Nogales flood detention study
Open-File Report
2010-1262
By: Laura M. Norman, Lainie Levick, D. Phillip Guertin, James Callegary, Jesus Quintanar Guadarrama, Claudia Zulema Gil Anaya, Andrea Prichard, Floyd Gray, Edgar Castellanos, Edgar Tepezano, Hans Huth, Prescott Vandervoet, Saul Rodriguez, Jose Nunez, Donald Atwood, Gilberto Patricio Olivero Granillo, and Francisco Octavio Gastellum Ceballos
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Abstract
Flooding in Ambos Nogales often exceeds the capacity of the channel and adjacent land areas, endangering many people. The Nogales Wash is being studied to prevent future flood disasters and detention features are being installed in tributaries of the wash. This paper describes the application of the KINEROS2 model and efforts to understand the capacity of these detention features under various flood and urbanization scenarios. Results depict a reduction in peak flow for the 10-year, 1-hour event based on current land use in tributaries with detention features. However, model results also demonstrate that larger storm events and increasing urbanization will put a strain on the features and limit their effectiveness.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Nogales flood detention study |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2010-1262 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20101262 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Geographic Science Center |
| Description | vi, 23 p.; Appendices; Download Appendix B folder |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |