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The MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway, formerly the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway and known locally as “The Big Ditch”, is a canal in Wichita, Kansas, United States. [1] Built in the 1950s after a series of floods in the preceding decades, the Floodway diverts water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River, and the Arkansas River to the west, around central Wichita, before emptying back ...
Wichita suffered severe floods of the Arkansas river in 1877, 1904, 1916, 1923, 1944, 1951 and 1955. In 1944 the city flooded 3 times in 11 days. [244] As a result of the 1944 flood, the idea for the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway (locally known as the "Big Ditch") was conceived. The project was completed in 1958.
Sherwood Glen is located at (37.750833, -97.370556) at an elevation of 1,322 ft (403 It consists of the area between Interstate 235 to the north and west, Seneca Street to the east, the Little Arkansas River to the southeast, and the MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway (known locally as “The Big Ditch”) to the south.
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Pleasant Valley is located at (37.740556, -97.365278) at an elevation of 1,319 ft (402 It consists of the area between the MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway (known locally as “The Big Ditch”) to the north, the Little Arkansas River to the east, 29th Street to the south, and Interstate 235 to the west.
Residential Resources of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 1870–1957 MPS. The district is a 40-acre property northwest of Wichita's aircraft related industrial district. It consists of Linwood Place Addition and Darrah’s First Addition platted in 1943 and 1949, respectively.
The 1951 flood in Kansas began in May with the flood of the Big Creek, (a tributary of the Smoky Hill River) in Hays after 11 inches (280 mm) of rain in two hours. The creek overflowed, flooding Hays (the location of Fort Hays State University) to a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) in most locations inhabited by the students on campus, necessitating a midnight evacuation of the barracks by families on ...
The Wichita Eagle and The Wichita Daily Beacon newspapers begins publication. [3] [4] 1880 - Wichita annexed the Delano community on the west side of the river, which then became locally known as "West Wichita". 1885 - Topeka State Journal newspaper in publication. 1887 Women enfranchised. [1] Roman Catholic Diocese of Wichita established. [5] 1888