.08

12.08

14.90

13.70

13.08

12.42

11.80

12.45

13.00

Discharge 

(cfs)

37,900

19,900

29,300

22,600

29,300

14,500

54 , 600

20,700

20,000

19,500

31,600

74,000

43,700

67,800

22,200

17,200

12,500

27,400

31,300

23,500

33,300

101,000

41,300

24,200

34,300

33,300

87,500

30,400

60,000

29,200

20,000

20,000

21,000

31,700

21,500

21,500

22,200

21,000

31,700

37,100

45,600

29,800

48,700

18,100

37,900

23,000

17,200

18,600

16,800

41,700

17,900

24,700

21,700

20,300

18,600

17,200

18,600

20,000

a Annual peak only. Gage heights converted to present datum.
82 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Gasconade River basin 

(62) Gasconade River near Rich Fountain, Mo.

Location.--Lat 38°23'20", long 91°49 r 15", In SE£ sec. 16, T. 42 N., R. 8 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 89, 800 ft upstream from Swan Creek and 4 miles east of Rich Fountain.

Drainage area.--5,180 sq ml, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage prior to Mar. 10, 1934, and recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage Is 

553.70 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts In relation occur.

Flood stage. 20 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 18,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

Apr. 2, 1922

Apr. 19, 1922

Apr. 29, 1922

Mar. 17, 1923

May 30, 1924

Dec. 21, 1924

Sept. 30, 1925

Nov. 9, 1925

Mar. 23, 1927

Apr. 3, 1927

Apr. 9, 1927

Apr. 17, 1927

Apr. 21, 1927

May 26, 1927

June 3, 1927

Aug. 12, 1927

Aug. 17, 1927

Aug. 20, 1927

Dec. 16, 1927

Apr. 8, 1928

Apr. 25, 1928

May 25, 1928

June 11, 1928

June 20, 1928

Apr. 12, 1929

May 9, 1929

May 15, 1929

May 18, 1929

Jan. 16, 1930

May 20, 1931

Jan. 25, 1932

Apr. 18, 1933

May 17, 1933

May 24, 1933

Sept. 12, 1934

Mar. ]4, 1935

June 5, 1935

June 22, 1935

June 27, 1935

Nov. 12, 1935

Jan. 17, 1937

May 4, 1937

June 9, 1937

Feb. 20, 1938

May 11, 1938

May 25, 1938

June 11, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

16.70

13.70

14.40

11.20

17.20

18.00

13.22

10.48

14.10

21.63

13.14

20.38

15.48

16.13

20.78

15.40

17.75

16.70

14.55

19.95

15.90

12.86

22.83

14.30

15.65

17.15

14.70

13.40

16.30

9.60

9.55

17.21

24.05

13.80

12.67

26.85

16.85

21.74

21.38

7.92

14.86

16.61

18.17

19.00

13.73

16.76

16.13

Discharge 

(cfs)

27,300

20,700

22,300

15,200

27,700

29,600

18,900

13,500

20,900

41,000

18,700

37,400

24,000

25,300

38,600

23,800

29,800

26,800

21,700

36,000

24,800

18,200

51,000

21,100

24,000

27,900

21,900

19,200

25,700

11,900

11,900

27,900

60,600

20,000

17,700

86,000

26,900

43,800

42,200

7,890

22,400

26,400

30,600

32,400

18,300

25,900

24,100

Water

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1948

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 19, 1939

Mar. 13, 1940

Apr. 22, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Nov. 3, 1941

Apr. 12, 1942

June 14, 1942

June 21, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 13, 1943

May 22, 1943

June 8, 1943

June 23, 1943

Mar. 2, 1944

Feb. 24, 1945

Mar. 6, 1945

Mar. 9, 1945

Mar. 22, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

June 9, 1945

Feb. 16, 1946

May 27, 1946

Aug. 16, 1946

Nov. 12, 1946

Apr. 28, 1947

June 23, 1948

June 30, 1948

Jan. 27, 1949

Jan. 30, 1949

Feb. 18, 1949

June 4, 1949

June 10, 1949

July 10, 1949

Oct. 7, 1949

Oct. 13, 1949

Oct. 25, 1949

Jan. 7, 1950

Jan. 16, 1950

May 14, 1950

May 20, 1950

June 11, 1950

Feb. 22, 1951

May 22, 1951

July 3, 1951

July 7, 1951

July 12, 1951

Nov. 14, 1951

Mar. 13, 1952

Apr. 15, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.38

11.70

22.80

14.40

14.60

14.50

14.45

19.10

25.60

20.60

25.30

14.70

14.80

10.69

16.04

17.31

18.34

15.76

19.88

29.13

20.58

18.21

17.18

25.18

16.93

24.10

16.64

14.23

14.95

14.6

17.4

15.6

14.16

14.5

13.5

18.6

19.5

20.9

17.7

22.09

14.8

19.3

15.30

15.0

20.50

13.48

16.85

14.28

13.80

13.80

Discharge 

(cfs)

27,300

14,000

51,000

19,900

20,300

20,100

19,900

32,700

74,500

38,500

71,700

20,600

20,800

12,600

23,800

27,300

30,^00

23,300

35,600

96,400

38,500

29,900

27,000

67,400

26,200

59,700

25,400

19,500

21,300

20,400

27,600

22,800

19,500

20,200

18,000

31,100

35,000

40,400

29,100

46,400

21,400

34,300

22,600

21,900

38,700

18,600

26,600

20,300

19,500

19,500
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Missouri River main stem 

(63) Missouri River at Hermann, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°42'36", long 91°26'21", SW^ sec. 25, T. 46 N., R. 5 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 19 at Hermann and at mile 96.9.

Drainage area.--528,200 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Aug. 1, 1928, to Mar. 27, 1932, and June 13, 1945, to Apr. 2, 1946 

Recording gage Mar. 28, 1932, to June 12, 1945, and since Apr. 3, 1946. Datum of gage is 

481.40 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter 

measurements.

Flood stage.--21 ft.

Remarks.--Drainage basin above station contains many reservoirs with total usable capacity in 

excess of 28,875,000 acre-ft. Only annual peaks are shown.

Flood stages and discharges

83

Water 

year

1844

1903

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

June 1844

June 6,7,1903

June 8, 1929

Feb. 7, 1930

June 19, 1930

May 20, 1931

Nov. 29, 1931

May 14, 1933

Mar. 10, 1934

June 7, 1935

Feb. 27, 1936

June 10, 1937

May 25, 1938

Apr. 18, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

35.5

29.5

24.6

*16.8

15.0

13.5

20.9

19.4

11.28

29.15

15.85

19.85

21.80

22.75

Discharge 

(cfs)

<*892, 000

"676,000

407,000

__

164,000

123,000

269,000

183,000

85,000

473,000

145,000

194,000

231,000

247,000

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 12, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

June 28, 1942

May 21, 1943

Apr. 28, 1944

Apr. 20, 1945

Aug. 15, 1946

June 29, 1947

June 25, 1948

June 5, 1949

Aug. 17, 1950

July 19, 1951

Apr. 28, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.03

23.66

29.62

31.20

30.90

27.74

20.3

31.20

25.2

22.8

c 23.10

33.33

27.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

111,000

256,000

435,000

550,000

577,000

398,000

209,000

487,000

333,000

239,000

265,000

618,000

368,000

"Computed by Corps of Engineers. 

^Backwater from ice. 

C 0ccurred July 21-23, 1950.

Mississippi River main stem 

(64) Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°37'44", long 90°10'54", at foot of Washington Avenue, just downstream from

 west pier of Eads Bridge in St. Louis, 15.0 miles downstream from Missouri River, and 180.0

miles upstream from Ohio River. 

Drainage area.--701,000 sq mi, approximately. 

Gage. Nonrecording Corps of Engineers gages prior to May 5, 1934; recording gage thereafter.

Prior to 1934 at site 0.4 mile downstream at present datum. Datum of gage is 379.94 ft

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, and 379.80 ft above mean gulf level. 

Stage-discharge relation.--Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter

measurements. 

Flood stage.--30 ft.

Historical data. Flood of April 1785 may have reached a stage of 42.0 ft. 

Remarks. Record's prior to January 1928 furnished by Corps of Engineers; January 1928 to March

 1933 furnished by Mississippi River Commission. Natural flow of stream affected by many 

reservoirs and navigation dams in upper Mississippi River basin and by many reservoirs and 

diversions for irrigation in Missouri River basin. Discharges prior to the 1933 water year 

are maximum daily discharges.
84

(64)

FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Mississippi River main stem

Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1844

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1872

1873

1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

Date

June 27, 1844

May 15, 1861

Apr. 26, 1862

Mar. 4, 9, 1863

May 14, 1864

July 28, 1865

Apr. 25, 1866

May 1, 1867

May 14,15,1868

July 24, 1869

Apr. 16, 1870

Mar. 17, 1871

June 12,14,1872

Apr. 11, 1873

June 19,20,1874

Aug. 3, 1875

May 10,32, 1876

June 14, 1877

July 4, 1877

June 15, 1878

July 3, 1879

July 12, 1880

May 5,6, 1881

July 5, 1882

June 25,26,1883

Apr. 9, 10, 1884

June 17, 1885

May 13, 1886

Apr. 3, 1887

June 4, 1888

June 1, 1889

July 1, 1890

July 4, 1891

May 19, 1892

May 3, 1893

May 11, 1894

July 8, 1895

Gage 

height 

(feet)

41.32

25.47

31.45

18.02

20.33

26.81

26.77

28.21

24.19

29.31

26.21

21.82

23.00

25.45

18.40

29.80

&32.00

0 26,60

25.75

21.15

25.50

*33.65

32.39

&34.80

28.10

27.10

27.00

20.65

29.38

24.62

20.60

23.7

36.0

31.60

23.4

17.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

«-l,300,000

466,000

712,200

252,000

309,500

512,800

512,800

568,400

420,800

615,200

491,200

347,800

383,000

462,400

261,200

637,200

741,000

ET Atr f C-f~^ oOb , bCO

476,800

332,200

466,000

822,000

739,200

862,800

543,600

503,500

499,500

307,600

598,600

416,200

307,600

388,300

926,500

700,000

379,600

229,000

Water 

year

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

Date

May 26,28, 1896

May 2, 1897

May 23, 1898

Apr. 27, 1899

Mar. 16, 1900

Apr. 18, 1901

July 26, 1902

June 10,11,1903

Apr. 29, 1904

Sept. 21, 1905

Apr. 15, 1906

July 25,26,1907

June 20, 1908

July 15,16,1909

Jan. 13, 1910

Feb. 23, 1911

Apr. 5, 6, 1912

Apr. 16,17, 1913

June 21, 1914

June 24, 1915

Jan . 31, i en c Feb. 1, La -Lb

June 14, 1917

June 12, 1918

May 11, 1919

Apr. 24, 92Q MS-IT- 99 J-f£U May c c ,

May 14, 1921

Apr. 20, 1922

June 17, 1923

July 2,3,1924

June 25, 1925

Sept. 29, 1926

Apr. 26, 1927

June 22, 1928

Apr. 25, 1929

June 21, 1930

Gage 

height 

(feet)

27.70

30.9

27.20

25.68

23.53

22.58

26.89

*38.00

33.60

30.20

26.20

28.00

34.95

35.25

25.2

19.90

30.80

27.20

20.40

31.60

31.40

32.90

20.80

26.90

28.0

23.0

33.95

20.7

26.3

19.9

24.5

36.1

27.6

* 34.6

19.6

Discharge 

(cfs)

507,000

645,400

487,000

432,400

366,500

343,400

475,300

1,019,000

777,600

613,200

449,400

» 519, 000

850,000

« 860, 600

416,400

283,000

640,800

487,000

293,800

678,200

676,100

743,400

324,100

514,700

554,000

397,000

785,900

341,200

494,900

325,800

438,000

889,300

552,000

739,000

310,000
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Mississippi River main stem

(64) Mississippi River at St. Louis, Mo. Continued 

Annual peak stages and discharges--Continued

85

Water 

year

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

Date

June 15, 1931

Dec. 1, 1931

May 17, 1933

Apt*. 24, 1934

June 7, 1935

Mar. 1, 1936

May 5, 1937

May 27, 1938

Apr. 20, 1939

June. 14, 1940

Apr. 22, 1941

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.3

22.11

27.0

9.0

fr 33.52

21.18

23.76

26.57

30.13

13.37

26.15

Discharge 

(cfs)

200,000

356,000

434,000

136,000

649,000

336,000

374,000

434,000

529,000

188,000

451,000

Water 

year

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

June 30, 1942

May 24, 1943

Apr. 30, 1944

Apr. 21-23, 1945

Jan. 13, 1946

July 1,2,1947

Mar. 27, 1948

Mar. 11, 1949

May 14, 1950

July 21, 1951

Apr. 29,30,1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

34.48

38.94

39.14

<*35.30

28.00

40.26

34.63

24.41

27.02

M0.28

&33.S3

Discharge 

(cfs)

666,000

840,000

844,000

610,000

502,000

783,000

633,000

425,000

466,000

782,000

684,000

"Computed by Corps of Engineers.

b Occurred at different-time than peak discharge.

c Occurred on June 14, 1877.

* Occurred on June 13, 1945.

Meramec River basin 

(65) Meramec River near Steelville, Mo.

Location.--Lat 37°59'55", long 91°21'40", in NE£ sec. 21, T. 38 N., R. 4 W., at St. LouisSan Francisco Railway bridge, 400 ft upstream from county highway bridge, 0.8 mile upstream from Whittenburg Creek, and 1^ miles north of Steelville.

Drainage area.--781 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Oct. 1, 1916, to May 23, 1934j recording gage thereafter. Prior to 

Dec. 21, 1922, at site 1 mile upstream from and at datum 5.8 ft higher than present gage; 

datum of present gage is 681.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Peak gage heights 

for period prior to Dec. 21, 1922, computed from plotted U. S. Weather Bureau readings at 

site 1 mile upstream, transferred to present site by comparative gage readings.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 46,000 cfs; shifts in 

relation occur.

Flood stage. 25 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 9,200 cfs.
86 FLOODS IN MISSOURI 

Meramec River basin 

(65) Meramec River near Steelville, Mo. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915 t 

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

Date

Aug. 20, 1915

Apr. 8, 1917

Apr. 25, 1918

Apr. 28-, 1918

May 12, 1918

June 4, 1919

Oct. 27, 1919

Nov. 1, 1919

Mar. 26, 1920

May 13, 1920

May 20, 1920

Sept. 11, 1920

Mar. 28, 1921

Apr. 23, 1921

Apr. 26, 1921

Nov. 19, 1921

Mar. 15, 1922

Mar. 31, 1922

Apr. 17, 1922

Apr. 28, 1922

June 16, 1923

May 29, 1924

Aug. 12, 1924

Dec. 19, 1924

Nov. 8, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 8, 1927

Apr. 15, 192?

