| Abstract: | Runoff from rainfall caused flooding in the town of Culbertson, Montana, on June 4 and 12, 1976. Flood damage was mostly to business and residential structures within Culberston. Two small drainage contributed the peak flows, which at one site exceeded 1,200 cubic feet per second per square mile of contributing area.
Flow from the Missouri River tributary No 5 at Culbertson consisted of flow through a pipe-arch at the State Highway 16 crossing and flow that overtopped the right bank of the main channel. Maximum combined pipe-arch and bypass flow for the June 12 flood was 1,30030 cubic feet per second.
Flow from Diamond Creek consisted of flow through a culvert at the U.S. Highway 2 crossing west of Culbertson and flow that overtopped a road. Maximum combined culvert and bypass flow for the June 4 flood was 1,320 cubic feet per second. Failure of small dam increased the flow volume of the flood. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 9695 |
| Citation Author: | Johnson, M. V. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0481230 |
| Citation LatS: | 0480730 |
| Citation LonE: | -1043000 |
| Citation LonW: | -1043330 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Report: iii, 6 p.; Plate: 20 x 13 inches |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration and the Montana Department of Highways |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 78-429 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Floods of June 4 and 12, 1976, at Culbertson, Montana; 1978; OFR; 78-429; Johnson, M. V. |
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| Citation Year: | 1978 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Floods of June 4 and 12, 1976, at Culbertson, Montana; 1978; OFR; 78-429; Johnson, M. V. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0429/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0429/report.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0429/plate-1.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
