Great Flood of 1951
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In mid-July 1951, heavy rains led to a great rise of water in the Kansas River, Missouri River, and other surrounding areas of the Central United States. Flooding occurred in the Kansas, Neosho, Marais Des Cygnes, and Verdigris river basins. The damage in June and July 1951 across eastern Kansas and Missouri exceeded $935 million. The flooding killed 17 people and displaced 518,000.
Northeast Topeka flooded in 1951.
This USGS exhibit shows flood levels at Westport Landing on the Missouri River in Kansas City. The ASB Bridge is in the background.
Bonner Springs, Kansas
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Bonner Springs is a city in Wyandotte, Leavenworth, and Johnson counties, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Kansas City, Missouri Metro Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,837. Bonner Springs was incorporated as a city on November 10, 1898. Bonner Springs is home to the Azura Amphitheater, the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Wyandotte County Historical Museum, and the annual Kansas City Renaissance Festival.
Citizens wander Oak Street, looking at the burned out buildings after the October 1908 fire
Azura Amphitheater (2015)
National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame (2014)