May 25, 1927

June 2, 1927

June 4, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

June 10, 1928

May 7, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

Feb. 26, 1930

June 10, 1931

Jan. 23, 1932

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Sept. 14, 1934

Gage 

height 

(feet)

26.5

6.65

18.7

10.7

16.3

10.9

24.1

11.5

15.9

12.1

11.0

12.5

16.7

11.8

15.6

14.4

12.5

15.4

17.5

12.4

12.26

12.43

12.40

10.00

8.50

19.40

12.20

13.25

18.95

18.80

13.01

10.96

15.97

17.90

14.25

14.34

13.60

3.53

4.00

15.60

17.50

14.34

Discharge 

(cfs)

0 60, 000

5,180

33,400

9,480

24,600

9,790

55,000

10,700

23,200

12,000

9,790

12,900

26,000

11,300

22,200

18,300

12,900

21,600

29,000

12,700

11,800

11,900

11,900

9,120

7,270

36,000

12,100

14,800

34,400

33,600

14,200

9,900

23,600

30,300

17,600

18,000

15,900

1,930

2,460

18,000

23,800

15,100

Water 

year

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 12, 1935

June 21, 1935

June 26, 1935

Nov. 11, 1935

May 3, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

May 24, 1938

Mar. 11, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

May 2, 1940

Apr. 20, 1941

June 14, 1942

June 21, 1942

June 26, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 20, 1943

May 10, 1944

Mar. 3, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

May 30, 1945

June 9, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Aug. 15, 1946

Nov. 11, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

July 7, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

Oct. 7, 1949

Oct. 12, 1949

Oct. 22, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

May 11, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 11, 1951

July 14, 1951

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.53

20.31

23.39

9.96

14.15

13.84

14.14

10.94

17.67

10.53

16.92

14.28

13.04

11.19

22.00

14.64

17.56

10.02

13.23

15.47

14.70

13.47

21.96

12.08

24.30

17.10

16.77

14.38

20.35

12.47

13.01

16.68

13.74

13.21

15.17

18.74

14.48

15.90

13.59

15.57

13.46

20.43

11.59

Discharge 

(cfs)

31,500

34,600

47,800

8,160

14,900

14,100

14,700

9,500

25,100

8,900

22,600

15,800

13,000

9,970

36,100

14,500

21,500

7,190

11,V 900

16,500

14,800

12,500

36,200

10,000

47,000

20,300

19,500

14,200

3O,100

10,700

11,600

19,300

12,900

11,900

15,800

24,900

14,600

17,700

12,700

17,000

12,500

30,100

9,210

"Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Meramec River basin 

(66) Meramec River near Sullivan, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°09'30", long 91°06'3Q", in SE^NE^ sec. 35, T. 40 N., R. 2 W., at Sappington 

Bridge, 3 3/4 miles downstream from Brazil Creek and 4 miles southwest of Sullivan.

Drainage area. 1,475 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 581.82 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 

(levels by Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 71,000 cfs; shifts 

in relation occur.

Flood-stage.--11 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series 10,000 cfs.

87

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

Date

August 1915

Nov. 19, 1921

Mar. 16, 1922

Mar. 31, 1922

Apr. 17, 1922

Apr. 29, 1922

Mar. 13, 1923

Mar. 16, 1923

May 17, 1923

June 17, 1923

Apr. 9, 1924

May 30, 1924

Dec. 20, 1924

Nov. 8, 1925

Mar. 20, 1927

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 9, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

May 26, 1927

June 2, 1927

June 5, 1927

Nov. 8, 1927

Dec. 1, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

Apr. 23, 1928

June 11, 1928

June 14, 1928

June 21, 1928

June 29, 1928

Apr. 10, 1929

May 3, 1929

May 7, 1929

May 15, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Feb. 27, 1930

Mar. 8, 1930

Gage 

height 

(feet)

33.5

16.05

14.20

16.60

16.80

13.90

14.00

14.15

13.80

13.90

17.25

17.10

16.00

14.60

13.70

22.80

15.30

18.80

21.90

22.89

14.60

15.20

14.70

17.30

19.80

13.20

20.30

14.30

13.80

13.60

16.50

13.80

18.20

15.20

18.20

16.70

15.20

Discharge 

(cfs)

"90,000

16,500

12,600

18,000

18,400

12,000

12,200

12,600

11,800

12,000

19,400

19,200

16,500

13,400

11,600

35,000

14,900

23,700

32,400

35,300

13,400

14,700

13,600

19,700

26,400

10,600

27,800

12,800

11,800

11,400

17,700

11,800

22,000

14,700

22,000

18,200

14,700

Water 

year

1931

1932

1933

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 27, 1931

Nov. 20, 1931

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

May 4, 1944

Mar. 3, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

Apr. 30, 1945

June 9, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Aug. 16, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

Jan. 2, 1948

July 8, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 25, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

Mar. 19, 1949

Oct. 7, 1949

Oct. 13, 1949

Oct. 23, 1949

Dec. 22, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

May 11, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

Mar. 12, 1951

July 2, 1951

July 14, 1952

Apr. 5, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.56

7.75

19.60

22.00

17.0

15.80

18.35

21.30

17.40

26.15

14.28

32.00

19.08

16.40

16.00

24.80

14.60

13.00

15.60

15.30

13.80

20.30

13.30

15.05

14.40

16.54

13.63

25.50

17.05

18.64

17.22

13.94

16.73

21.30

13.90

15.00

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,300

3,800

25,900

32,700

19,000

16,000

22,600

30,700

20,000

45,000

12,800

77,300

23,900

17,500

16,500

40,500

13,200

10,100

15,300

14,700

11,600

27,000

10,600

14,000

12,800

17,400

11,200

42,800

18,600

22 , 600

19,100

11,800

17,900

29,800

11,800

14,000

o Annual peak only.
38 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Meramec River basin 

(67) Bourbeuse River near Spring Bluff, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°18'40", long 19°16'45", in NE£ sec. 8, T. 41 N., R. 3 W., at county highway bridge, 1 mile downstream from Boone Creek, 3.5 miles northwest of Spring Bluff, and 

9.5 miles northwest of Sullivan.

Drainage area.--608 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 626.34 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels 

b~y Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 31,000 cfs. 

Flood stage.--27.5 ft.

Remarks.--Station operated to obtain flows above 1,000 cfs only. Base for partial-duration 

series 10,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1944

J

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

August 1915

Apr. 11, 1944

Apr. 23, 1944

May 10, 1944

Mar. 3, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

June 9, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

Jan. 2, 1948

July 20, 1948

July 26, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

35.7

21.3

21.4

23.63

23.6

22.1

25.1

24.9

22.5

31.0

22.87

31.40

21.91

22.16

24.35

Discharge 

(cfs)

<*60,000

10,200

10,400

13,700

13,700

11,300

16,400

16,000

11,900

31,500

12,500

33,300

11,100

11,500

15,100

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 16, 1949

Oct. 7, 1949

Oct. 12, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Apr. 5, 1950

May 11, 1950

May 20, 1950

May 27, 1950

Mar. 12, 1951

July 14, 1951

Aug. 28, 1951

Apr. 5, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

21.91

24.8

30.34

23.05

28.0

23.3

22.55

22.3

25.65

21.28

22.57

29.49

22.98

20.48

Discharge 

(cfs)

11,100

15,800

28,600

12,900

22,000

13,200

12,100

11,600

17,300

10,200

12,100

25,800

12,700

9,200

a Annual peak only.

(68) Bourbeuse River at Union, Mo.

Location.--Lat 38°26'45", long 90°59'30", in SW£ sec. 26, T. 43 N., R. 1 W., at bridge on 

U. S. Highway 50, 800 ft upstream from Flat Creek, half a mile east of Union, and 7 miles 

upstream from Birch Creek.

Drainage area.--808 sq mi, includes that of Flat Creek.

Gage,--Nonrecording gage prior to June 12, 1944, at various sites nearby; recording gage 

thereafter. Prior to Oct.l, 1948, at datum 3.00 ft higher than present gage; datum of 

present gage is 488.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein 

converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur 

frequently due largely to gravel removal from control. Discharges of the 1897 and 1915 

floods determined from extension of rating curve for main channel based on measurements 

made since 1921 and study of overflow areas in vicinity of gaging station.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Peaks for period prior to June 7, 1921, computed from plotted U. S. Weather Bureau 

readings. Base for partial-duration series, 12,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

Meramec River basin 

(68) Bourbeuse River at Union, Mo. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

89

Water 

year

1897

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

Date

____

Aug. 22, 1915

February 1916

Apr. 30, 1917

Apr. 30, 1918

Mar. 18, 1919

Oct. 30, 1919

Nov. 2, 1919

May 22, 1920

Mar. 29, 1921

Apr. 28, 1921

Apr. 2, 1922

Apr. 19, 1922

Mar. 17, 1923

Dec. 15, 1923

May 31, 1924

Dec. 21, 1924

Nov. 10, 1925

Mar. 22, 1927

Apr. 3, 1927

Dec. 3, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

Mar. 18, 1929

May 21, 1929

Jan. 16, 1930

May 21, 1931

Jan. 3, 1932

May 16, 1933

Sept. 16, 1934

Gage 

height 

(feet)

27.15

28.5

21.0

14.0

18.7

14.2

22.3

16.5

18.7

17.3

18.1

17.70

16.94

14.10

16.64

17.16

15.40

16.14

17.65

22.10

17.27

20.00

16.78

16.90

17.00

12.20

13.80

20.55

17.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

« 44, 500

«50,000

"21,100

8,840

15,700

9,090

25,100

12,100

15,700

13,200

14,600

14,600

13,100

8,930

12,600

13,700

10,700

11,800

13,300

22,500

12,900

17,100

12,200

12,400

12,500

6,650

8,540

18,300

12,600

Water 

year

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Mar. 13, 1935

June 23, 1935 

June 29, 1935

Apr. 7, 1936

May 5, 1937

June 12, 1937

Feb. 20, 1938

June 13, 1938

Apr. 19, 1939

Feb. 29, 1940

Apr. 21, 1941

June 23, 1942

June 28, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 13, 1943

May 20, 1943

May 11, 1944

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 4, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

June 10, 1945

Feb. 16, 1946

Apr. 27, 1947

July 28, 1948

Feb. 17, 1949

Oct. 8, 1949

Oct. 14, 1949

Oct. 23, 1949

Jan. 6, 1950

Jan. 15, 1950

Apr. 6, 1950

May 22, 1950

July 15, 1951

Apr. 6, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.90

19.00 

16.60

11.90

17.78

18.42

17.00

23.23

16.58

9.45

20.09

17.60

21.0

22.0

17.04

19.60

16.0

17.80

17.10

16.20

23.10

15.46

22.1

14.89

14.82

15.85

20.05

15.82

19.39

15.62

15.35

16.08

19.79

13.20

Discharge 

(cfs)

13,800

15,400 

12,000

6,290

13,600

14,500

12,800

28,200

12,200

3,700

18,700

13,700

21,100

24,100

12,800

17,600

11,400

14,700

13,600

12,100

28,500

11,100

25,100

10,500

10,400

12,500

20,200

12,500

18,900

12,200

12,000

12,900

19,800

8,970

"Annual peak only.
90 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Meramec River basin 

(69) Meramec River At Robertsville, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°25'40", long 90°49'35", in SW^NW^ sec. 32, T. 43 N., R. 2 E., at county 

highway bridge, 1 mile northwest of Robertsville and 1 3/4 miles upstream from Calvey 

Creek.

Drainage area. 2,673 sq mi.

Gage.--Recording gage to Sept. 30, 1951 (discontinued). Datum of gage is 448.24 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 97,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--17 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 20,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Date

August 1915

May 3 1940

Apr. 22, 1941

June 1, 1942

June 16, 1942

June 28, 1942

Dec. 30, 1942

May 13, 1943

May 20, 1943

June 9, 1943

May 11, 1944

Mar. 5, 1945

Mar. 9, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 4, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

June 10, 1945

Gage 

height 

(feet)

036.1

12.49

25.20

19.68

19.21

24.20

30.12

22.70

26.50

19.20

17.10

20.08

21.78

26.12

22.62

29.22

34.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

* 125, 000

11,100

39,400

24,500

23,400

34,600

65,600

32,100

45,600

23,400

19,200

25,400

29,700

43,800

31,900

60,200

102,000

Water 

year

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

Date

Feb. 16, 1946

Nov. 12, 1946

Apr. 27, 1947

Jan. 3, 1948

Feb. 17, 1949

Oct. 14, 1949

Oct. 24, 1949

Jan. 6, 1950

Jan. 16, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

May 13, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

Mar. 14, 1951

July 3, 1951

July 16, 1951

Gage 

height 

(feet)

23.22

18.36

28.95

16.30

22.80

20.50

20.36

29.17

21.80

17.48

22.68

21.00

18.22

18.23

26.38

Discharge 

(cfs)

33,600

21,700

59 , 100

17,700

32,400

26,400

26,200

60,400

29,700

20,000

32,400

27,600

21,300

21,300

45,200

0 From floodmarks. 

6 Annual peak only.

(70) Big River at Byrnesville, Mo.

Location. Lat 38°21'45", long 90°39'05", in SE£ sec. 12, T. 42 N., R. 3 E., at county high-

 way bridge at Byrnesville, 4 miles upstream from Head Creek.

Drainage area.--917 sq. mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage prior to Mar. 9, 1940; recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage

 Ts 433,69 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Since Aug. 22, 1945, auxiliary wire-weight 

gage 4 miles downstream.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements. Occasional backwater from

 Meramec River; slope used as a factor since 1945. Discharge for flood of Aug. 21, 1915, from 

slope-area determination.

Flood stage.--16 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 11,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Meramec River basin

(70) Big River at Byrnesville, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

91

Water 

year

1915

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

Aug. 21, 1915

Mar. 13, 1923

May 17, 1923

Apr. 10, 1924

Dec. 20, 1924

Nov. 9, 1925

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

May 26, 1927

June 3, 1927

Dec. 2, 1927

Dec. 15, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

June 11, 1928

June 22, 1928

June 30, 1928

May 7, 1929

May 15, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

Apr. 21, 1931

Aug. 13, 1932

Apr. 17, 1933

May 15, 1933

May 16, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

June 12, 1935

June 22, 1935

Nov. 11, 1935

Jan. 16, 1937

May 4, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

30.2

17.30

17.40

17.10

12.58

18.97

22.63

19.82

18.47

17.98

17.41

17.60

17.38

18.84

18.65

17.66

18.62

20.00

21.00

10.10

13.35

21.57

21.70

13.70

24.65

18.62

20.35

15.97

20.06

19.00

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 80, 000

11,000

11,100

10,800

6,200

13,100

21,900

14,800

12,400

11,800

11,100

11,400

11,100

12,800

12,600

11,500

12,7"00

15,200

17,400

3,940

7,000

18,900

19,200

7,080

28,800

12,700

15,800

9,600

17,300

14,400

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 19, 1938

Mar> lvldX . 17 _L / , 1 J.3OO Q^ft

Mar. 31, 1938

May 24, 1938

June 11, 1938

Apr. 18, 1939

May 2, 1940

Apr. 19, 1941

June 26, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 19, 1943

Apr. 24, 1944

Mar. 4, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Apr. 1, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

June 10, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

May 2, 1946

May 18, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

July 2, 1947

Jan. 3, 1948

May 18, 1948

Jan. 20, 1949

Jan. 26, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

May 12, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

July 14, 1951

Apr. 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.53

19.05

19.70

20.70

20.15

22.30

14.81

16.15

18.42

22.27

22.57

18.43

18.30

18.57

20.84

23.4

22.17

22.12

21.57

19.02

17.91

23.5

19.56

18.6

18.83

18.82

20.31

20.39

25.23

18.54

18.09

18.34

18.82

23.48

17.37

Discharge 

(cfs)

24,600

1 -L 4 ^t , 4-OO ^tv^/

16,200

19,000

17,600

24,000

7,540

9,150

13,000

24,000

25,000

13,000

12,800

13,500

19,300

28,300

23,600

17,500

21,800

14,200

11,300

28,000

15,800

13,100

13,700

13,300

18,600

18,700

36,900

13,400

12,500

12,600

14,100

30,500

10,500

°Annual peak only.
92 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Meramec River basin 

(71) Meramec River near Eureka, Mo.

