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USGS Flood Information

USGS Flood Related Publications

Most publications found here are linked from the USGS Publications Warehouse. Most are in PDF format, but LizardTech's Djvu plug-in is needed to view some of these reports.

• Flood Summary Reports by State, compiled by the Kansas Water Science Center

• Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th Century-USGS Measures a Century of Floods

Flood publications by year of flood:

2010 to present

2000 to 2009

1990 to 1999

1970 to 1989

1950 to 1969

1900 to 1949

• USGS Open-File Report 2012-1043: Monitoring Storm Tide and Flooding from Hurricane Sandy Along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, October 2012

• Floods of June 2012 in Northeastern Minnesota

• USGS Open-File Report 2012-1263: Monitoring Storm Tide and Flooding from Hurricane Isaac along the Gulf Coast of the United States, August 2012

• Professional Paper 1798: Flooding in the Mississippi River and Red River of the North Basins, December 2010 through July 2011:

  • Chapter B: General Weather Conditions and Precipitation Contributing to the 2011 Flooding in the Mississippi River and Red River of the North Basins, December 2010 through July 2011

  • Chapter C: Peak Streamflows and Runoff Volumes for the Central United States, February through September, 2011

  • Chapter E: Documenting the Stages and Streamflows Associated With the 2011 Activation of the New Madrid Floodway, Missouri

• (ASCE Publication) Flood risk awareness during the 2011 floods in the central United States: showcasing the importance of hydrologic data and interagency collaboration

• USGS Fact Sheet 2011-3146: Popular myths about flooding in Western Washington

• USGS Open-File Report 2011–1197: Probability and Volume of Potential Postwildfire Debris Flows in the 2011 Horseshoe II Burn Area, Southeastern Arizona

• NOAA Service Assessment: Record Floods of Greater Nashville: Including Flooding in Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky, May 1-4,2010

• Flood of June 11, 2010 in the Upper Little Missouri Watershed, Arkansas (USGS SIR 2011-5194)

  • Indirect Measurements for SIR 2011-5194

• Floods of September 2010 in Southern Minnesota (USGS SIR 2011-5045)

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• Flooding in the United States Midwest, 2008

• Flood of September 13-16, 2008, in northeastern Illinois

• Flood of September 2008 in Northwestern Indiana

• Floods of May 30 to June 15, 2008, in the Iowa River and Cedar River Basins, Eastern Iowa

• Floods from Record Rains in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, August 17-30, 2007

• Characteristics of the April 2007 Flood at 10 Streamflow-Gaging Stations in Massachusetts

• Effects of the Upper Taum Sauk Reservoir Embankment Breach on the Surface-Water Quality and Sediments of the East Fork Black River and the Black River, Southeastern Missouri—2006–07

• Flood of April 2-3, 2005, Neversink River Basin, New York

• Flood of April 2-3, 2005, Esopus Creek Basin, New York

• Environmental Chemical Data for Perishable Sediments and Soils Collected in New Orleans, Louisiana, and along the Louisiana Delta following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005

• Peak Discharge, Flood Profile, Flood Inundation, and Debris Movement Accompanying the Failure of the Upper Reservoir at the Taum Sauk Pump Storage Facility near Lesterville, Missouri

• Flooding and Streamflow in Utah during water year 2005

• June 2002 Floods in the Red River of the North Basin in Northeastern North Dakota and Northwestern Minnesota

• Flooding in Illinois, April-June 2002

• Sparta, New Jersey, Flood of August, 11-14,2000

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• Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977

• Flood of January 1997 in the Truckee River Basin, Western Nevada

• Flood of October 1996 in Southern Maine

• Flood of 1993-Mississippi River near the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Arch), St. Louis, Missouri

• Upper Mississippi River Floods of 1993: USGS Flood Circular 1120

  • Circular 1120-A: Flood discharges in the upper Mississippi River basin, 1993

  • Circular 1120-B: Precipitation in the upper Mississippi River basin, January 1 through July 31, 1993

  • Circular 1120-C: Occurrence and transport of agricultural chemicals in the Mississippi River basin, July through August 1993

  • Circular 1120-D: Major ions, nutrients, and trace elements in the Mississippi River near Thebes, Illinois, July through September 1993

  • Circular 1120-E: Effects of reservoirs on flood discharges in the Kansas and the Missouri River basins, 1993

  • Circular 1120-F: Propagation and composition of the flood wave on the upper Mississippi River, 1993

  • Circular 1120-G: Postflood occurrence of selected agricultural chemicals and volatile organic compounds in near-surface unconsolidated aquifers in the upper Mississippi River basin, 1993

  • Circular 1120-H: Flood volumes in the upper Mississippi River basin, April 1 through September 30, 1993

  • Circular 1120-I: Sediment transport in the lower Missouri and the central Mississippi rivers, June 26 through September 14, 19933

  • Circular 1120-J: Geomorphic changes on the Mississippi River flood plain at Miller City, Illinois, as a result of the flood of 1993

  • Circular 1120-K: Effects of the 1993 flood on the determination of flood magnitude and frequency in Iowa

  • Circular 1120-L: Physical and chemical data on sediments deposited in the Missouri and the Mississippi River flood plains during the July through August 1993 flood

• National Water Summary 1988-89: Hydrologic Events and Floods and Droughts

• Flood of April 1987 in Maine

• Floods of September 26-October 4, 1986, and August 14-17, 1987, in Illinois

• Flood of August 1, 1985 in Cheyenne, Wyoming

• Floods of December 1982 and January 1983 in Central and Southern Mississippi River Basin

• Floods of March 1982 in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois

• Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Vicinity, August 12-13, 1982

• Floods of June 13-14, 1981, and December 2-12, 1982, in Illinois

• Floods of Winter-Spring 1982 in Illinois

• Floods of February 1980 in Southern California and Central Arizona

• Floods of May 1978 in southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming

  • Data for floods of May 1978 in northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana

• Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977

• 1976 Big Thompson Flood, Colorado-Thirty Years Later

• Storm and Flood of July 31-August 1, 1976, in the Big Thompson River and Cache la Poudre River Basins, Larimer and Weld Counties, Colorado

• A Brief Hydrologic Appraisal of the July 3-4, 1975, Flash Flood in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada

• The 1973 Mississippi River Basin Flood: Compilation and Analyses of Meterologic, Streamflow, and Sediment Data

• Map: Flood of June 9-10, 1972, at Rapid City, South Dakota

• The Black Hills-Rapid City Flood of June 9-10, 1972: A Description of the Storm and Flood

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• Floods of June 17th and 18th, 1964 in Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve, and St. Francois Counties, Missouri

• Floods of October 1954 in the Chicago Area, Illinois and Indiana

• Floods of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers January-February 1937, with a Section on the Flood Deposits of the Ohio River, January-Febuary 1937

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