Hydrologic droughts in Kansas are they becoming worse? / by James E. Putnam, Charles A. Perry, and David M. Wolock.
| Author/creator | Putnam, James E. |
| Other author | Perry, Charles A. |
| Other author | Wolock, David M. (David Michael) |
| Other author | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Reston, Va.] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2008] |
| Description | 6 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Supplemental Content | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3034/pdf/fs2008-3034.pdf |
| Supplemental Content | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3034/ |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS97018 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Fact sheet ; 2008-3034 Fact sheet (Geological Survey (U.S.)) 2008-3034. ^A466711 |
| Abstract | Multi-year droughts have been a recurrent feature of the climate and hydrology of Kansas since at least the 1930s. Streamflow records collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicate that water years 2000 to 2006 (October 1, 1999, through September 30, 2006) represent the sixth hydrologic drought during the past eight decades, and that corresponding streamflow levels in some parts of Kansas were lower than those during historic droughts of the 1930s and 1950s, even though the precipitation deficit was not as severe. Record-low streamflows in water year 2006 were recorded at USGS streamgages on the Republican, Smoky Hill, Solomon, Saline, upper Kansas, middle Arkansas, and Little Arkansas Rivers, as well as many tributary sites, and one tributary site of the Neosho River (fig. 1, table 1). |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed on July 15, 2008). |
| General note | "April 2008." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [6]). |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from the USGS web site. Address as of 7/15/08: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3034/pdf/fs2008-3034.pdf ; current access available via PURL. |
| Issued in other form | Putnam, James E. Hydrologic droughts in Kansas 1 folded sheet ([6] p.) |
| GPO item number | 0621-L (online) |
| Govt. docs number | I 19.127:2008-3034 |