Location.--Lat 38°30'20", long 90°35'30", in SE-g- sec. 32, T. 44 N., R. 4 E., at bridge on 

U. S. Highway 66, 2 miles east of Eureka and 3 miles downstream from Big River.

Drainage area.--5,788 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Aug. 26, 1903, to July 21, 1906, and Oct. 6, 1921, to Sept. 22, 

1937; recording gage thereafter. Prior to July 22, 1906, at site 200 ft upstream from 

present site and at different datum; Oct. 6, 1921, to Jan. 16, 1933, at site 200 ft 

upscream from and at datum 1.04 ft higher than present gage; datum of present gage is 

406.18 ft. above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 116,000 cfs and by 

slope-area measurement at 175,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--22 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 32,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1904

1905

1915

1916

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Date

Mar. 28, 1904

Apr. 27, 1904

Sept. 20, 1905

Aug. 22, 1915

Feb. 1, 1916

Apr. 19, 1922

Mar. 17, 1923

May 30, 1924

Dec. 22, 1924

Nov. 10, 1925

Apr. 3, 1927

Apr. 11, 1927

Apr. 17, 1927

May 27, 1927

June 4, 1927

Apr. 8 & 9,1928

June 11, 1928

June 21, 1928

May 15, 1929

Jan. 16, 1930

May 22, 1931

Jan. 3, 1932

Aug. 14, 1932

Apr. 18, 1933

May 17, 1933

Sept. 18, 1934

Mar. 14, 1935

June 24, 1935

June 29, 1935

Gage 

height 

(feet)

36.2

28.7

29.7

°39.2

036.0

24.45

16.95

20.50

14.60

17.18

29.47

21.54

25.21

21.12

22.80

23.80

20.78

21.07

21.10

24.41

6.10

8.35

8.35

21.82

30.72

17.91

30.89

26.32

23.04

Discharge 

(cfs)

68,100

48,600

51,200

6175,000

b 113, 000

38,600

24,800

31,000

20,100

24,800

64,000

34,400

44,200

33,400

37,400

39,800

32,700

33,400

33,400

42,200

6,420

9,540

9,540

35,700

63,400

27,100

62,200

48,400

39,400

Water 

year

1936

1937

~\ Q'ZQ iyoo

-| QZQ _L «3 *J «2

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Nov. 12, 1935

May 6, 1937

T?csT-i OC\ 1 Q^A rcD. c\) , -LiJoo 

May 25, 1938

June 12, 1938

rl^J-L flnr* . 1 -L<7, 9 1 -L^w<7 Q^9

June 29, 1940

Apr. 22, 1941

June 28, 1942

Dec. 30, 1942

May 13, 1943

May 21, 1943

Apr. 25, 1944

Mar. 8, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 17, 1945

June 11, 1945

Feb. 16, 1946

Apr. 27, 1947

Jan. 3, 1948

Jan. 27, 1949

Feb. 17, 1948

Jan. 6, 1950

Jan. 16, 1950 

May 13, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

July 15, 1951

Apr. 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.22

21.56

25.10 

23.11

25.47

OK £D . cm33

11.41

22.07

21.90

31.78

24.29

27.70

17.26

22.38

28.98

32.13

36.94

23.52

31.15

17.00

20.30

21.80

33.01 

20.53

21.28

21.33

27.08

16.99

Discharge 

(cfs)

17,400

35,700

45,000 

39,700

46,100

61 , 600

14,800

38,000

37,400

69,600

42,800

52,400

26,100

37,400

57,100

72,500

120,000

40,300

66,400

25,000

32,200

35,900

79,700 

32 , 500

34,600

34,600

50,700

25,500

a From floodmarks. 

6 Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Mississippi River main stem 

(72) Mississippi River at Chester, 111.

Location.--57°54'00", long 89°49'50", in SW£ sec. 24, T. 7 S. R. 7 W., 3rd principal meridian, 0.4 mile downstream from highway bridge at Chester, 8.3 miles downstream from 

Kaskaskia River, and 109.5 miles upstream from Ohio River.

Drainage area.--712,600 sq mi. approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 341.05 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, and 

340.83 ft above mean gulf level (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Continually shifting, must be defined by frequent current-meter 

measurements.

Flood stage.--27 ft.

Remarks.--Records prior to July 1940 furnished by Mississippi River Commission. Natural

flow of stream affected by many reservoirs and navigation dams in upper Mississippi River 

basin, and by many reservoirs and diversions for irrigation in Missouri River Basin. 

Discharges prior to the 1942 water year are maximum daily discharges. Only annual 

peaks are shown.

93

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1844

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

June 30, 1844

Sept. 30, 1926

Apr. 27, 1927

June 23, 1928

Apr. 29, 1929

June 21,22,1930

June 16, 1931

Dec. 1, 1931

May 18, 1933

Apr. 25, 1934

June 10, 1935

Mar. 1, 1936

May 6,7, 1937

May 28, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

39.8

23.8

34.4

28.0

633.3

19.7

14.4

23.3

28.9

10.2

633.4

20.8

24.6

27.1

Discharge 

(cfs)

*1, 350, 000

501,000

1,060,000

626,000

878,000

342,000

221,000

451,000

500,000

137,000

665,000

326,000

422,000

540,000

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 21, 1939

Apr. 21, 1940

Apr. 24, 1941

July 1, 1942

May 24, 1943

May 2, 1944

Apr. 2, 1945

Jan. 13, 14 ,1946

July 3, 1947

Mar. 28, 1948

Apr. 3, 4, 1949

May 15, 1950

July 22, 1951

Apr. 30, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

30.6

"13.6

626.9

34.0

38.08

37.4

/34.4

27.5

638.17

32.8

24.7

27.6

639.3

634.4

Discharge 

(cfs)

618,000

* 193,000

d 455, 000

603,000

 873, 000

842,000

716,000

502,000

886,000

668,000

426,000

476,000

795,000

685,000

» Computed by Corps of Engineers, date approximate.

6 Occurred at different time than peak discharge.

cOccurred on June 15, 1940.

^Computed on basis of records for stations at St. Louis, Mo., and Thebes, 111.

«Does not include flow bypassing gage through levee breaks upstream.

/Occurred on June 14, 1945.
94 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Headwater Diversion Channel basin 

(Castor and Whitewater Rivers) 

(73) Castor River at Zalma, Mo.

Location. Lat 37°08'45", long 90°04'30", in SE£ sec. 29, T, 29 N., R. 9 E., at bridge on State 

Highway 51 in Zalma, 2^ miles downstream from Perkins Creek.

Drainage area.--425 sq. mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to Nov. 13, 1930, at site 500 ft upstream from and at datum . 

49.82 ft lower than present gage July 1, 1919, to Sept. 30, 1925, and at datum 0.18 ft 

higher than present gage Oct. 1, 1925, to Nov. 12, 1930. Datum of present gage is 

350.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Since Dec. 18, 1949, auxiliary staff 

gage 6 miles downstream. Gage heights given herein converted to present site and datum.

Stage-jdischarge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 25,000 cfs. Slope 

used as a factor since 1949.

Flood stage. 19 ft.

Remarks.--Peaks for period prior to Sept. 12, 1921, computed from plotted Little River 

Drainage District gage readings. Work on Headwater diversion channel completed about 

March 1919. Base for partial-duration series, 8,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

May 17, 1920

Apr. 27, 1921

Nov. 20, 1921

Apr. 1, 1922

Feb. 2, 1923

May 30, 1924

June 14, 1925

Feb. 26, 1926

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

June 2, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

June 14, 1928

June 21, 1928

June 14, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Mar. 8, 1931

Jan. 17, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

Jan. 23, 1933

Apr. 16, 1933

May 12, 1933

May 14, 1933

Mar. 27, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

Nov. 16, 1935

Jan. 14, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

26.1

22.4

24.0

23.6

24.0

24.6

23.3

20.3

24.0

24.6

23.6

26.5

23.6

24.9

22.0

23.7

16.10

20.22

22.82

23.63

24.30

23.45

25.86

12.78

28.20

9.64

27.67

Discharge 

(cfs)

17,400

7,660

10,600

9,720

10,600

3,160

2,670

5,920

10,600

12,100

9,720

19,400

9,720

13 , 000

7,250

9,940

3,800

5,920

8,180

9,720

11,400

9,300

16,600

2,560

40,000

1,610

40,400

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 19, 1938

Mar. 6, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Apr. 20, 1940

Jan. 2, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

Apr. 24, 1944

Feb. 27, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 20, 1945

Mar. 26, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

June 9, 1945

June 18, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

May 2, 1946

May 17, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

Jan. 1, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 24, 1949

Mar. 27, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

Nov. 25, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

23.72

23.35

24.17

22.10

12.3

23.20

22.45

26.60

23.60

25.85

25.00

22.80

22.95

24.30

25.20

26.04

23.40

24.30

23.98

24.5

18.8

27.8

22.6

28.1

24.0

26.4

26.6

24.8

23.20

23.50

23.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

14,900

10,950

14,600

7,730

2,480

10,200

8,150

31,600

11,700

22,600

17,350

8,150

8,550

13,550

18,550

24,100

9,600

13,550

12,050

14,600

4,990

38,400

8,530

40,100

13,100

27,400

28,800

17,100

9,950

11,000

11,000
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 

Mississippi River main stem

(74) Mississippi River at Thebes, 111. 

[Published as "at Cape Girardeau, Mo." prior to 1941]

Location.--Lat 37°13'00", long 89°27'50", in NWf sec. 17, T. 15 S., R. 3 W., on railroad bridge at Thebes, 5.0 miles downstream from Headwater diversion channel and 42.7 

miles upstream from Ohio River.

Drainage area.--717,200 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Mar. 17, 1933, to Dec. 31, 1934, and Apr. 5, 1941, to Sept. 30, 

1943; recording gage Dec. 22, 1934, to Apr. 4, 1941, and since Oct. 1, 1943. Prior to 

Apr. 5, 1941, at site 8.2 miles upstream at datum 4.65 ft higher than present datumj 

Apr. 5, 1941, to Sept. 30, 1944, at datum 300.000 ft higher than present datum. Gage 

heights beginning with 1941 given herein converted to present datum which is at mean 

sea level, datum of 1929. Since Oct. 1, 1943, former gage at Cape Girardeau used as 

auxiliary gage; previously, various auxiliary gages used.

Stage-discharge relation. Affected by backwater from Ohio River. Fall between auxiliary and reference gage used as a factor in computing discharge. Frequent currentmeter measurements necessary to define relationship.

Flood stage.--555 ft.

Remarks. Natural flow of stream affected by many reservoirs and navigation dams in Upper 

Mississippi River basin, and by many reservoirs and diversions for irrigation in 

Missouri River basin. Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

95

Water 

year

1844

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

July 4, 1844

May B, 19, 1933

Apr. 27, 1934

June 10, 1955

Mar. 2, 1936

May 7, 1937

May 28, 1938

Apr. 21, 1939

Apr. 21, 1940

Apr. 24, 1941

June 30, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

042.53

654.4

14.4

636.26

25.19

50.36

31.0

35.8

19.64

329.11

6335.65

Discharge 

(cfs)

01,375,000

525,000

140,000

623,000

318,000

420,000

c 552,000

« 637, 000

199,000

469,000

615,000

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 27, 1943

May 6, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Jan. 14, 1946

July 6, 1948

Mar. 28, 1948

Apr. 4, 1949

May 15, 1950

July 24, 1951

May 2, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

340.26

339.05

6337.90

6333.68

6340.08

6336.97

6331.35

6 352.29

6339.91

337.36

Discharge 

(cfs)

893,000

812,000

702,000

506,000

837,000

676,000

447,000

491,000

805,000

685,000

a Computed by Corps of Engineers for former site and datum. 

6 Occurred at different time than peak discharge. 

"Computed on basis of records at Chester, 111.

St. Francis River basin 

(75) St. Francis River near Patterson, Mo.

Location.--Lat 37 0 11'40", long 90°30'10", in NE£ sec. 16, T. 29 N., R. 5 E., at bridge on 

State Highway 54, 1 mile upstream from Clark Creek and 3 miles east of Patterson.

Drainage area.--956 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage June 16, 1921, to Apr. 12, 1939, recording gage thereafter. Prior 

to Oct. 1, 1938, at datum 2.00 ft higher than present gage; datum of present gage is 370.45 

ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present 

datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 55,000 cfs; shifts 

in relation occur.

Flood stage.--16 ft.

Remarks. Occasional backwater from Wappapello Reservoir since Apr. 1, 1941. Base for 

partial-duration series, 21,000 cfs.
96 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

St. Francis River basin

(75) St. Francis River ner.r Patterson, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

August 1915

 

Nov. 19, 1921

Mar. 31, 1922

Feb. 1, 1923

Mar. 16, 1923

May 16, 1923

May 29, 1924

Apr. 18, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Feb. 25, 1926

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 14, 1927

May 25, 1927

June 1, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

June 9, 1928

June 13, 1928

June 21, 1928

Jan. 25, 1929

Apr. 9, 1929

May 6, 1929

May 13, 1929

Jan. 13, 1930

Mar. 7, 1931

Dec. 30, 1931

Dec. 24, 1932

Jan. 22, 1933

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Apr. 7, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

May 5, 1935

May 20, 1935

June 21, 1935

Nov. 10, 1935

Nov. 3, 1936

Dec. 31, 1936

Jan. 8, 1937

Jan. 15, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

33.8

22.0

22.0

18.95

21.20

21.38

19.40

15.50

10.85

22.50

17.90

26.70

'27.00

21.60

20.60

27.20

21.98

22.25

22.80

25.60

20.80

19.30

20.80

21.60

21.70

15.52

15.86

19.75

17.80

25.07

28.80

13.2

30.70

20.70

21.40

21.50

12.75

19.45

19.50

20.00

26.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 100, 000

a 36, 600

36,600

26,700

34,000

34,600

28,000

16,600

6,880

38,200

23,300

50,000

51,000

33,000

30,200

51,700

34,300

34,900

36,900

46,100

30,500

26,000

30,500

33 , 000

33,200

15,300

16,300

27,500

21,500

44,400

57,400

10,200

79,200

30,200

32,400

32,700

9,600

26,300

26,600

28,100

55,200

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 18, 1938

Mar. 29, 1938

Mar. 31, 1938

Jan. 30, 1939

Feb. 28, 1939

Mar. 5, 1939

Apr. 6, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Apr. 19, 1940

Jan. 2, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

Feb. 26, 1945

Mar. 6, 1945

Mar. 20, 1945

Mar. 26, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 9, 1945

Oct. 22, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

May 1, 1946

May 16, 1946

May 25, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

Jan. 1, 1948

Jan. 25, 1948

Feb. 15, 1949

Oct. 22, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

Apr. 3, 1950

May 10, 1950

Feb. 7, 1951

Feb. 21, 1951

Nov. 23, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

22.65

18.70

20.00

19.01

17.97

21.90

20.80

21.48

17.92

14.40

20.40

22.87

29.70

19.05

24.60

21.79

20.10

21.17

27.26

31.00

29.20

22.30

25.00

23.80

23.40

22.80

23.30

24.86

28.20

20. -20

21.76

26.37

18.28

24.00

19.25

23.80

19.40

19.46

19.29

19.20

Discharge 

(cfs)

37,300

24,100

28,100

25,000

22,000

34,600

30,700

33,200

21,700

12,600

25,800

33,300

68,100

20,600

b

b

b

b

b

b

» 64, 900

31,100

42,300

37,000

35,300

32,900

34,900

41,800

59,000

24,100

29,300

53,400

21,300

41,700

23,800

40,900

24,400

24,800

24,100

23,800

«Annual peak only.

*Peak discharge indeterminate, affected by backwater from Wappapello, Mo., Reservoir.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

St. Francis River basin 

(76) Little River ditch 81 near Kennett, Mo.

Location. Lat 36°14'1Q", long 89°58'55", in NE-jj sec. 4, T. 18 N., R. 10 E., at bridge on. 

State Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kennett.

Drainage area. 111 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 241.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps 

of Engineers benchmark).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--10 ft.

Remarks. Records not comparable with those of station at Kirk, 1921-26, because of 

additional ditch construction. Annual peaks only are shown.

