The Northeast Kansas Flood of 1951 - 50th Anniversary.
Sixth and Perry Streets in Lawrence, Kansas. Topeka Municipal Airport completely inundated by floodwaters. Photo courtesy of Warner Studio Kansas City, Missouri For the Kansas portion of the flood, the damage cost was 760 million dollars (over $5 billion in 2000 dollars).Īerial view of flooding at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers in Kansas City looking northeast on July 13, 1951. By October of 1951, estimates total damage ranged as high as $2.5 billion (about $17 billion in 2000 dollars). Louis, about 2 million acres were flooded, 45,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and 17 major were washed away. From the headwaters of the Kansas River to the mouth of the Missouri River at St. Total damage from the floods was unprecedented. The most damaging flooding in 1951 occurred along the Kansas River where the cities of Manhattan, Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City sustained extensive damage. According to the American Red Cross, 19 people were killed, directly or indirectly, and about 1,100 people were injured by the 1951 floods in Kansas and Missouri. The 1951 floods affected the Kansas, Marais des Cygnes, Neosho, and Verdigris River Basins in eastern Kansas and the Osage and Missouri River Basins in Missouri.
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