1951 -- Kansas River, Lawrence KS
N 38° 58.716 W 095° 14.067
15S E 306446 N 4316776
A bronze plaque at the front door of the former UP depot marks the high water level of a 1951 flood on the Kansas River at Lawrence.
Waymark Code: WMGTAP
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2013
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The USGS surveyed the level of the Kansas River flood of July 1951, and installed this plaque at the front door of the former UP depot near the river to preserve the memory of that disaster.
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: wall plaque
When did this occur?: July 1951
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.