| Abstract: | At Cottonwood Cove, Nevada, most of the existing dikes at the recreation sites are effective in diverting and routing floodflows, up to and including the 100-year flood, away from people and facilities. The dikes across Ranger Residence Wash and Access Road Wash at the mouth divert floods up to the 50-year recurrence interval away from residential areas. Flow and debris damage in protected areas will be relatively minor minor for floods including the 100-year flood, whereas damage caused by sediment deposition at the mouths of the washes near Lake Mohave could be significant for floods equal to or less than the 100-year flood. The extreme flood, a flood meteorologically and hydrologically possible but so rare as to preclude a frequency estimate, could cause great damage and possible loss of life. The present dikes would be topped or breached by such flooding. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 10402 |
| Citation Author: | Moosburner, Otto |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 14 p. ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 80-1216 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Potential flood and debris hazards at Cottonwood Cove, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Clark County, Nevada; 1981; OFR; 80-1216; Moosburner, Otto |
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| Citation Year: | 1981 |
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| Text: | Potential flood and debris hazards at Cottonwood Cove, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Clark County, Nevada; 1981; OFR; 80-1216; Moosburner, Otto |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/1216/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/1216/report.pdf |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/1216/plate-1.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
