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Flood profiles of the White River to river mile 11.0(kilometer 17.7) were developed in a 3-year study. Flood-frequency curves based on an average of a regional computation and a Log-Pearson Type III analysis of 18 years of record indicate that the 100-year flood will have a discharge of about 6,600 cubic feet per second at river mile 6.4(186 cubic meters per second at river kilometer 10.3). Discharge of a 50-year flood was computed to be about 6,300 cubic feet per second (178 cubic meters per second). The greatest flood discharge during the study period occurred on June 19, 1972, and was 5,310 cubic feet per second (150 cubic meters per second); such a discharge has a recurrence interval of 4 years. 1,Ist of the flood plain of the White River probably is inundated during a 100-year flood.