| Abstract: | Southwestern New Hampshire experienced damaging flooding on October 8 and 9, 2005. The flooding was the result of a storm producing at least 7 inches of rain in a 30-hour period. The heavy, intense rainfall resulted in runoff and severe flooding, especially in regions of steep topography that are vulnerable to flash flooding. Some of the worst property damage was in the towns of Alstead, Langdon, and Walpole, New Hampshire along Cold River and Warren Brook. Warren Brook was severely flooded and had flows that exceeded a 100-year recurrence interval upstream of Cooper Hill Road. Downstream of Cooper Hill Road, the flooding was worsened as a result of a sudden release of impounded water, making the flood levels greater than what would be experienced from a 500-year recurrence-interval flood.
Along Cold River, upstream of its confluence with Warren Brook, flooding was at approximately a 100-year recurrence interval. Downstream of the confluence of Cold River and Warren Brook, the streamflows, which were swollen by the surge of water from Warren Brook, exceeded a 500year recurrence interval. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 79247 |
| Citation Author: | Olson, Scott A. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Vermont Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0431500 |
| Citation LatS: | 0430000 |
| Citation LonE: | -0721500 |
| Citation LonW: | -0723000 |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 54 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 54 p. |
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| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2006-1221 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Flood of October 8 and 9, 2005, on Cold River in Walpole, Langdon, and Alstead and on Warren Brook in Alstead, New Hampshire; 2006; OFR; 2006-1221; Olson, Scott A. |
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| Citation Year: | 2006 |
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| Text: | Flood of October 8 and 9, 2005, on Cold River in Walpole, Langdon, and Alstead and on Warren Brook in Alstead, New Hampshire; 2006; OFR; 2006-1221; Olson, Scott A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1221/ |
| Date Other: | Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00 -0500 |
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