. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . alt Fork) near Tonkawa, Okla., 1903-5. Medicine River near Kiowa, Kans., 1895-6. Verdigris River near Independence, Kans., 1904. Verdigris River near Liberty, Kans., 1895-1903. Verdigris River near Catoosa, Okla., 1903-5. Fall River near Fall River, Kans., 1904-5. Neosho River near Neosho Rapids, Kans., 1904. Neosho River near Iola, Kans., 1895-1903. Neosho River near Humboldt, Kans., 1904. Neosho River or Grand River near Fort Gibson, Okla., 1899, 1903-5. ARKANSAS RTVEE DRAINAGE BASIN. 33 FLOOD IN THE ARKANSAS VALLE
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . alt Fork) near Tonkawa, Okla., 1903-5. Medicine River near Kiowa, Kans., 1895-6. Verdigris River near Independence, Kans., 1904. Verdigris River near Liberty, Kans., 1895-1903. Verdigris River near Catoosa, Okla., 1903-5. Fall River near Fall River, Kans., 1904-5. Neosho River near Neosho Rapids, Kans., 1904. Neosho River near Iola, Kans., 1895-1903. Neosho River near Humboldt, Kans., 1904. Neosho River or Grand River near Fort Gibson, Okla., 1899, 1903-5. ARKANSAS RTVEE DRAINAGE BASIN. 33 FLOOD IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY, COLORADO, OCTOBER, 1908. CAUSE OF FLOOD. The flood here described was caused by very heavy rains on thenight of Sunday, October 18, 1908. The territory most affected bythese rains in the Arkansas drainage area, comprising something like5,000 square miles, reached to Lamar on the east, to the Missouri-Pacific tracks on the north, to a line extending from La Junta to theCedars on Purgatory River on the west, and to a line running fromthe Cedars on the south. (See fig. 2.). OK LAHOMA • Rainfall Station 20 30 40 50 60 70 MILES OGaging station Figure 2.—Map of Arkansas Valley, Colorado, showing rainfall and gaging stations. Conditions in the lower Arkansas Valley are described by Mr. Wiley, president of the Amity Land Company and a resident ofHolly: A drizzling rain fell at Holly all day Sunday, with wind from theeast. During the night the wind changed suddenly and began to a Report by W. B. Freeman, district —irr 247—10 3 34 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1907-8. blow from the south, an unusual direction in that section during astorm. Flashes and streaks of lightning illuminating the sky indicateda great storm somewhere in the locality, though it was not rainingheavily at Holly. The next morning Arkansas River at Holly wasin flood, though it had shown no signs of a rise 6 oclock the nightbefore. Rain gages at various points on the canals of the Amity system,whi
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