97

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Apr. 21, 1927

June 30, 1928

Feb. 27, 1929

Jan. 10,14, 1930

Mar. 8, 1931

Jan. 18, 1932

Jan. 1, 1933

Mar. 27, 1934

Mar. 15, 1935

Apr. 7, 1936

Jan. 26, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

Apr. 18, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.11

13.06

10.88

11.38

4.48

9.80

10.34

10.28

12.11

5.27

12.53

11.46

10.36

Discharge 

(cfs)

a2,760

2,710

2,000

1,770

303

1,370

1,380

1,490

2,610

386

2,310

1,960

1,600

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 20, 1940

Jan. 25, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

May 12, 1943

Apr. 13, 1944

June 18, 1945

Jan. 9, 1946

Apr. 12, 1947

Mar. 27, 1948

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 16, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

Jan. 5, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.10

4.57

10.1

9.3

10.36

12.18

10.15

6.3

8.5

11.26

11.90

11.21

11.44

Discharge 

(cfs)

837

330

1,850

1,380

1,950

2,620

1,890

805

1,400

2,300

2,440

2,200

2,230

^Includes some overflow from levee breaks on St. Francis River.

(77) Little River ditch 1 near Kennett, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°14'10", long 89°58'50", in NE^ sec. 4, T. 18 N., R. 10 E., at bridge on 

State Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kennett.

Drainage area.--255 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 241.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 

Corps of Engineers benchmark).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; frequent large shifts 

in relation occur.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Records not comparable with those of station at Kirk, 1921-26,because of

additional ditch construction. A spillway 6,5 miles upstream diverted water at high 

stages from ditches 66, 66-A, and 2R1 to ditch 1. This spillway was washed out and 

closed April 1951. Ditch 1 near Kennett has no connection with ditch 1 near Morehouse. 

Crests have been corrected where necessary for spillway diversion with data supplied 

by the Little River Drainage District. Only annual peaks are shown.
FLOODS IN MISSOURI

St. Francis River basin

(77) Little River ditch 1 near Kennett, Mo.--Continued 

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Apr. 25, 1927

June 24, 1928

Feb. 27, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

Mar. 9, 1931

Jan. 18, 1933

May 16, 1933

Mar. 27, 1934

Mar. 17, 1935

Apr. 7, 1936

Jan. 25, 1937

Feb. 19, 1938

Apr. 18, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

16.56

10.34

11.63

13.24

5.05

10.95

11.16

12.37

16.22

8.32

16.80

12.65

12.22

Discharge 

(cfs)

°7,520

2,990

4,010

5,040

545

3,510

3,040

2,810

4,800

1,180

7,260

3,940

63,700

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 21, 1940

Jan. 25, 1941

Apr. 10, 1942

May 12, 1943

Apr. 14, 1944

June 15, 1945

Jan. 10, 1946

Apr. 12, 1947

Mar. 27, 1948

Feb. 16-18,1949

Jan. 14, 1950

Jan. 16, 1951

Jan. 5, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.08

3.7

10.8

11.8

12.8

16.41

12.26

7.4

11.10

15.68

IB: 57

14.60

14.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

2,310

582

4,080

3,550

5,010

b 6,730

b 4,460

2,250

4,13.0

b 5,740

b 7,360

65,840

5,900

o Includes some inflow from levee breaks on St. Francis River, 

bCorrected for inflow from ditches 66, 66-A, and 251.

(78) Little River ditch 251 near Lilbourn, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°33'20", long 89°40'10", on line between sees. 8 and 17, T. 22 N., R. 13 E., at 

bridge on U. S. Highway 62, 3.7 miles southwest of Lilbourn and 4 miles northwest of Marston.

Drainage area.--255 sq mi.

Gage_.--Nonre cord ing. Datum of gage is 263.46 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by 

Missouri State Highway Department).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements] shifts in relation occur.

Flood stage. 14 ft.

Remarks.--Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

June 1945

May 27, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Mar. 27, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.6

13.35

9.10

12.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,200

2,500

1,300

2,100

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 15, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

Jan. 4, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.88

15.16

13.55

13.37

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,120

3,210

2,700

2,780
GAGING -STATION RECORDS

St. Francis River Basin 

(79) Castor River at Aquilla, Mo.

tate'kihwav ? h^ lonS 89 ° 54 ' 25 " > in NEfcSE* sec. 25, T. 27 N., R. 10 E., at bridge on 

State Highway 25, half a mile north of Aquilla and 4 miles north of Bloomfield.

Drainage area. --17 5 sq mi.

317 ' n ft level (levels by State

relation - "Def lned by current-meter measurements; frequent large shifts in relation

Flood stage. --15 ft.

Remarks. --Entire flow from headwaters of Castor River is diverted 22 miles above station to Headwater 

are Sown ^^ RiV6r ^ ^^ ^ rec° rds ° f fl °W above ^version. Only annual

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

June 1945

May 3, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Jan. 1, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.2

11.02

9.65

10.95

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,600

2,000

1,560

2,220

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 25, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 15, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

12.75

13.45

11.56

12.20

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,000

3,430

1,760

1,960

(80) Little River ditch 1 near Morehouse, Mo.

Location. Lat 36°50'05", long 89°43'50", in NW£SE£ sec. 2., T., 25 N., R. 12 E., at bridge on U. S 

Highway 60, 1 5 miles downstream from Little River ditch 39 and 2 miles west of Morehouse.

Drainage area.--450 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 280.76 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; large shift in relation during 

summer of 1947 due to channel enlargement.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--This ditch has no connection with ditch 1 near Kennett. Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

June 1945

May 3, 1946

Apr. 12, 1947

Jan. 2, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.85

17.2

13.92

13.6

Discharge

(cfs)

5,830

4,600

3,230

4,760

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 25, 1949

Jan. 13,16, 19 50

Jan. 15, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.35

16.30

14.60

16.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,270

6,920

5,570

7,020
100 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

St. Francis River basin

(81) Little River-ditch 251 near Kennett, Mo.

[Includes records for ditches 66 and 66-A published separately in 

annual water-supply papers]

Location.--Lat 36°14'10", long 89°58'40", in NW£ sec. 3, T. 18 N., R. 10 E., at bridge on State 

Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kennett.

Drainage area. 883 sq mi, includes that of Little River ditches 66 and 66-A.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 241.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark).

Stage-discharge relation.--De'flned by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Ditch 251 completed after November 1926. At high stages a spillway 6.3 miles upstream 

diverted water from ditches 66, 66-A, and 251 into ditch 1. This spillway was washed out and 

closed April 1951. Crests have been corrected where necessary for spillway diversions with data 

supplied by the Little River Drainage District. Only annual peaks are shown.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Apr. 25, 1927

June 24, 1928

Feb. 28, 1929

Jan. 14, 15, 1930

Mar. 9, 1931

Jan. 18, 1932

May 16, 1933

Mar. 28, 1934

Mar. 16, 1935

Apr. 8, 1936

Jan. 25, 1937

Feb. 20, 1938

Mar. 7, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.67

14.95

15.37

16.41

10.12

14.50

15.18

13.66

16.40

11.28

18.20

15.76

15.59

Discharge 

(cfs)

12,500

9,040

9,500

11,000

4,110

8,250

8,190

6,260

8,960

4,190

12,700

9,280

*9,130

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 21, 1940

Jan. 26, 1941

Apr. 10, 1942

May 14, 1943

Apr. 13, 1944

June 13, 1945

Jan. 11, 1946

Apr. 12, 1947

Mar. 28, 1948

Jan. 28, 1949

Jan. 16, 1950

Feb. 22, 1951

Jan. 6, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.35

7.75

15.3

14.9

15.6

17.71

17.0

13.7

15.36

18.75

18.17

18.80

19.60

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,980

2,240

8,480

6,830

8,470

« 11,000

« 10, 200

6,110

«7,900

«12,700

a ll,700

«12,100

11,000

 -Corrected for diversion into ditch 1.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

St. Francis River basin 

(82) Little River ditch 259 near Kennett, Mo.

Location. Lat 36°14'10", long 89°58'35", in NW£ sec. 3, T. 18 N., R. 10 E., at bridge on State 

Highway 84, about 4 miles east of Kennett.

Drainage area. 89.0 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 241.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (Corps of 

Engineers benchmark).

Stage-discharge frequently. relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; large shifts in relation occur 

Flood stage.--10 ft.

Remarks.--Ditch completed after November 1926. Only annual peaks are shown.

101

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Apr. 29, 1927

June 24, 1928

Feb. 26, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Apr. 27, 1931

Jan. 17, 1932

Apr. 23, 1933

Mar. 29, 1934

Mar. 15, 1935

July 3, 1936

Jan. 23, 1937

Feb. 19, 1938

Feb. 3, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.57

8.15

9.43

11.04

4.50

9.82

10.72

11.38

11.30

7.72

12.23

11.10

10.63

Discharge 

(cfs)

ft 4,140

966

1,330

1,820

212

1,350

1,360

1,160

1,150

454

3,420

1,940

1,780

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 20, 1940

Jan. 24, 1941

Apr. 10, 1942

Mar. 20, 1943

Apr. 12, 1944

June 12-15,1945

Jan. 11, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Mar. 23, 1948

Mar. 27, 1949

Feb. 15,16, 1950

Feb. 22, 23, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.84

4.3

10.69

9.3

11.27

11.6

10.98

8.95

9.45

10.78

11.73

11.37

11.95

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,110

355

1,720

962

1,540

1,890

1,730

1,200

1,360

1,470

2,370

2,110

2,670

a Includes some overflow from levee breaks on Mississippi River.
102 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin 

(83) White River at Beaver, Ark.

Location.--Lat 36°28'20", long 93°45'55", in NE£ sec. 20, T. 21 N., R. 26 W., at Missouri & 

North Arkansas Railway bridge, a quarter of a mile east of Beaver, 2-5- miles upstream from 

Leatherwood Creek, and at mile 595.5.

Drainage area. 1,238 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Datum of gage is 883.04 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements.

Flood stage. 18 ft.

Remarks.--Peaks for period 1921-23 computed from plotted Empire District Electric Co. readings at

site 1,500 ft upstream corrected to read same as present gage. Base for partial-duration series, 

22,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1898

1910

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

May 17, 1910

Apr. 6, 1922

Feb. 2, 1923

May 1, 1924

Dec. 20, 1924

Oct. 10, 1925

Jan. 25, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

Apr. 20, 1927

Oct. 2, 1927

Oct. 4, 1927

Dec. 15, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

Apr. 22, 1928

June 14, 1928

June 22, 1928

Jan. 26, 1929

Apr. 10, 1929

May 10, 1929

July 9, 1929

May 12, 1930

Feb. 10, 1931

Jan. 18, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 15, 1933

Sept. 5, 1933

Oct. 23, 1933

Mar. 13, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 9, 1935

June 19, 1935

Dec. 8, 1935

Jan. 16, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

40

17.35

10.50

21.08

18.35

18.12

12.3

21.70

37.0

25.00

25.65

26.85

30.60

22.10

26.50

23.73

18.78

23.85

19.01

20.99

22.00

19.15

19.69

16.15

20.46

27.70

18.89

14.83

22.74

23.73

21.70

27.55

12.32

18.58

Discharge 

(cfs)

o 94,000

 21,500

9,400

28,200

23,500

22 , 900

12,300

29,900

80,200

38,100

39,700

43,000

48,900

30,800

42,200

34,800

23,500

33,900

23,900

28,300

30,600

24,500

25,100

19,100

27,200

42,200

23,700

16,500

32,300

34,800

29,900

41,100

12,000

23,400

Water 

year

1938

i -L q^q J *J ->

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 19, 1938

May 24, 1938

Apr. 18, 1939

Apr. 13, 1940

Jan. 3, 1941

Apr. 20, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Apr. 10, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 12, 1943

June 16, 1944

Feb. 23, 1945

Feb. 28, 1945

Mar1 . 4, 1945

Mar. 20, 1945

Apr. 1, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 12, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

May 26, 1946

Nov. 11, 1946

Dec. 12, 1946

Aug. 16, 1948

Jan. 26, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

Jan. 6, 1950

Jan. 15, 1950

Feb. 14, 1950

May 12, 1950

July 20, 1950

Aug. 7, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

Apr. 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

2'6.80

19.82

16.70

16.00

19.44

26.3

20.5

20.35

31.95

. 42.33

22.3

23.00

21.40

19.96

28.25

22.65

40.9

18.38

29.75

22.55

32.50

20.60

20.97

24.52

26.3

28.5

19.9

21.0

EO.l

31.95

21.3

20.1

27.75

18.58

19.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

40,300

25,700

19,700

18,400

24,800

39,500

27,200

27,000

59,500

105,000

31,300

33,000

29,200

26,100

47,100

32,000

98,200

22,600

52,000

32,000

61,400

27,400

28,300

36,800

41,600

48,000

25,900

28,300

26,300

59,500

29,000

26,300

45,900

23,100

24,100

°Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

White River basin

(84) James River below Battlefield, Mo. 

[Published as "near Battlefield" prior to June 1929]

Location. Lat 37°05'30", long 93°12'25", in NEfc sec. 32, T. 28 N., R. 22 W., at Blue Spring 

Highway bridge, 1.6 miles southwest of Battlefield and 3 miles upstream from Wilson Creek.

Drainage area.--528 sq mi; 303 sq mi prior to May 13, 1929.

2§^--Nonrecordlng. Feb. 17, 1926, to May 13, 1929, at site 3 miles upstream from and at datum 

about 10 ft higher than last used site and datum. May 13, 1929, to Jan 7, 1932 (discontinued) 

at last used site and datum. Altitude of gage at last used site is 1,090 ft (from topographic

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 8,800 cfs.. 

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 4,000 cfs.

103

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1926

1927

Date

Sept. 30, 1926

Mar. 31, 1927

Apr. 9, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

June 21, 1927

Aug. 8, 1927

Aug. 17, 1927

Gage 

height 

(feet)

6.30

14.3

10.70

15.00

10.50

9.40

12.0

10.7

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,920

13,300

7,020

14,600

6,700

5,010

9,200

7,020

Water 

year

1928

1929

1930

1931

Date

Nov. 15, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

Apr. 22, 1928

June 9, 1928

June 13, 1928

June 28, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

May 13, 1929

May 28, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Aug. 6, 1931

Gage 

height 

(feet)

11.5

11.6

14.3

11.3

15.80

9.00

16.10

11.20

9.60

10.04

9.82

10.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

8,350

8,520

13,300

8,010

16,200

4,450

16,800

8,010

5,450

5,450

4,630

5,350
104 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin 

(85) Wilson Creek near Springfield, Mo.

Location. --Lat 37°11'35", long 93°20'20", in NW£SE£ sec. 28, 7-. 29 N., R. 22 W., three-quarters of 

a mile downstream from Jordan Creek and 2 miles southwest of Springfield.

Drainage area.--19.4 sq mi.

Gage. Recording. Station discontinued November 1939. Datum of gage is 1,196.16 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 900 cfs and extended to 2,440 

cfs on basis of area-velocity studies.

Flood stage.--5 ft.

Remarks.--Gage-height record during 11 months of operation at new site, 0.5 mile upstream, imcomplete 

during highwater periods; not used in this report. Sewage from Springfield enters creek above 

station. Springfield water supply is pumped from Little Sac River basin. Base for partial-duration 

series, 400 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

Date

June 27, 1932

Dec. 23, 1932

Apr. 15, 1933

May 13, 1933

July 8, 1933

Sept. 2, 1933

June 15, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

Mar. 15, 1935

May 29, 1955

June 2, 1935

June 7, 1935

June 14, 1935

June 16, 1935

July 2, 19J35

Aug. 12, 1935

Aug. 27, 1935

Sept. 28, 1936

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.62

4.12

4.12

4.69

5.07

3.98

3.82

4.58

4.50

4.46

4.27

5.13

5.40

5.57

4.12

3.85

4.65

3.77

Discharge 

(cfs)

°2,440

520

520

732

922

488

424

692

654

654

580

882

1,000

1,080

512

424

692

398

Water 

year

1937

1938

Date

Oct. 6, 1936

Oct. 25, 1936

Nov. 2, 1936

Jan. 8, 1937

Jan. 14, 1937

Jan. 30, 1937

Apr. 29, 1937

May 21, 1937

June 2, 1937

June 9, 1937

June 14, 1937

July 19, 1937

Sept. 5, 1937

Jan. 20, 1938

Feb. 18, 1938

May 6, 1938

May 23, 1938

June 16, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

4.00

4.30

4.60

3.90

4.55

4.10

4.64

4.10

5.04

4.90

6.87

3.95

4.20

3.80

3.90

4.10

3.95

5.35

Discharge 

(cfs)

480

580

692

452

692

512

692

512

858

806

1,880

480

544

424

452

512

480

980

Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

White River basin 

(86) James River at Galena, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°48'20", long 93°27'50", in NW£ sec. 7, T. 24 N., R. 23 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 13 and 44 in Galena, half a mile upstream from Bailey Creek and 42.3 miles above mouth.

