Floods of December 1982 to May 1983 in the central and southern Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico basins

Stone, Roy; Bingham, Roy H.

doi:10.3133/wsp2362

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“…Above-normal rainfall in November 1982, followed by intense storms in early December 1982 caused widespread and record-breaking flooding throughout Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas (Stone and Bingham, 1991). The BR-Black Rock streamgage peaked at 190,000 ft 3 /s on December 4, 1982 (table 2).…”

Section: Recent Large Floods On the Black Rivermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The WY refers to the 12-month period from October 1 of any given year through September 30 of the following year. The annual exceedance probability (AEP) of the December 1982 flood peak at BR-Black Rock, CR-Doniphan, EPR-Ravenden Springs, and SR-Imboden is less than 1 percent (greater than 100-year recurrence; Stone and Bingham, 1991). The December 1982 flood also falls within the top five annual peak discharges for all other gages in the study area except the BR-Corning streamgage (though it was the annual peak discharge for WY 1983 at the BR-Corning streamgage).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Historical hydrologic and geomorphic conditions on the Black River and selected tributaries, Arkansas and Missouri

LeRoy¹,

Huizinga²,

Heimann³

et al. 2021

Scientific Investigations Report

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The Black River flows through southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas to its confluence with the White River in Arkansas. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates Clearwater Dam on the Black River and a series of dams in the White River Basin primarily for flood control. In this study, the hydrology and geomorphology of the Black River are examined through an analysis of annual mean and peak discharges at streamgages, a specific stage analysis of stage and discharge at streamgages, and an examination of bathymetric data and aerial imagery. Five streamgages on the Black River were analyzed, in addition to four streamgages on Black River tributaries and one streamgage on the White River, located just downstream from the Black River confluence. The analyses indicated that regulation of discharges at the flood-control dams caused a decrease in the magnitude and variability of the peak discharges at several of the analyzed gages on the Black and White Rivers. Conversely, peak discharges on the Black River have been increasing since water year 2000, though this is not matched by an increase in peak discharges on the White River for the same time period. The specific stage analyses and the available morphologic data generally did not indicate pronounced changes in stage-discharge relations at streamgages on the Black River, with the exception of the gages nearest to Clearwater Dam.

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Section: Recent Large Floods On the Black Rivermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Recent Large Floods On the Black Rivermentioning

confidence: 99%