Flood Stages in the Kansas Citys area have been exceed by at least a foot Twenty-Eight Times from 1844 to 1941.
Five Largest Annual Peaks - Missouri River
Floods on the Missouri River are caused by widespread storm systems over several days or weeks, sometimes combined with runoff of spring snowmelt in Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas. |
| Year |
Discharge (Cubic Foot/Second) |
|
1951
|
573,000
|
|
1903
|
543,000 (est.)
|
|
1993
|
541,000
|
|
1908
|
402,000 (est.)
|
|
1952
|
400,000
|
The five largest annual peaks at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gauge on the Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City. The period of record for stage data at this gauge is from 1873 to the present. The period of record for flow data at this gauge is from 1929 to present.
Five Largest Annual Peaks - Kansas River
Major floods on the Kansas River are usually caused by a series of short-duration, high intensity storms following a prolonged period of general rains which reduces the infiltration capacity of the soil to a minimum and causes a greater than normal flow in the stream channels. |
| Year |
Discharge (Cubic Foot/Second) |
|
1951
|
469,000
|
|
1903
|
300,000 (est.)
|
|
1908
|
200,000
|
|
1993
|
170,000
|
|
1935
|
154,000
|
The five largest annual peaks at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gauge on the Kansas River at Topeka, Kansas. The period of record for this gauge is from 1904 to the present, though intermittent and anecdotal information is available from 1869. The USGS gauge (06889000) is located on the Sardou Bridge, river mile 83.1, located 2.3 miles upstream of Soldier Creek.