Drainage area.--967 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Oct. 27, 1921, to July 22, 1939] recording gage thereafter. Prior to Dec. 

11, 1927, at site 500 ft downstream from and at datum 0.52 ft lower than present gage. Datum of 

present gage is 923.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present site and datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur.

Flood stage.--Indeterminate.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 12,000 cfs.

105

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

Date

Apr. 1, 1922

Mar. 12, 1923

July 12, 1924

Aug. 11, 1924

Dec. 19, 1924

Sept. 30, 1926

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 10, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

May 9, 1927

Aug. 9, 1927

Aug. 16, 1927

Nov. 15, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

June 10, 1928

June 21, 1928

June 29, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

May 13, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Aug. 6, 1931

June 28, 1932

Dec. 24, 1932

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Apr. 6, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 7, 1935

June 18, 1935

Sept. 23, 1936

Gage 

height 

(feet)

8.3

9.9

13.5

13.2

14.7

7.8

18.4

16.6

25.1

15.1

12.4

16.1

15.9

13.2

17.78

19.94

14.68

18.72

14.30

12.74

10.68

14.55

11.50

15.20

13.20

22.08

4.77

27.05

14.83

14.81

17.00

10.85

Discharge 

<cfs)

7,220

9,940

15,600

15,000

18,000

5,700

25,500

21,700

41,900

18,700

13,000

20,600

20,400

14,800

24,200

28,900

17,700

26,100

16,800

13,600

9,760

17,500

11,000

18,700

14,600

34,200

2,130

50,200

17,900

17,900

22,800

10,300

Water 

year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 9, 1937

Jan. 15, 1937

Jan. 31, 1937

June 14, 1937

Feb. 19, 1938

Feb. 20, 1939

Apr. 12, 1940

Apr. 17, 1941

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

June 18, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 20, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Mar. 3, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Apr. 3, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

June 19, 1948

Feb. 16, 1949

Oct. 22, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

May 11, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

June 23, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 5, 1951

Feb. 2, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

12.54

14.80

12.90

13.40

14.08

11.0

12.44

13.50

26.87

15.54

12.20

13.10

21.26

23.39

27.82

13.48

14.70

17.80

17.29

19.55

23.87

15.07

23.65

15.30

13.6

20.65

12.8

15.0

18.4

14.59

14.86

18.90

19.95

14.62

Discharge 

<cfs)

13,200

17,900

14,000

15,000

16,400

10,700

13,100

14,300

49,900

18,100

12,000

13,600

33,500

39,600

52,700

14,400

16,800

24,100

22,800

28,900

41,000

17,600

40,100

18,100

14,700

31,600

13,200

17,500

25,600

16,700

17,400

26,900

29,900

16,800
106 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin

(87) White River near Reeds Springs, Mo.

Location.-Lat 36°37'20", long 93°25'20", in NEfcSE* sec. 9, T. 22 N., R. 23 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 13, 5u miles downstream from James River, 12 miles south of Reeds Springs, and at mile

O4cO O .

Drainage area.--5,617 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Feb. 18, 1938, to Dec. 17-, 1938; May 11 to Oct. 1, 1943; and Mar. 11, 1945, 

nS.f Z t' 19 t 7> Rec°rdlnS gage Dec. 18, 1938, to May 10, 1943 (destroyed by flood); Oct. 2, 

1943, to Mar. 10, 1945 (destroyed by flood); and Feb. 15, 1947, to Sept. 30, 1952 (discontinued). 

Datum of gage is 739.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 175,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 30,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1927

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Date

Apr, 15, 1927

Feb. 18, 1938

Mar. 30, 1938

May 24, 1938

Feb. 21, 1939

Apr. 18, 1939

May 13, 1939

Apr. 13, 1940

Apr. 16, 1941

Apr. 20, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Apr. 10, 1942

Oct. 31, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 20, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

Gage 

height 

(feet)

"46.8

31.0

15.3

19.9

15.03

18.55

19.74

15.57

19.2

34.8

22.35

19.1

15.50

32.15

44.9

30.05

15.33

Discharge 

(cfs)

{ 195,000

95,100

31,300

47,400

30,300

42,700

46,700

32,300

44,800

107,000

53,900

42,200

30,800

94,300

183,000

84,200

30,100

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 23, 1945

 cipV, OQ 1 QAS P C U . CO , JL*?^tO

Mar. 4, 1945

Mar. 21, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

May 17, 1945

June 12, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

May 27, 1946

Dec. 12, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

Aug. 17, 1948

Jan. 27, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 15, 1950

Feb. 14, 1950

May 12, 1950

July 20, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

July 2, 1951

July 5, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

Apr. 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

20.09

17.57

23.52

26.25

25.60

47.00

17.8

27.75

20.95

26.94

21.2

20.9

16.57

21.5

26.56

17.62

20.00

18.04

38.65

15.56

27.80

18.76

18.71

15.90

17.09

Discharge 

(cfs)

46,500

38,000

58,200

68,400

66,000

196,000

38,700

75,000

49,600

71,200

50,300

49,300

34,800

51,300

70,000

38,000

46,200

39,400

135,000

31,700

75,000

42,100

41,800

32,600

36,400

a From floodmarks. 

& Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 10 /

White River basin 

(88) White River at Forsyth, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°40'55", long 93°06'05", in SE^ sec. 33, T. 24 N., R. 20 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 80 in Forsyth, a quarter of a mile downstream from Swan Creek, 2 miles downstream from 

hydroelectric plant of Empire Electric Co., and at mile 503.8.

Drainage area.--4,544 sq mi.

Gage.--Recording. Datum of gage is 640.64 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements; shifts in relation occur. 

Flood stage.--50 ft (U. S. Weather Bureau).

Remarks. Low flow regulated by Lake Taneycomo (total capacity, 23,700 acre-fc) and hydroelectric

plant (capacity 11,250 KVA); peak discharges not affected by regulation. Base for partial-duration 

series, 36,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1898

1927

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

Apr. 16, 1927

May 12, 1930

Feb. 11, 1931

Jan. 17, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 15, 1933

Apr. 7, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

Mar. 25, 1935

June 4, 1935

June 8, 1935

June 19, 1935

Sept. 29, 1936

Jan. 16, 1937

Feb. 1, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

Mar. 29, 1938

May 24, 1938

Apr. 19, 1939

May 13, 1939

Apr. 12, 1940

Apr. 16, 1941

Apr. 20, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Apr. 11, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

38.80

45.36

14.50

14.50

15.70

19.18

29.3

11.25

35.23

18.57

23.10

23.68

26.31

12.53

18.49

15.18

29.84

15.22

17.93

16.19

18.83

16.32

20.17

30.57

20.00

17.15

Discharge 

(cfs)

«-160,000

ffl 212,000

31,100

31,100

35,500

47 , 400

84,600

21,300

127,000

50,700

68,700

71,100

81,600

28,100

50,600

37,900

110,000

37,600

49,800

42,000

54,100

42,500

56,900

106,000

56,000

44,000

Water 

year

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Dec. 29, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 20, 1943

Mar. 22, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Mar. 1, 1945

Mar. 4, 1945

Mar. 21, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

May 18, 1945

June 13, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

May 27, 1946

Nov. 6, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Dec. 12, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

June 19, 1948

Jan. 27, 1949

Feb. 17, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 15, 1950

Feb. 14, 1950

May 12, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

July 2, 1951

July 4, 1951

Mar. 22, 1952

Apr. 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

28.45

42.0

28.68

14.76

18.83

16.38

21.05

23.36

26.92

43.77

16.00

23.83

18.63

22.90

17.80

16.50

20.46

18.40

17.43

22.0

23.37

16.28

18.17

16.66

38.75

25.64

16.88

17.10

14.22

15.07

Discharge 

(cfs)

96,000

193,000

97,500

34,600

51,300

41,200

61,300

71,600

88,600

209,000

39,500

73,800

50,500

69,800

47,500

42,400

59,200

50,100

46,100

65,700

72,000

41,500

49,400

43,200

161,000

82,400

44,000

44,800

36,100

40,100

a Annual peak only.
108 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin 

(89) North Fork River near Tecumseh, Mo.

Location. Lat 36°37'22", long 92°14'53", in NE^SE^ sec. 35, T. 23 N., R. 12 W., 3.2 miles downstream 

from Spring Creek and 3^ miles northeast of Tecumseh.

Drainage area. 561 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Oct. 1, 1944, to May 11, 1945, at datum 0.22 ft lower than present gage.

Recording gage since May 12, 1945. Datum of present gage is 584.67 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Gage heights given herein converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 22,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--14 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 5,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

Feb. 21, 1945

Feb. 26, 1945

Mar. 6, 1945

Mar. 19, 1945

Mar. 30, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

May 10, 1945

June 9, 1945

June 11, 1945

June 17, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Mar. 6, 1946

May 16, 1946

May 25, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Dec. 12, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

Jan. 1, 1948

June 18, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

9.0

13.2

6.6

8.0

10.7

8.1

16.7

7.2

6.38

8.75

10.60

12.22

7.60

11.23

9.81

9.94

7.79

8.22

7.25

7.46

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,590

17,700

5,400

7,610

12,800

7,790

25,100

6,400

5,400

9,590

12,900

15,100

6,620

13,100

10,500

10,700

6,790

7,640

5,970

6,450

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 24, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

June 11, 1949

July 7, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 13, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

May 10, 1950

June 10, 1950

Feb. 11, 1951

July 11, 1951

Nov. 24, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Apr. 12, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.4

14.9

8.76

11.9

8.44

8.83

18.05

9.30

7.69

6.91

12.80

6.64

7.47

7.30

7.94

9.17

9.74

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,290

20,600

8,690

14,500

7,980

8,690

27,400

9,590

6,790

5,500

16,300

5,050

6,450

6,130

7,130

9,410

10,300

(90) Bryant Creek near Tecuraseh, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°37'35", long 92°18'25", in E| sec. 32, T. 23 N., R. 12 W., three-quarters of a 

mile downstream from Pine Creek, 3 miles northwest of Tecumseh, and 5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 570 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage prior to July 30, 1945, recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage is 

573.15 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 14,000 cfs°, and by slope-area 

determination of peak flow above.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 6,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

White River basin

(90) Bryant Creek near Tecumseh, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

109

Water 

year

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

Feb. 21, 1945

Feb. 26, 1945

Mar. 6, 1945

Mar. 19, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 14,15,1945

May 10, 1945

June 11, 1945

June 17, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

May 16, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Dec. 12, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

June 19, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.50

15.80

10.85

11.45

11.00

11.40

18.00

10.75

11.20

14.50

15.86

14.21

16.17

10.76

11.19

11.00

Discharge 

(cfs)

18,800

20,000

6,230

7,110

6,500

7,110

30,000

6,100

6,800

15,000

20,400

13,900

21,600

6,230

6,800

6,500

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 25, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

July 8, 1949

July 10, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 13, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

May 12, 1950

Aug. 8, 1950

Aug. 28, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 4, 1951

July 11, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Apr. 12, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.3

12.55

14.75

11.2

10.88

19.50

12.87

12.29

10.80

14.99

12.9

10.96

10.99

13.22

11.66

11.45

12.45

12.10

Discharge 

(cfs)

14,200

9,260

16,000

6,800

6,360

37,500

9,960

8,640

6,230

16,800

9,960

6,500

6,500

10,700

7,590

7,110

8,840

8,280

(91) North Fork'River at Tecumseh, Mo. 

[Published as "North Fork of White River" prior to 1940]

Location.--Lat 36°36'16", long 92°17'19", in NW£NE£ sec. 16, T. 22 N., R. 12 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 80 at Tecumseh, half a mile downstream from Bryant Creek, 3 miles upstream from Lick Creek, 

and 9 miles upstream from Missouri-Arkansas border.

Drainage area. 1,157 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Oct. 24, 1921, to May 31, 1940, recording gage June 1, 1940, to Feb. 28, 1945 

(discontinued). Prior to June 29, 1924, at site 200 ft downstream from and at different datum from 

present gage. Datum of present gage is 547.75 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage 

heights given herein converted to present datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 48,000 cfs and extended above 

by logarithmic plotting. Shifts in relation .occur.

Flood stage.--24 ft.

Remarks. Station discontinued because of backwater from Norfolk Dam. Base for partial-duration 

series, 10,000 cfs.
110 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin 

(91) North Pork River at Tecumseh, Mo. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1905

1915

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

Date

July 1905

Aug 1915

Mar. 31, 1922

Feb. 1, 1923

Mar. 16, 1923

June 11, 1924

Dec. 19, 1924

Oct. 17, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 14, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

May 6, 1927

June 21, 1927

Aug. 15, 1927

Nov. 8, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

Apr. 21, 1928

June 9, 1928

June 13, 1928

Jan. 25, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Feb. 9, 1931

Jan. 17, 23, 1932

Gage 

height 

(feet)

«31.6

 51.0

7.1

18.6

8.4

20.0

10.50

5.70

10.36

20.80

15.31

8.73

12.90

11.39

8.97

16.20

8.70

10.30

11.48

24.00

9.10

8.50

4.30

4.18

Discharge 

(cfs)

&85,000

680,000

8,180

34,400

10,500

38,300

14,600

5,980

14,300

41,300

24,200

11,500

18,800

16,000

12,000

26,600

11,500

14,100

16,200

53,000

12,200

11,200

4,550

4,250

Water 

year

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

Date

May 14, 1933

Mar. 28, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 18, 1935

Sept. 24, 1936

Jan. 15, 1937

May 2, 1937

June 10, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

Mar. 29, 1938

May 23, 1938

Apr. 17, 1939

Apr. 11, 1940

Apr. 16, 1941

Oct. 18, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

June 18, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 18, 1943

May 20, 1943

June 23, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.70

2.44

20.53

10.99

8.95

4.75

10.33

9.06

10.60

16.80

8.86

14.00

12.6

8.9

10.95

9.25

12.4

9.37

22.28

11.90

22.86

21.67

13.23

8.50

3.82

Discharge 

(cfs)

25,200

1,850

39,900

15,300

12,000

5,300

14,100

12,200

14,600

28,600

11,600

21,400

19,200

13,800

18,700

15,000

22,500

15,300

51,000

21,300

52,900

48,700

24,800

13,200

3,830

0 From floodmarks. 

b Annual peak only.

Black River near Annapolis, Mo.

Location.--Lat 37°20'10", long 90°47'15", in SW^NW£ sec. 25,-T. 31 N., R. 2 E., 0.4 mile dovmstream 

from Mayberry Branch, 7 miles southwest of Annapolis, 11 miles dovmstream from East Pork, and mile 

278.5.

Drainage area.--464 sq mi.

Gage.--Recording. Prior to Aug. 21, 1942, at site 415 ft upstream at same datum. Datum of gage is 

569.72 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 33,000 cfs.

Flood-stage.--Indeterminate.

