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Hydraulic model and flood-inundation maps developed for the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina

Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5137
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20155137

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Abstract

A one-dimensional step-backwater model was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina, to provide a means for predicting flood-plain inundation. The model was developed for selected reaches of the Pee Dee River, Brown Creek, and Rocky River, using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) software. Multiple cross sections were defined on each modeled stream, and hydrologic data were collected between August 2011 and August 2013 at selected locations on the Pee Dee River and on its tributaries Brown Creek, Rocky River, and Thoroughfare Creek. Cross-section, stage, and flow data were used to develop the model and simulate water-surface profiles at 1.0-foot increments at the USGS streamgage Pee Dee River at Pee Dee Refuge near Ansonville, N.C. The profiles were produced for 31 selected water levels that ranged from approximately 193.0 feet to 223.0 feet in elevation at the Pee Dee River at Pee Dee Refuge streamgage.

A series of digital flood-inundation maps were developed on the basis of the water-surface profiles produced by the model. The inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Program Web site at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels at the USGS streamgage Pee Dee River at Pee Dee Refuge near Ansonville, N.C. These maps, when combined with real-time water-level information from USGS streamgages, provide managers with critical information to help plan flood-response activities and resource protection efforts.

Suggested Citation

Smith, D.G., and Wagner, C.R., 2016, Hydraulic model and flood-inundation maps developed for the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5137, 14 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155137.

ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Constructing Water-Surface Profiles
  • Inundation Mapping
  • Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydraulic model and flood-inundation maps developed for the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina
Series title Scientific Investigations Report
Series number 2015-5137
DOI 10.3133/sir20155137
Year Published 2016
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description Document: vi, 14 p.; Metadata: 3 downloadable files
Country United States
State North Carolina
Other Geospatial Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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