Natural Hazard

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Type
Flooding
Name
2007 Verdigris River Flooding
Date
2007/06/30
Local Time
11:00
Duration
9 days
Status
Published

Location

Country of Origin
United States
Province of Origin
Kansas
Impact Area
National

Occurrence

Inundation height
6.9 m
Description of the Occurrence
Heavy rains in June caused a rise of the Verdigris River and resulted in localized flooding. The river rose rapidly reaching a height of 16 m on July 1st at 8 AM. With this volume of water, the river remained above flood stage (9.1 m) for 9 days.

Consequences

Level of Emergency Response
National
Area Affected
> 100,000 km²
Population Affected
1,000 - 10,000
Economic Losses
10 - 100 M USD
Description of the Consequences
The flood hit the Coffeyville Resources LLC refinery allowing an estimated 80,600 gallons of crude oil and crude oil fractions to pollute the water.

FEMA has estimated that this flood caused nearly 40 million USD of damage to the local communities and agricultural producers in southeast Kansas.

About 5.000 people were evacuated from their homes.
ID: 62, Created: Vincenzo ARCIDIACONO, 2014-09-17 15:05:39 – Last Updated: Elisabeth KRAUSMANN, 2014-12-15 13:48:34

Attachments

NoDescriptionFile Size
1.2007 Flood and Crude Oil Discharge for CVR_ENERGY_INC (CVI) 75.51KB
2.From the Wichita National Weather Service Press - WFO Wichita, Kansas 77.95KB
3.Oil Spill Into Verdigris River Adds to Kansas Flooding Problems as Evacuees Wait for Receding Waters | Fox News 149.10KB
4.rpt_post_flood_survey_101608_db 1.96MB

Natech Accidents

NoDateSite
1.2007/07/01Coffeyville Refinery Resources and Marketing
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