Remarks.--Gage-height record prior to Oct. 1, 1939, furnished by Corps of Engineers. Base for 

partial-duration series, 7,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

White River basin 

(92) Black River near Annapolis, Mo. Continued

Flood stages and discharges

111

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

Date

Apr. 17, 1939

Apr. 19, 1940

Apr. 17, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Jan. 31, 1942

Oct. 30, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 18, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

May 3, 1944

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 8, 1945

June 10, 1945

Jan. 9, 1946

Feb. 13, 1946

Mar. 6, 1946

May 1, 1946

May 16, 1946

May 25, 1946

Gage 

height 

(feet)

17.4

8.51

10.14

9.60

10.27

9.15

17.60

18.9

10.1

10.13

11.58

16.6

17.7

20.1

20.1

9.40

16.67

9.90

10.4

12.6

15.6

Discharge 

(cfs)

 32,500

6,920

»

9,330

8,240

9,560

7,740

33,400

37,900

9,520

9,520

13,400

31,300

35,600

45,400

45,400

8,680

31,700

9,900

11,200

17,700

27,600

Water 

year

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 25, 1947

June 27, 1947

Jan. 1, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 24, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

Oct. 21, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 12, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

May 10, 1950

June 10, 1950

Feb. 7, 1951

Feb. 19, 1951

June 24, 1951

June 30, 1951

July 10, 1951

July 13, 1951

Nov. 12, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Apr. 4, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.22

12.30

13.72

11.6

17.15

9.03

12.66

9.55

17.63

9.66

9.61

12.38

8.57

8.95

11.22

9.57

11.82

11.22

12.99

9.13

10.84

9.13

9.34

Discharge 

(cfs)

26,200

16,700

21,200

14,600

33,600

7,820

18,000

9,160

35,200

9,400

9,160

17,000

7,080

7,820

13,400

9,160

15,200

13,400

19,000

8,020

12,300

8,020

8,460

a Annual peak only.

(93) Black River at Leeper, Mo.

Location. Lat 37°04'45", long 90°42'50", in SE^SWi sec. 22, T. 28 N., R. 3 E., at bridge on State 

Highway 34, half a mile northwest of Leeper, 2 miles downstream from McKenzie Creek, 6 miles 

downstream from Cloarwater Dam, and at mile 251.0.

Drainage area. --957 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage June 15, 1921, to Oct. 21, 1937, and Jan. 22 to Apr. 6, 1942; recording gage 

Oct. 22, 1937 to Jan. 21, 1942, and since Apr. 7, 1942. Prior to Apr. 7, 1942, gages at site 

1,900 ft downstream from and at datum 3.85 ft lower than present gage. Datum of present gage is 

428.51 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present 

site and datum.

Stage-discharge relation. --Defined by current-meter measurements below 55,000 cfs. 

Flood stage. --11 ft (U. S. Weather Bureau) .

Remarks. --Flow regulated by Clerawater Reservoir (capacity, 413,700 acre-ft) since June 3, 1948 

Base for partial -duration series, 9,000 cfs,
112 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin

(93) Black River at Leeper, Mo.--Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1904

1915

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

Date

March 1904

August 1915

Nov. 19, 1921

Mar. 31, 1922

Apr. 18, 1922

Apr. 28, 1922

Feb. 1, 1923

Mar. 12, 1923

Mar. 16, 1923

May 16, 1923

June 12, 1924

Dec. 20, 1924

Nov. 8, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 20, 1927

May 25, 1927

June 1, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

Apr. 22, 1928

June 10, 1928

June 13, 1828

June 17, 1928

June 21, 1928

Jan. 25, 1929

Apr. 10, 1929

May 7, 1929

May 13, 1929

June 13, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Mar. 8, 1S31

Jan. 23, 1932

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Aug. 22, 1934

Gage 

height 

(feet)

°22.3

"18.8

11.1

10.0

7.74

7.46

9.90

8.22

10.50

10.48

6.72

4.63

8.90

13.75

13.90

9.00

12.65

13.45

13.10

8.64

7.33

13.00

13.20

7.68

11.90

9.50

9.20

10.30

13.10

7.95

9.10

6.10

5.90

14.55

17.5

5.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

6125,000

690,000

24,000

20,700

10,400

9,460

19,600

12,030

21,900

21,870

7,250

2,520

14,600

42,400

44,100

14,900

33,400

40,000

36,900

13,500

9,050

36,200

37,700

10,200

29,000

18,100

15,640

21,000

36,900

11,200

18,500

6,000

5,600

49,200

78,400

4,280

Water 

year

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

Mar. 11, 1935

June 21, 1935

Nov. 5, 1935

Oct. 9, 1936

Jan. 8, 1937

Jan. 15, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

May 24, 1938

Mar. 6, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Apr. 20, 1940

Apr. 18, 1941

NOV. 1, 1941

Jan. 31, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 19, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

May 4, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Feb. 26, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 8, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 17, 1945

Jan. 9, 1946

Feb. 14, 1946

Mar. 7, 1946

May 1, 1946

May 17, 1946

May 25, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

June 28, 1947

Jan. 2, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

16.9

9.65

7.15

8.00

7.75

11.85

13.0

8.25

8.54

12.60

8.05

7.10

8.37

7.88

14.32

16.36

8.76

9.04

8.40

9.08

12.16

10.85

13.86

15.10

17.08

16.08

8.16

8.45

14.35

8.10

8.95

11.10

14.7

7.8

13.27

11.45

8.65

Discharge 

(cfs)

72,300

17,900

8,660

10,800

9,820

28,400

36,200

11,500

12,500

33,400

10,800

8,000

12,000

10,300

47,200

54,400

13,600

14,400

12,100

14,300

28,200

21,500

37,400

45,100

59,700

52,200

11,200

11,900

40,400

11,900

14,700

23,300

42,400

10,200

34,000

25,200

6 12, 600

a From floodmarks. 

6Annual peak only.

(94) Black River at Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°45'25", long 90°23'25", in NW£SE£ sec. 2, T. 24 N., R. 6 E., at bridge on U. S.

Highway 60 in Poplar Bluff, 5 miles downstream from Indian Creek and at mile 210.9. 

Drainage area. 1,245 sq mi. 

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to July 17, 1935, at site 300 ft downstream from and at datum 1.89 ft

higher than present gage. July 17, 1935, to Sept. 30, 1940, at present site at datum 2.0 ft

higher than present gage. Datum of present gage is 317.40 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present site and datum. 

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 44,000 cfs; shifts in

relation occur. Stage-discharge relation affected by right-bank levee constructed 1906-10 and

left-bank levee constructed 1918-22. 

Flood stage.--16 ft (U. S. Weather Bureau).

Historical data.--Flood of August 1915 reached a stage of 21.1 ft. 

Remarks. Flow regulated by Clearwater Reservoir (capacity 413,700 acre-ft) since June 3, 1948.

Peaks for period prior to Oct. 1, 1936, and for period Oct. 1, 1937, to Sept. 30, .1939, computed

from plotted U. S. Weather Bureau readings. Base for partial-duration series, 6,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

White River basin

(94) Black River at Poplar Bluff, Mo.--Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

113

Water 

year

1904

1923

19.24

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

Date

March 1904

Jan. 21, 1923

Feb. 3, 1923

Mar. 17, 1923

May 6, 1923

May 17, 1923

May 31, 1924

June 14, 1925

Oct. 18, 1925

Nov. 10, 1925

Jan. 23, 1927

Mar. 19, 1927

Apr. 2, 1927

Apr. 16, 1927

May 10, 1927

May 27, 1927

June 3, 1927

Dec. 15, 1927

Apr. 8, 1928

Apr. 23, 1928

June 15, 1928

June 23, 1928

Jan. 27, 1929

Apr. 11, 1929

May 15, 1929

June 15, 1929

Jan. 16, 1930

Mar. 9, 1931

Jan. 24, 1932

Dec. 31, 1932

Jan. 23, 1933

Apr. 17, 1933

May 16, 1933

Mar. 27, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

May 6, 1935

June 23, 1935

Gage 

height 

(feet)

-

16.3

19.3

18.5

17.1

19.2

14.8

15.9

15.8

17.5

18.0

17.2

19.8

20.3

16.7

19.3

20.0

20.0

18.5

17.9

19.9

19.8

18.5

18.0

20.2

17.2

19.3

14.6

14.6

16.6

16.8

19.5

20.6

10.0

21.1

15.7

17.7

Discharge 

(cfs)

0 100, 000

7,260

23,900

17,700

9,900

23,100

5,000

6,420

6,250

11,700

14,500

10,300

28,100

32,500

8,420

23,900

29,800

30,700

17,700

13,900

29,000

28,100

17,700

14,500

31,600

10,300

23,900

4,820

4,820

8,100

8,760

25,600

35,300

2,880

40,200

6,090

12,700

Water 

year

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

Date

Apr. 6, 1936

Oct. 11, 1936

Jan. 10, 1937

Jan. 16, 1937

May 4, 1937

Feb. 20, 1938

Mar. 31, 1938

May 26, 1938

Feb. 1, 1939

Mar. 7, 1939

Apr. 19, 1939

Apr. 21, 1940

Apr. 19, 1941

Nov. 3, 1941

Feb. 2, 1942

Apr. 10, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 21, 1943

Apr. 25, 1944

May 5, 1944

Feb. 24, 1945

Feb. 28, 1945

Mar. 8, 1945

Mar. 21, 1945

Apr. 1, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 19, 1945

Jan. 11, 1946

Feb. 15, 1946

May 3, 1946

May 18, 1946

May 26, 1946

Apr. 13, 1947

Apr. 27, 1947

June 29, 1947

Jan. 3, 1948

Gage 

height 

(feet)

12.6

16.2

17.2

19.66

16.51

19.42

17.81

15.9

16.5

17.9

19.4

17.8

13.6

17.38

16.26

17.3

19.56

20.77

17.53

17.40

15.68

16.00

19.70

18.82

17.18

19.85

20.54

20.80

17.78

16.73

19.53

17.77

18.21

20.02

16.29

18.81

16.25

18.09

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,796

7,020

10,300

27,300

7,800

24,800

13,300

6,420

7,260

13,900

24,800

10,300

4,880

8,520

6,770

8,290

21,500

52,600

8,770

8,520

6,190

6,260

27,000

14,800

8,080

28,800

43,400

50,800

9,670

7,210

23,500

9,670

11,200

32,600

6,620

14,800

6,490

10,800

"Annual peak only, estimated.

(95) Jacks Fork at Eminence, Mo.

Location.--Lat 37°09'15", long 91°21'30", in W^ sec. 26, T. 29 N., R. 4 W., at bridge on State

Highway 19 at Eminence, 1-J miles downstream from Mahans Creek and 8.0 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--598 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording. Prior to July 27, 1934, at site 1,400 ft upstream from and at datum 2.11 ft

higher than present gage. Datum of present gage is 617.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 21,000 cfs; shifts in relation 

occur.

Flood stage. 28 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 3,900 cfs.
114 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin

(95) Jacks Pork at Eminence, Mo.--Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Date

Nov. 19, 1921

Mar. 31, 1922

Apr. 11, 1922

Jan. 21, 1923

Feb. 1, 1923

Mar. 12, 1923

Mar. 16, 1923

May 16, 1923

June 13, 1923

June 21, 1924

Apr. 28, 1925

Oct. 17, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 14, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

May 6, 1927

May 25, 1927

June 2, 1927

Aug. 15, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

June 9, 1928

June 13, 1928

June 21, 1928

Jan. 25, 1929

May 9, 1929

May 14, 1929

June 13, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Feb. 26, 1930

Oct. 8, 1930

Jan. 18, 1932

Apr. 15, 1933

May 14, 1933

Sept. 15, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

June 3, 1935

Nov. 10, 1935

Jan. 8, 1937

Jan. 15, 1937

May 2, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

Mar. 29, 1938

May 23, 1938

Jan. 30, 1939

Apr. 6, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Apr. 12, 1940

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.65

7.07

5.90

6.30

10.00

6.12

7.83

7.10

6.75

4.69

6.10

5.65

6.63

8.46

8.69

7.40

6.69

8.80

5.50

11.00

8.81

8.98

16.24

6.50

8.60

6.12

7.30

7.30

7.70

6.05

4.80

4.70

9.70

11.50

4.60

14.26

9.98

5.67

7.22

8.34

8.37

10.56

8.00

11.03

7.38

6.75

11.1

6.5

Discharge 

(cfs)

7,240

6,300

4,240

4,890

12,200

5,070

8,040

6,780

6,260

2,970

5,070

4,270

5,920

9,350

9,730

7,320

6,090

10,900

4,110

14,200

9,920

10,300

40,000

4,700

8,360

4,060

5,980

5,980

7,420

3,920

2,740

2,610

12,700

17,000

1,270

26,700

11,800

2,620

5,220

7,590

7,820

13,600

7,100

14,800

6,060

4,960

15,100

4,450

Water 

year

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Jan. 2, 1941

Oct. 18, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

May 31, 1942

June 18, 1942

Dec. 27, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 20, 1943

May 3, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Feb. 26, 1945

Mar. 6, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 2, 194-5

Apr. 14, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 17, 1945

Feb. 13, 1946

Mar. 6, 1946

May 16, 1946

May 2'5, 1946

Aug. 14, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

Jan. 1, 1948

June 19, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 24, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

Mar. 27, 1949

May 24, 1949

June 13, 1949

July 8, 1949

Dpr- 9"? ~\ 94.9 UC v^ £. C , J.^/*±*7

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 13, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

Apr. 3, 1950

May 10, 1950

May 20, 1950

June 10, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

Feb. 21, 1951

Mar. 12, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 10, 1951

Nov. 13, 1951

Nov. 24, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Apr. 5, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

4.6

6.53

8.6

7.59

6.70

6.60

14.50

12.60

8.09

5.26

6.92

11.36

7.02

10.95

7.56

11.5

7.47

10.60

11.7

7.93

7.03

10.20

11.50

9.1

9.0

8.25

8.85

9.1

13.85

7.5

10.85

6.5

7.8

9.55

8.5 6

-t

. 1

13.2

7.0

7.0

8.8

14.5

5.9

5.9

8.5

7.15

6.6

7.0

9.0

6.28

6.46

8.59

6.36

8.17

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,860

4,450

8,050

5,970

4,480

4,330

27,500

20,000

6,960

2,570

4,790

16,080

5,310

14,800

6,450

16,400

6,250

13,600

16,700

7,050

5,310

12,460

16,400

9,640

9,400

7,670

8,960

9,640

24,600

6,250

14,200

4,490

6,850

10,900

8,300

3,900 

22,300

5,800

5,800

9,340

27,500

4,000

4,000

8,650

6,160

5,120

5,800

9,860

4,630

4,950

8,870

4,790

8,030
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 115

White River basin 

(96) Current River near Eminence, Mo.

Location. Lat 37°11'00", long 91°15'30", in SW^NE^ sec. 15, T. 29 N., R. 3 W., 1 mile downstream 

from Jacks Pork, 8 miles northeast of Eminence, and at mile 123.0.

Drainage area. 1,272 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage prior to Dec. 8, 1934, and recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage is 568.82 

rt above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 48,000 cfs. 

Flood stage.--Indeterminate.

Historical data.--Flood of March 1904 reached a height of about 36 ft abo.e water surface at a point 

1 mile above gage, when gage in use Oct. 19, 1921, read. 1.65 ft.

