Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analyses of Selected Streams in Stark County, Ohio
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- Document: Report (1.25 MB pdf)
- Appendixes:
- Appendix 1 (3.09 MB pdf) – Technical Support Data Notebook
- Appendix 2 (780 kB pdf) – Floodway data tables
- Appendix 3 (1.97 MB pdf) – Water-surface profiles
- Appendix 4 (8.48 MB pdf) – Flood-inundation maps
- Data Release: USGS data release – Geospatial datasets and hydraulic models for selected streams in Stark County, Ohio
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Abstract
To update and expand a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Study, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, and the Stark County Commissioners began a cooperative study. The study consisted of hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for selected reaches of 14 streams in Stark County, Ohio: Broad-Monter Creek, Chatham Ditch, East Branch Nimishillen Creek, Fairhope Ditch, Firestone Ditch, Hayden Ditch, Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek, Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek Tributary Number 1, Nimishillen Creek, Reemsnyder Ditch, Sherrick Run, unnamed stream, West Branch Nimishillen Creek, and Zimber Ditch. The study totaled nearly 50 miles of stream reaches.
Instantaneous peak streamflows for floods with 10-, 4-, 2-, 1-, and 0.2-percent and 1-percent plus annual exceedance probabilities were estimated using historical streamflow data from the streamgages Nimishillen Creek at North Industry, Ohio (U.S. Geological Survey station number 03118500), and Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek at Canton, Ohio (U.S. Geological Survey station number 03118000), regional flood regression equations, and streamflow urbanization techniques.
The annual exceedance probability streamflows were then used in a Hydrologic Engineering Center-River Analysis System step-backwater model to determine water-surface profiles, flood-inundation boundaries for the 10-, 4-, 2-, 1-, and 0.2-percent and 1-percent plus annual exceedance probability floods, and a regulatory floodway along a selected reach of each stream. Model input included DEM-derived cross sections supplemented with field surveys of open channel cross sections and hydraulic structures, field estimates of roughness values, and annual exceedance probability flood estimates from regional regression equations and historical streamflow data. Flood-inundation boundaries were mapped for the 1- and 0.2-percent annual exceedance probability floods and a regulatory floodway for each stream reach.
Suggested Citation
Ostheimer, C.J. and Whitehead, M.T, 2020, Hydrologic and hydraulic analyses of selected streams in Stark County, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2020–5011, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20205011.
ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Study Approach
- Hydrologic Analyses
- Hydraulic Analyses
- Development of Flood-Inundation Maps
- Summary
- References Cited
- Appendixes 1–4
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Hydrologic and hydraulic analyses of selected streams in Stark County, Ohio |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2020-5011 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20205011 |
| Year Published | 2020 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center |
| Description | Report: iv, 15 p.; 4 Appendixes; Data Release |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Stark County |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |