Morphological analyses and simulated flood elevations in a watershed with dredged and leveed stream channels, Wheeling Creek, eastern Ohio /
The USGS, in cooperation with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, conducted a study in the Wheeling Creek Basin to (1) evaluate and contrast land-cover characteristics from 2001 with characteristics from 1979 and 1992; (2) compare current streambed elevation, slope, and geometry with conditions pr...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Reston, Va. :
U.S. Geological Survey,
2008.
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| Series: | Scientific investigations report ;
2008-5133. |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS118450 |
| Summary: | The USGS, in cooperation with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, conducted a study in the Wheeling Creek Basin to (1) evaluate and contrast land-cover characteristics from 2001 with characteristics from 1979 and 1992; (2) compare current streambed elevation, slope, and geometry with conditions present in the late 1980s; (3) look for evidence of channel filling and over widening in selected undredged reaches; (4) estimate flood elevations for existing conditions in both undredged and previously dredged reaches; (5) evaluate the height of the levees required to contain floods with selected recurrence intervals in previously dredged reaches; and (6) estimate flood elevations for several hypothetical dredging and streambed aggradation scenarios in undredged reaches. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title screen (viewed Jan. 7, 2009). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 67 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31). |