Remarks.--Base for partial-duration series, 12,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Nov. 19, 1921

Mar. 31, 1922

Apr. 17, 1922

Feb. 1, 1923

Mar. 16, 1923

May 16, 1923

June 21, 1924

Apr. 28, 1925

Oct. 17, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

May 25, 1927

June 2, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

June 9, 1928

June 13, 1928

Jan. 25, 1929

May 13, 1929

June 13, 1929

Jan. 14, 1930

Mar. 8, 1931

Jan. 23, 1932

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Sept. 15, 1934

Mar. 11, .1935

June 3, 1935

June 26, 1935

Nov. 10, 1935

Jan. 15, 1937

May 3, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

Mar. 29, 1938

May 23, 1938

July 17, 1938

Apr. 17, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.2

11.5

11.0

13.4

13.5

12.5

6.4

7.0

8.3

14.1

16.0

12.1

12.0

20.0

15.5

24.3

21.0

10.3

13.8

9.8

10.2

6.6

5.7

17.9

21.4

5.47

24.35

12.62

11.50

7.27

13.05

13.35

16.48

10.16

14.84

10.75

19.43

Discharge 

(cfs)

25,800

17,800

16,400

23,700

24,000

21,200

6,920

8,000

10,700

25,100

39,000

19,500

19,000

43,300

27,900

59,400

46,900

13,600

21,200

12,500

13,600

6,250

4,850

35,900

48,300

4,760

59,600

19,500

16,700

7,860

20,500

21,600

31,200

13,700

25,700

15,000

41,100

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1934

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 17, 1940

Apr. 17, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Dec. 27, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 19, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Feb. 26, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 2, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 17, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Mar. 6, 1946

May 16, 1946

May 25, 1946

Aug. 14, 1946

Nov. 10, 1946

Apr. 25, 1947

June 19, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 25, 1949

Feb. 15, 1949

June 13, 1949

July 8, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Apr. 3, 1950

May 10, 1950

May 12, 1950

June 10, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 11, 1951

July 13, 1951

Nov. 24, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

8.64

5.11

9.70

26.97

21.49

14.56

9.97

13.20

14.59

12.40

16.25

12.35

21.23

14.30

13.46

18.96

11.67

10.89

20.20

23.95

12.00

14.7

10.52

12.6

20.40

15.77

10.6

11.10

22.35

12.95

13.23

20.6

12.80

13.00

13.20

13.47

12.90

14 . 50

9.70

12.37

12.92

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,790

4,210

11,100

75,100

48,800

23,400

11,400

19,800

23,700

17,700

28,800

17,700

47,600

22,800

20,600

39,800

16,300

14,300

44,300

60,200

17,000

25,300

13,100

18,300

45,000

28,900

13,800

15,000

53,000

20,700

21,300

47,300

20,100

20,700

21,300

22,200

20,400

25,300

12 , 500

19,000

20,400
116 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin 

(97) Current River at Van Buren, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°59'30", long 91°00'55", in NE^NW^ sec. 25, T. 27 N., R. 1 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 60 In Van Buren, 0.4 mile downstream from Pike Creek, 4.7 miles upstream from Big Spring, 

and at mile 90.4.

Drainage area. 1,667 sq ml.

Gage.--Nonrecordlng gage Aug. 25, 1912, to Oct. 19, 1934; recording gage thereafter. Prior to Sept. 

in Q ' slte 10° ft downstrieam from present gage at different datum; Sept. 1, 1926, to Oct. 1, 

1939, at present site at datum 3.00 ft higher than present gage. Datum of present gage is 442.78 

ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to present site and 

datum.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 62,000 cfs; shifts in relation 

occur.

Flood s-tage. 20 ft.

Historical data.--Flood of Mar. 26, 1904, reached a stage of 29.0 ft and that of Aug. 21, 1915, a 

stage or zt>.y ft as determined by Missouri State Highway Commission from several reliable highwater marks in vicinity of gage. Investigations by J. C. Lester, Project Engineer, State Highway Commission, led to the conclusion that the discharge of the 1904 flood was less than that of 

1915 The 1904 flood crests were the lower of the two floods at points upstream and downstream 

from the gage.

Remarks.--Peak discharges for the period prior to June 1, 1921, from records of Prof. T. J. Rodhouse, 

University of Missouri (based on stages measured from a reference point). Base for partial-duration 

series, 14,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1904

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

Date

Mar. 26, 1904

Mar. 26, 1913

Apr. 29, 1914

Aug. 21, 1915

Jan. 31, 1916

Apr. 8, 1917

May 12, 1918

June 4, 1919

Mar. 26, 1920

Apr. 28, 1921

Nov. 20, 1921

Apr. 1, 1922

Apr. 18, 1922

Feb. 2, 1923

Mar. 17, 1923

May 17, 1923

May 31, 1924

Apr. 29, 1925

Oct. 17, 1925

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

May 26, 1927

June 2, 1927

Gage 

height 

(feet)

29.0

__

__

25.9

__

__

--

--

--

--

13.2

12.0

11.5

13.2

13.0

12.8

9.7

8.2

9.67

14.48

16.10

13.02

16.22

Discharge 

(cfs)

a 11,500

036,000

al25,000

085,000

011,800

029,000

016,000

022,900

°22,200

22,100

17,600

15,600

21,800

21,000

20,200

9,500

5,800

9,500

27,400

34,500

21,200

35,000

Water 

year

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Dec, 14, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

Apr. 22, 1928

June 10, 1928

June 13, 1928

June 22, 1928

Jan. 25, 1929

Apr. 10, 1929

May 7, 1929

May 9, 1929

May 13, 1929

June 13, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

Mar. 8, 1931

Jan. 23, 1932

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Sept. 15, 1934

Mar. 11, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 27, 1935

Nov. 11, 1935

Jan. 15, 1937

May 3, 1937

Feb. 19, 1938

May 24, 1938

July 18, 1938

Apr. 18, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.34

12.56

12.25

19.45

18.59

12.40

11.12

11.29

12.20

11.08

13.48

12.21

13.32

9.80

8.76

17.01

19.7

8.12

22.84

12.53

11.50

8.23

13.00

12.86

15.66

13.38

11.36

17.09

Discharge 

(cfs)

31,000

19,400

18,300

49,300

45,700

18,800

14,100

14,800

18,100

14,100

23,100

18,100

22,300

11,000

7,560

40,900

56,000

5,720 i

86,600

19,200

15,500

6,800

25,100

24,500

37,700

26,820

17,900

45,400
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

White River basin

(97) Current River at Van Buren, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

117

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

Date

Apr. 19, 1940

Apr. 18, 1941

Nov. 1, 1941

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 19, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Feb. 26, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

June 10, 1945

June 18, 1945

Feb. 14, 1946

Mar. 7, 1946

May 17, 1946

May 26, 1946

Aug. 15, 1946

Gage 

height 

(feet)

9.57

6.47

10.38

21.66

19.01

13.57

13.11

12.72

14.82

12.69

16.30

19.5

13.73

13.56

17.14

11.66

11.16

18.26

20.74

Discharge 

(cfs)

12,000

4,700

14,800

77,000

57,100

25,100

22,800

21,200

31,100

21,100

39,500

60,600

25,600

25,100

44,400

17,300

15,300

52,300

69,400

Water 

year

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Nov. 11, 1946

Apr. 26, 1947

Jan. 2, 1948

Jan. 19, 1949

Jan. 25, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 14, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

Apr. 4, 1950

May 11, 1950

June 11, 1950

Feb. 19, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 11, 1951

July 14, 1951

Nov. 24, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

14.42

14.53

12.52

12.6

19.26

11.7

14.9

19.90

12.75

10.79

13.95

19.26

13.31

12.95

11.92

13.42

13.17

11.28

12.44

12.44

Discharge 

(cfs)

29,000

29,500

19,900

20,700

59,200

17,300

31,600

61,500

21,600

15,600

26,800

56,900

23,900

22,700

18,600

24,300

23,500

16,600

20,400

20,400

«Annual peak only.

(98) Current River at Doniphan, Mo-.

Location.--Lat 36°37'25", long 90°50'55", in NW£NW£ sec. 27, T. 23 N., R. 2 E., half a mile upstream 

from State Highway 14, 1 mile west of Doniphan, 2|- miles upstream from Briar Creek, and at mile 51.3,

Drainage area. 2,038 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage Aug. 1, 1918, to < Tuly 2, 1936; recording gage thereafter. Prior to May 22, 

1928, at site 2,700 ft downstream from and at datum 0.06 ft higher than present gage; May 22, 1923, 

to Sept. 30, 1929, at site 2,800 ft downstream from and at datum 0.07 ft lower than present gage; 

Oct. 1, 1929, to Sept. 30, 1932, at site 2,300 ft downstream from and at datum 1.07 ft lower than 

present gage; Oct. 1, 1932, to July 2, 1936, at site 2,800 ft downstream from and datum 3.07 ft 

lower than present gage; datum of present gage is 322.21 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 60,000 cfs. 

Flood stage.--12 ft (U. S. Weather Bureau).

Remarks.--Peaks for 1919 to 1921, computed from plotted Corps of Engineer readings. Base for partialduration series, 14,000 cfs.
118 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin

(98) Current River at Doniphan, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1904

1915

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

Date

March 1904

August 1915

June 5, 1919

Mar. 27, 1920

Mar. 28, 1921

Apr. 27, 1921

Nov. 21, 1921

Apr. 1, 1922

Feb. 3, 1923

Mar* 17, 1923

May 17, 1923

May 31, 1924

June 13, 1925

Oct. 18, 1925

Apr. 7, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 20, 1927

May 27, 1927

June 2, 1927

Dec. 15, 1927

Apr. 7, 1928

Apr. 23, 1928

June 10, 1928

June 14, 1928

June 23, 1928

Jan. 26, 1929

Apr. 11, 1929

May 8, 1929

May 14, 1929

June 14, 1929

Jan. 15, 1930

Mar. 9, 1931

Jan. 24, 1932

Jan. 22, 1933

Apr. 17, 1933

May 15, 1933

Sept. 16, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

June 4, 1935

Nov. 11, 1935

Jan. 14, 1937

May 4, 1937

Gage 

height 

(feet)

«23.4

«22.2

10.0

10.1

9.8

14.3

11.10

11.50

13.00

11.02

11.22

5.48

4.50

6.50

12.55

17.30

12.58

9.45

15.98

14.80

9.35

10.33

15.94

15.98

10.42

9.55

8.84

9.60

12.40

8.60

12.10

6.95

6.41

11.20

17.65

19.93

6.63

23.89

13.47

7.45

16.28

12.28

Discharge 

(cfs)

b 130, 000

J>105,000

19,400

19,700

18,800

35,400

21,000

22,000

29,600

20,800

21,300

8,300

6,540

10,300

28,600

48,800

28,600

17,600

43,000

37,600

17,600

20,400

42,600

43,000

20,700

18,200

16,000

18,200

27,800

15,500

25,500

9,500

8,300

14,500

35,200

49,000

6,210

94,400

20,200

7,400

48,400

22,400

Water 

year

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 19, 1938

Mar. 31, 1938

May 25, 1938

Mar. 5, 1939

Apr. 18, 1939

Apr. 20, 1940

Jan. 3, 1941

Nov. 2, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

Dec. 29, 1942

May 12, 1943

May 20, 1943

Apr. 24, 1944

Feb. 27, 1945

Mar. 8, 1945

Apr. 1, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

June 11, 1945

June 19, 1945

Feb. 15, 1946

Mar. 8, 1946

May 18, 1946

May 26, 1946

Aug. 16, 1946

Nov. 12, 1946

Apr. 27, 1947

Jan. 2, 1948

Jan. 20, 1949

Jan. 26, 1949

Jan. 29, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

Mar. 27, 1949

Jan. 5, 1950

Jan. 15, 1950

Feb. 15, 1950

Apr. 5, 1950

May 11, 1950

June 12, 1950

Feb. 20, 1951

July 2, 1951

July 11, 1951

July 15, 1951

Nov. 25, 1951

Mar. 12, 1952

Apr. 14, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.72 in o c

1U . db

11.74

10.10

16.41

9.02

5.00

9.89

9.80

19.13

18.06

12.65

11.70

15.1]

11.92

15.65

19.05

14.10

13.40

15.70

9.75

9.3

16.71

17.46

11.80

13.2

11.50

10.8

18.3

10.8

13.5

9.3

18.0

10.82

9.2

14.7

18.2

11.3

12.11

10.20

12.26

10.90

10.46

11.73

11.22

Discharge 

(cfs)

43,100

15,500

20,100

14,900

49,300

12,500

5,110

15,400

15,100

63,600

55,400

24,100

20,300

35,200

21,000

38,000

62,800

30,200

27,000

38,600

15,600

14,300

44,900

50,600

20,600

26,800

20,600

18,400

57,000

18,400

28,000

14,700

54,600

18,400

14,500

33,500

56,200

20,000

23,700

17,700

24,400

19,700

18,600

22,200

20,600

°From floodmarks. 

b Annual peak only.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 119

White River basin 

(99) Little Black River near Fairdealing, Mo.

Location.--Lat 36°39'40", long 90°34'25", in NW£NW£ sec. 7, T. 23 N., R. 5 E., at bridge on State 

Highway 14, 2f miles downstream from Beaverdam Creek and 2| miles east of Fairdealing.

Drainage area. 187 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Feb. 27, 1936, to Sept. 30, 1942 (discontinued). Prior to Oct. 1, 1939, 

at site 100 ft upstream from and at datum 1.5 ft higher than last used gage. Datum of last used 

gage is 297.15 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Gage heights given herein converted to 

last used gage.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 5,900 cfs. 

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks.--Peaks for period prior to Oct. 1, 1939, computed from plotted Corps of Engineer gage readings, 

Base" for partial-duration series, 4,000 cfs.

Annual peak stages and discharges

Water 

year

1936

1937

1938

Date

Apr. 6, 1936

Sept. 2, 1936

Nov. 3, 1936

Dec. 31, 1936

Jan. 15, 1937

Feb. 18, 1938

Mar. 29, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

18.6

19.5

19.3

18.9

22.5

21.4

20.3

Discharge 

(cfs)

5,230

6,750

6,410

5,730

13,600

10,400

8,190

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

Date

Jan. 30, 1939

Mar. 5, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Apr. 12, 1940

Jan. 25, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

Gage 

height 

(feet)

19.5

19.1

19.9

18.12

9.7

20.0

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,750

6,070

7,470

4,200

825

6,270

(100) Eleven Point River near Bardley, Mo.

Location. La t 36°33'55", long 91°12 I 03", in NE^SE^ sec.. 17, T. 23 N., R. 2 W., at bridge on State 

Highway 14, 7 miles southwest of Bardley and 7^- miles upstream from Fredericks Fork.

Drainage area. 793 sq mi.

Gage. Nonrecording gage prior to Oct. 20, 1939, and recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage is 

410.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 25,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--12 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 4,000 cfs.
120 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

White River basin

(100) Eleven Point River near Bardley, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1915

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

Date

Aug. 20, 1915

Mar. 31, 1922

Feb. 2, 1923

Mar. 12, 1923

Mar. 16, 1923

May 15, 1923

June 11, 1923

Aug. 10, 1924

June 13, 1925

Nov. 8, 1925

Apr. 14, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

May 5, 1927

June 1, 1927

June 21, 1927

Dec. 14, 1927

Apr. 6, 1928

Apr. 21, 1928

June 13, 1928

June 21, 1928

Jan. 25, 1929

Feb. 26, 1929

Apr. 9, 1929

Jan. 13, 1930

Aug. 6, 1931

Jan.23?4, 1932

Apr. 16, 1933

May 14, 1933

Sept. 15, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

June 3, 1935

June 17, 1935

Dec. 8, 1935

Jan. 14, 1937

Feb. 19, 1938

Mar. 29, 1938

May 24, 1938

Mar. 5, 1939

Apr. 17, 1939

Gage 

height 

(feet)

°19.7

10.0

10.1

7.2

10.6

8.8

8.1

3.9

7.2

5.1

18.7

11.6

10.0

10.2

8.2

15.0

11.6

9.3

15.6

7.8

9.5

6.9

7.3

8.0

5.2

3.6

10.9

9.5

3.5

13.7

9.5

7.8

3.1

13.9

10.0

9.3

8.1

8.4

13.9

Discharge 

(cfs)

644,000

7,560

7,600

4,400

9,450

6,120

5,350

1,680

4,400

2,490

40,000

11,400

8,640

8,960

6,040

18,700

11,400

7,560

27,200

5,560

8,000

4,480

4,960

5,800

2,640

1,280

10,100

8,000

1,190

20,200

7,840

5,560

900

20,900

9,100

7,640

5,800

6,670

20,900

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Apr. 12, 1940

Apr. 4, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Apr. 8, 1942

May 31, 1942

Nov. 18, 1942

Nov. 22, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

May 11, 1943

Apr. 23, 1944

May 3, 1944

Feb. 27, 1945

Mar. 3, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 20, 1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

June 11, 1945

June 18, 1945

Jan. 9, 1946

Feb. 14, 1946

Mar. 6, 1946

May 17, 1946

May 25, 1946

Aug. 14, 1946

Dec. 12, 1946

Jan. 1, 1948

June 19, 1948

Jan. 18, 1949

Jan. 24, 1949

Jan. 28, 1949

Feb. 14, 1949

Feb. 16, 1949

Jan. 4, 1950

Feb. 13, 1950

May 11, 1950

May 30, 1950

June 3, 1950

Feb. 21, 1951

July 11, 1951

Nov. 24, 1951

Mar. 11, 1952

Apr. 13, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

8.3

3.4

10.1

7.7

15.7

6.86

6.56

14.10

15.18

8.36

8.12

__

--

--

15.5

13.6

10.01

8.32

7.30

10.88

8.21

7.07

9.30

7.42

5.50

7.75

9.54

6.9

16.7

8.3

7.1

8.6

12.80

8.67

9.55

7.22

8.20

8.50

8.00

9.66

9.16

6.41

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,530

976

9,830

5,750

28,300

4,620

4,230

22,200

25,800

6,840

6,360

« 15, 000

«4,000

C 7,200

c6,900

27,200

20,360

9,600

6,680

5,280

11,400

6,570

5,010

8,330

5,420

3,100

5,980

8,680

4,750

33,200

6,700

5,010

7,180

16,200

7,340

8,860

5,140

6,570

7,020

6,270

9,040

8,160

4,120

*From floodmarks.

ftAnnual peak only.

