Table 2. Overview of discharge-based reaches

Figure 1. Portion of MRD ice data sheet for January 1968

Figure 2. USGS gaging stations and reaches used in discharge analysis

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Table 2. Overview of discharge-based reaches.

Known jam initiation

points within reach*

Burlington Junction

Kansas City, Mo.

Smithville/Platte City

Kansas City, Ks.

Kansas City, Mo.

Bonner Springs/DeSoto

Kansas City, Mo.

Booneville West

Jefferson City/

Capital City WW

*Initiation points from MRD ice data sheets

Approximate river mile of initiation points shown

major tributaries between Gavins Point Dam and the

reach decreased below the discharge at the upstream

gage at Yankton. Therefore, for this analysis, changes

station (a "dip"), an ice event was assumed to have

in discharge at Gavins Point Dam are assumed to

occurred in the intervening reach beginning on that

cause corresponding changes in discharge at

Some ice jam events may have caused a decrease

The plots of discharge data were used to estimate

in discharge large enough to cause problems al-

ice jam events in the following manner: If the dis-

though still not decreasing discharge enough to

charge of the station at the downstream end of the

cause a dip between upstream and downstream

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