Potential hazards from floodflows within the John Muir House National Historic Site, Franklin Creek drainage basin, California
Water-Resources Investigations Report
93-4009
By: R.W. Meyer
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Abstract
The drainage-area-ratio method, adjusted by multiple regression coefficients, was used to determine flood magnitudes of specific recurrence intervals in the Franklin Creek drainage basin, John Muir House National Historic Site in California. Water-surface elevations and inundation areas were determined using hydraulic equations that assume uniform flow and stable channel geometry as surveyed in the 1984 water year. Franklin Creek is expected to overflow its banks during all floods greater than the 25-year flood. Maximum flood discharges within the historic site boundaries are limited by the large culvert that conveys floodwaters into the site. The historically significant structures were constructed above the flood elevation of the 100-year flood; therefore, with the exception of the carriage house, there is little or no danger to the irreplaceable structures at the site. The carriage house could be inundated several feet during the 100-year flood.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Potential hazards from floodflows within the John Muir House National Historic Site, Franklin Creek drainage basin, California |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 93-4009 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri934009 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; U.S.G.S. Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Description | iii, 9 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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