"Estimated on basis of records for station near Elevenpoint, Ark.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS 121

Arkansas River basin 

(101) Spring River near Waco, Mo.

Location. Lat 37°14'45", long 94°33'55", on line between SE£ sec. 7 and NE£ sec. 13, T. 29 N., R. 

33 W., at county highway bridge, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Blackberry Creek, l^ 

miles east of Waco, and 47.6 miles above mouth.

Drainage area.--1,164 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage prior to Feb. 23, 1935, and recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage is 

833.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 87,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--19 ft.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 13,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

Date

 

May 29, 1924

June 11, 1924

Sept. 22, 1925

Sept. 5, 1926

Oct. 4, 1926

Apr. 1, 1927

Apr. 10, 1927

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

July 23, 1927

Aug. 9, 1927

Aug. 17, 1927

Oct. 2, 1927

June 10, 1928

June 18, 1928

June 22, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

Apr. 20, 1929

May 13, 1929

May 19, 1929

June 16, 1930

May 19, 1931

June 28, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 14, 1933

Apr. 15, 1934

Mar. 12, 1935

June 7, 1935

Sept. 28, 1936

Nov. 3, 1936

Jan. 14, 1937

June 10, 1937

May 31, 1938

June 16, 1938

Gage 

height 

(feet)

«22

20.12

19.63

10.37

16.40

16.20

23.58

21.78

20.13

20.05

18.10

20.14

28.6

17.26

20.80

16.30

20.54

20.57

21. lo

22.65

19.78

12.96

11.92

20.88

17.84

16.64

7.70

20.23

18.00

15.70

17.57

16.59

19.42

18.50

17.23

Discharge 

(cfs)

* 21, 000

18,200

17,500

6,550

13,400

13,100

28,100

22,100

18,400

18,200

15,500

18,400

57,400

14,500

19,800

13,300

19,200

19,400

20,600

25,000

17,900

9,350

8,140

19,800

15,100

13,600

3,950

18,700

15,300

12,500

14,800

13,500

17,200

16,000

14,300

Water 

year

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

May 22, 1939

July 23, 1940

Apr. 16, 1941

Apr. 20, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Dec. 27, 1942

May 11, 1943

May 19, 1943

June 4, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

June 20, 1944

Mar. 20, 1945

Apr. 14, 1945

Apr. 16, 1945

Apr. 22, 1945

May 27, 1945

June 6, 1945

June 17, 1945

Sept. 26, 1945

June 1, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

June 22, 1948

June 26, 1948

July 26, 1948

Jan. 24, 1949

Aug. 28, 1950

Feb. 2.1, 1951

July 1, 1951

July 4, 1951

Sept. 10, 1951

Sept. 13, 1951

Nov. 12, 1951

Feb. 2, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

15.34

11.46

17.50

24.66

24.4

23.66

18.08

22.75

30.94

15.97

16.30

16.60

16.18

23.61

24.65

17.38

17.33

18.00

16.36

21.98

19.1

16.16

24.6

24.63

17.62

18.79

15.50

24.50

19.52

15.95

16.20

16.43

17.74

16.28

20.08

Discharge 

(cfs)

11,900

7,700

15,400

38,800

37,300

33,500

16,400

29,900

103,000

13,200

13,700

14,200

13,600

33,400

38,300

15,600

15,400

16,500

13 , 900

26,600

18,400

13,700

38,300

38,300

15,900

17,800

13,000

37,800

19,200

13,700

13 , 900

14,200

16,000

14,000

20,700

 From floodmark. 

b Annual peak only.
122 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Arkansas River basin 

(102) Turkey Creek at Joplin, Mo.

Location.--Lat 57°06'46", long 94°51'54", in NW£NW£ sec. 34, T. 28 N., R. 33 W., 80 ft downstream 

from bridge on Long Elm Road, a quarter of a mile downstream from Joplin Creek and about 1 mile 

northwest of Joplin.

Drainage area.--55 sq mi, approximately.

Gage.--Recording. Datum of gage is 905.98 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Stage-discharge relation. Defined by current-meter measurements below 700 cfs. 

Flood stage. 6 ft.

Historical data.--Highest stage known in over 56 years (1952), 10.ft, date unknown, from information 

by road district employee.

Remarks. Base for partial-duration series, 510 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1955

1934

1935

Date

Dec. 24, 1932

Apr. 20, 1935

May 13, 1955

May 15, 1955

May 24, 1955

Aug. 5, 1955

Sept. 29, 1954

Mar. 11, 1955

Gage 

height 

(feet)

7.58

7.57

6.58

5.70

5.51

6.50

5.01

7.50

Discharge 

(cfs)

1,090

1,150

876

658

610

850

500

1,090

Water 

year

1956

1957

1958

1959

Date

May 1, 1936

July 1, 1936

Sept. 27, 1936

Oct. 6, 1936

Oct. 8, 1936

Jan. 14, 1937

Jan. 30, 1937

Mar. 30, 1958

May 12, 1959

May 22, 1959

Gage 

height 

(feet)

5.44

6.65

7.15

9.86

6.45

5.81

5.55

6.48

5.04

5.12

Discharge 

(cfs)

610

eyo

890

1,980

858

696

650

864

550

550

(105) Shoal Creek above Joplin, Mo. 

[Published as "near Joplin" prior to 1942]

Location.--Lat 57°00'45", long 94°28'45", in NE£ sec. 1, T. 26 N., R. 55 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 71, 4 miles southeast of Joplin, 6 miles downstream from Baynham Branch, and 15.0 miles 

above mouth.

Drainage area.--410 sq mi; 459 sq mi prior to Oct. 1, 1941.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Apr. 21, 1924, to Apr 24, 1954, at site 5.0 miles downstream from and at

datum 45.21 ft lower than present gage. Recording gage since Apr. 25, 1954; prior to Oct. 1, 1941, 

at site 5.0 miles downstream from and at datum 44.21 ft lower than present gage. Datum of present 

gage is 902.57 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 41,000 cfs at former site. 

Defined by current-meter measurements at present site. Shifts in relation occur.

Flood stage.--10 ft.

Remarks.--Low flow prior to Apr. 15, 1941, regulated by power plant; peak discharges not affected by 

regulation. Records for sites "near" and "above" considered equivalent for flood-frequency study. 

Base for partial-duration series, 6,000 cfs.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

Arkansas RiVer basin

(103) Shoal Creek above Joplin, Mo. Continued 

Flood stages and discharges

123

Water 

year

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

Date

July 13, 1924

Apr. 9, 1925

Sept. 6, 1926

Apr. 15, 1927

Apr. 19, 1927

Aug. 8, 1927 Aiie- 1R 1Q?7

rtLigj . XU, J.W£» I

June 2, 1928

June 10, 1928

June 19, 1928

June 21, 1928

June 28, 1928

Aug. 5, 1928

Apr. 9, 1929

Apr. 21, 1929

May 9, 1929

May 13, 1929

May 18, 1929

June 3, 1929

Sept. 10, 1930

Sept. 16, 1930

July 26, 1931

June 2, 1932

June 27, 1932

Dec. 25, 1932

May 14, 1933

Oct. 23, 1933

Mar. 12, 1935

June 8, 1935

Sept. 27, 1936

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.08

4.83

8.33

12.33

12.42

10.50

8

nr\

 »u

8.70

13.83

13.83

12.75

9.00

11.50

9.42

11.50

9.08

12.92

9.17

8.42

13.92

10.92

6.33

9.00

15.00

12.33

13.0

3.16

18.25

16.24

8.88

Discharge 

(cfs)

« 14, 200

2,580

6,230

12,700

12,900

9,550

6,780

6,430

15,100

15,100

13,200

6,850

11,000

7,450

11,000

7,000

33,400

7,150

6,020

15,200

9,930

3,760

6,850

17,200

9,930

11,900

1,260

20,100

15,100

5,220

Water 

year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1 J- 9S1 C7 xJ _L

1952

Date

June 10, 1937

June 8, 1938

May 13, 1939

Aug. 18, 1940

Apr. 19, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

May 10, 1943

May 18, 1943

June 20, 1944

Apr. 13, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

May 10, 1945

May 17, 1945

Sept. 24, 1945

May 31, 1946

Apr. 10, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

June 23, 1948

July 26, 1948

June 34,15^949

Jan. 14, 1950

Aug. 5, 1950

Aug. 27, 1950

June 30, 1951

Aug. 22, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet;

8.92

10.10

8.35

4.78

28. Q

11.86

12.16

16.8

10 0

13.3

12.8

11.57

10.35

12.84

10.56

10.80

12.73

9.36

9.90

8.07

9.57

10.75

13.6

T n Q n

JLU . o /

7.68

Discharge 

(cfs)

5,330

6,610

4,420

1,630

54,000

11,500

16,600

62,100

7,260

24,800

21,000

14,000

8,650

20,400

9,840

10,300

20,400

6,070

7,440

3,620

6,570

10,500

27,300

10,900

3,110

a Annual peak only.
124 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

Arkansas River basin 

(104) Elk River near Tiff City, Mo.

Location. Lat 36°38', long 94°35', in NE£ sec 22, T. 22 N., R. 34 W., at bridge on State Highway 

43, tnree-qraters of a mile downstream from Blackfoot Branch, 24 miles upstream from Buffalo 

Creek, and 3 miles southeast of Tiff City.

Drainage area. 872 sq mi.

Gage.--Nonrecording gage Oct. 1, 1939, to Nov. 3, 1939; recording gage thereafter. Datum of gage 

is 750.61 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Stage-discharge relation.--Defined by current-meter measurements below 60,000 cfs.and by slope-area 

measurement at 137,000 cfs.

Flood stage.--15 ft.

Remarks. Low flow regulated at times by power plant at Noel, 9 miles above station; peak discharges 

not affected by regulation. Base for partial-duration series, 9,000 cfs.

Flood stages and discharges

Water 

year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

Date

Apr. 12, 1940

Apr. 16, 1941

Apr. 19, 1941

Oct. 5, 1941

Oct. 31, 1941

Apr. 9, 1942

Oct. 31, 1942

Nov. 6, 1942

Dec. 28, 1942

Apr. 12, 1943

May 10, 1943

May 18, 1943

Apr. 11, 1944

June 21, 1944

Feb. 22, 1945

Mar. 3, 1945

Mar. 7, 1945

Mar. 19, 1945

Mar. 25, 1945

Apr. 15, 1945

May 10, 1945

May 17, 1945

May 27, 1945

June 18, 1945

Sept. 25, 1945

Gage 

height 

(feet)

11.62

21.46

28.4

11.60

19.69

12.66

16.70

12.99

14.35

12.26

23.55

23.60

15.36

14.46

14.90

17.54

13.57

16.16

13.46

23.5

12.46

15.83

11.20

10.61

12.84

Discharge 

(cfs)

9,480

48,000

137,000

9,480

36,400

11,700

23,000

12,400

15,600

11,000

62,400

62,900

18,500

16,600

18,000

26,200

14,900

21,700

14,700

63,200

12,200

20,500

10,400

9,320

13,300

Water 

year

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

Date

Feb. 14, 1946

May 25, 1946

Dec. 10, 1946

Apr. 11, 1947

Apr. 25, 1947

Aug. 15, 1948

May 20, 1949

Jan. 14, 1950

May 11, 1950

July 20, 1950

Aug. 6, 1950

Aug. 27, 1S50

Feb. 19, 1951

Aug. 22, 1952

Gage 

height 

(feet)

13.79

11.22

15.94

14.29

16.10

10.50

11.29

15.13

21.72

17.52

19.60

11.83

17.00

11.85

Discharge 

(cfs)

15,200

10,400

20,800

16,500

21,400

8,410

9,860

18,500

45,900

24,000

33,000

10,500

22,000

10,300
FLOODS IN MIS30URI 125

PEAK DISCHARGES NOT PREVIOUSLY LISTED

Table 3 contains a list of peak discharges at miscellaneous sites and unusual floods at. short-term gaging stations. 

These data have been plotted on the appropriate regional curves of figures 7 to 10.

Table 3. --Peak discharges not previously listed

Hydrologic Drainage area Peak discharge 

area_______________Stream_______________________(sq mi)______________(cfs per sq mi)

4 Behmke Branch near Rolla----------------------- 1.03 1,133

4 Bow Creek at Odin - ---- - - - 4.94 1,090

6 Buffalo Creek near Tiff City -- ---- -- 22 1,045

1 Carroll Creek near Kearney (3.5 mi NE) --- 9.52 882

1 Carroll Creek near Kearney (2.7 mi E) 13.7 803

1 Clear Creek near Holt (2.9 mi NW) .- 7.37 2,035

1 Clear Creek near Holt (3 mi W) ----- -- 19.4 1,135

1 East Fork Fishing River at Excelsior Springs ------ 19.8 1,167

6 Eldred Branch at Macks Creek ------ - 1.80 1,722

6 Eldred Branch at Macks Creek------ -- 3.12 1,603

1 Fishing River near Kearney---------------------- 39.4 761

5 Flat Creek at Union 6.68 1,000

4 Green Acre Branch near Rolla -- --- - 0.622 3,060

6 Holder Branch at Macks Creek-- - 1.00 1,400

1 Holt Creek at Holt-- ---- -- --------- 11.7 1,115

1 Holt Creek near Holt -- -------- is.,1 1,215

4 Little Gravois Creek near Bagnell --- ---- - 24.1 1,286

4 Lost Creek near Elsberry----------------------- 8.84 340

4 Middle Fork Glaize Creek near Antonia -- 2.23 342

4 Newburg Branch at Newburg --------------------- 2.8 1,857

1 New Hope Creek at Haynesville-- 6.46 1,068

1 New Hope Creek near Holt -- ---- - 11.6 1,116

4 Nichols Branch near Palmyra -------------------- 2.03 1,823

4 North Prong Little Gravois Creek near Bagnell----- 17.2 814

4 Todd Branch near Palmyra ------------- ------ 0.99 1,230

6 Tributary Spring River near Freistatt------------- 5.04 595

1 Unnamed Creek near Holt--- - ------- 6.52 2,147

1 Unnamed Creek near Kahoka --------------------- 3.0 933

1 Unnamed Creek near Lees Summit---------------- 1.31 931

5 Unnamed Creek at Union 2.52 825

1 White Clous Creek near Maryville ----- 6.06 677

_____4_____Wright Creek near Bagnell ----------------------- 5. 65______________________1. 133

INT.-DUP. SEC., WASH., D.C.8B912
126 FLOODS IN MISSOURI

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