| Abstract: | Digital flood-inundation maps for a 5-mile reach of the West Branch Delaware River through the Village and part of the Town of Delhi, New York, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Village of Delhi, the Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Delaware County Planning Department. The inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/ and the Federal Flood Inundation Mapper Web site at http://wim.usgs.gov/FIMI/FloodInundationMapper.html, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) referenced to the USGS streamgage at West Branch Delaware River upstream from Delhi, N.Y. (station number 01421900).
In this study, flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model that had been used to produce the flood insurance rate maps for the most recent flood insurance study for the Town and Village of Delhi. This hydraulic model was used to compute 10 water-surface profiles for flood stages at 1-foot (ft) intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from 7 ft or near bankfull to 16 ft, which exceeds the stages that correspond to both the estimated 0.2-percent annual-exceedance-probability flood (500-year recurrence interval flood) and the maximum recorded peak flow. The simulated water-surface profiles were then combined with a geographic information system (GIS) digital elevation model, which was derived from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data with a 1.2-ft (0.61-ft root mean squared error) vertical accuracy and 3.3-ft (1-meter) horizontal resolution, to delineate the area flooded at each water level. A map that was produced using this method to delineate the inundated area for the flood that occurred on August 28, 2011, agreed well with highwater marks that had been located in the field using a global positioning system. The availability of the 10 flood-inundation maps on the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site, along with Internet information regarding current stage from the USGS streamgage, will provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood-response activities, such as evacuations and road closures, as well as for post-flood recovery efforts. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70039197 |
| Citation Author: | Coon, William F. ; Breaker, Brian K. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | New York Water Science Center |
| Citation Datum: | North American Datum of 1983 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Pamphlet: vi, 9 p.; 10 Sheets; Sheet 1: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 2: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 3: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 4: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 5: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 6: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 7: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 8: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 9: 17 inches x 22 inches, Sheet 10: 17 inches x 22 inches; Downloads Directory |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Map |
| Citation Series Code: | SIM |
| Citation Series Number: | 3216 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Flood-inundation maps for the West Branch Delaware River, Delhi, New York, 2012; 2012; SIM; 3216; Coon, William F. ; Breaker, Brian K. |
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| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Flood-inundation maps for the West Branch Delaware River, Delhi, New York, 2012; 2012; SIM; 3216; Coon, William F. ; Breaker, Brian K. |
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| Date Other: | Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
