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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 ...
Missouri River. Osage River (MO) Little Osage River. Marmaton River; Marais des Cygnes River; ... Near Topeka: Medicine Lodge River: 151: Near Kiowa: Turkey Creek ...
The mouth of the Kansas River in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City (at a longitude of 94 degrees 36 minutes West) was the basis for Missouri's western boundary from Iowa to Arkansas when it became a state in 1821 (Kansas entered the Union in 1861.) South of the Missouri River, that longitude still remains the boundary between Kansas and ...
Oct. 30—Drought is expected to continue in the Missouri River basin, bringing down water levels and bottom lines. According to the National Weather Service, 75% of the Missouri River basin ...
In St. Joseph, moderate flooding occurred as the Missouri River rose to 22.6 feet. The river was expected to crest at 24.1 feet Thursday morning and fall below flood stage, 17 feet, early Monday.
The water is expected to be at its highest early this week — in some places it has already passed — and then the crest of the river will move south, eventually into the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. “Businesses are shuttered, main streets have been impacted.
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Sac River 107 miles (172 km) St. Francis River 470 miles (760 km) Saling Branch; Salt River; Shoal Creek; Sink Creek; Skinner Creek; South Grand River; South River; Spring River (Arkansas), of Missouri and Arkansas 57 miles (92 km) Spring River (Missouri), of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma; Squaw Creek; Sweet Oak Branch; Taff Branch; Tarkio ...