| Abstract: | Digital flood-inundation maps for a reach of Killbuck Creek near the Village of Killbuck, Ohio, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Holmes County, Ohio. The inundation maps depict estimates of the areal extent of flooding corresponding to water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage Killbuck Creek near Killbuck (03139000) and were completed as part of an update to Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood-Insurance Study. The maps were provided to the National Weather Service (NWS) for incorporation into a Web-based flood-warning system that can be used in conjunction with NWS flood-forecast data to show areas of predicted flood inundation associated with forecasted flood-peak stages. The digital maps also have been submitted for inclusion in the data libraries of the USGS interactive Flood Inundation Mapper. Data from the streamgage can be used by emergency-management personnel, in conjunction with the flood-inundation maps, to help determine a course of action when flooding is imminent. Flood profiles for selected reaches were prepared by calibrating a steady-state step-backwater model to an established streamgage rating curve. The step-backwater model then was used to determine water-surface-elevation profiles for 10 flood stages at the streamgage with corresponding streamflows ranging from approximately the 50- to 0.2-percent annual exceedance probabilities. The computed flood profiles were used in combination with digital elevation data to delineate flood-inundation areas. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70043832 |
| Citation Author: | Ostheimer, Chad J. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Ohio Water Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 8 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
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| Citation LatN: | 40.506004 |
| Citation LatS: | 40.487845 |
| Citation LonE: | -81.975585 |
| Citation LonW: | -81.987175 |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 15 |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | Y |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 8 p.; Downloads Directory |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with Holmes County, Ohio |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2013-1032 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Development of flood profiles and flood-inundation maps for the Village of Killbuck, Ohio; 2013; OFR; 2013-1032; Ostheimer, Chad J. |
| Citation Start Page: | i |
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| Citation Year: | 2013 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Development of flood profiles and flood-inundation maps for the Village of Killbuck, Ohio; 2013; OFR; 2013-1032; Ostheimer, Chad J. |
| URL (COMPANION FILES): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1032/GIS_data_downloads |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1032/pdf/OFR2013-1032.pdf |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1032/ |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2013_1032.gif |
| Date Other: | Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
