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MISSOURI RIVER BAIN STEM
44 (6-9090) Missouri River at Boonville
Location.--Lat. 38°58'40" N., long. 92°45'15" W., 1n sec. 35, T. 49 N., R. 17 W., on
downstream side of second pier from right abutment of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Co.
bridge at Boonville. River mile, 196.6.
Drainage area.--50S,700 sq mi.
Gage-height record.--Water-srage recorder graph. Datum of gage is 565.42 ft above mean
sea level, datum of 1929.
Discharge record.--Stage-discharge relation defined by current-meter measurements.
Haxima.--July 18-23, 1965: Di.scharge, 253,000 cfs 1300 July 23 (gage height, 26.05 ft).
1844: Flood of June 21 reached a stage of 32.7 Ct (discharge, about 710,000 efs,
computed by Corps of Engineers).
1903: Flood of June 6 reached a stage of 30.5 ft (discharge, about 612,000 cfs,
computed by Corps of Engineers).
1925-65: Discharge, 550,000 cfs July 17, 1951; gage height, 32.82 it July 17, 1951.
Remarks.--Flow partly regulated by many reservoirs above station.
Gage height and discharge at indicated time, 1965
Gage Gage
Time height Discharge Time height Dischsrge
(feet) (cfs)' (feet) (cfs)-
July l8 2400 12.97 71,800 July 23 1300 26.05 253,000
July 19 1200 13.44 76,300 1800 25.85 250,000
1800 13.92 80,500 2400 25.62 246,000
2400 15.15 93,400 July 24 1200 24.37 222,000
July 20 1200 18.45 134,000 2400 22.37 191,000
2400 21.48 176,000 July 25 l200 20.35 158,000
July 21 1200 23.56 211,000 2400 18.70 13&,000
2400 24.56 227,000 July 26 1200 17.33 116,000
July 22 1200 25.25 241,000 2400 1&.38 105,000
2400 25.85 251,000 July 27 l200 15.35 94,000
July 2J 0600 26.00 252,000 2400 14.55 85,500
1200 26.03 253,000