| Abstract: | On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew crossed southern peninsular Florida. The combined effects of storm surge from the hurricane and astronomical tide, referred to as storm tide, caused flooding over a large part of southern Florida. Subsequent to the flooding, many high-water marks were identified, described, and surveyed along the south- eastern coast of Florida (Miami to Key Largo) and at selected areas along the southwestern coast of Florida (Flamingo to Goodland). Descriptions of these 336 high-water makrs are presented in tabular form in this report and their locations are plotted on nineteen 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle maps. For the southeastern coast, north-south profiles of the high-water makrs along the outher and inner barrier islands and the western shoreline of Biscayne Bay are presented. Average storm-tide elevations (relative to sea level) ranged from 4 to 6 feet in northern Biscayne Bay, were as much as 17 feet on the western shoreline near the center of the bay and ranged from 3 to 6 feet in southern Biscayne Bay and Barnes Sound. Storm-tide elevations along the southwestern coast ranged from 4 to 5 feet at Flamingo and 5 to 7 feet at Goodland in the Ten Thousand Islands area. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 20230 |
| Citation Author: | Murray, Mitchell H. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 18 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 94-116 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Storm-tide elevations produced by Hurricane Andrew along the southern Florida coasts, August 24, 1992; 1994; OFR; 94-116; Murray, Mitchell H. |
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| Citation Year: | 1994 |
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| Text: | Storm-tide elevations produced by Hurricane Andrew along the southern Florida coasts, August 24, 1992; 1994; OFR; 94-116; Murray, Mitchell H. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1994/0116/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1994/0116/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Nov 1995 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
