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Scientific Investigations Map 3210

Prepared in cooperation with Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Edinburgh, Indiana

Flood-Inundation Maps for the Driftwood River and Sugar Creek near Edinburgh, Indiana

By Kathleen K. Fowler, Moon H. Kim, and Chad D. Menke

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Digital flood-inundation maps for an 11.2 mile reach of the Driftwood River and a 5.2 mile reach of Sugar Creek, both near Edinburgh, Indiana, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Edinburgh, Indiana. The inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/, depict estimates of the areal extent of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage 03363000 Driftwood River near Edinburgh, Ind. Current conditions at the USGS streamgage in Indiana may be obtained on the Internet at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/in/nwis/current/?type=flow. In addition, the information has been provided to the National Weather Service (NWS) for incorporation into their Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) flood warning system at http://water.weather.gov/ahps/. The NWS forecasts flood hydrographs at many places that are often collocated at USGS streamgages. That forecasted peak-stage information, also available on the Internet, may be used in conjunction with the maps developed in this study to show predicted areas of flood inundation.

For this study, flood profiles were computed for the stream reaches by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The model was calibrated using the most current stage-discharge relations at the USGS streamgage 03363000 Driftwood River near Edinburgh, Ind. The hydraulic model was then used to determine elevations throughout the study reaches for nine water-surface profiles for flood stages at 1-ft intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from bankfull to nearly the highest recorded water level at the USGS streamgage 03363000 Driftwood River near Edinburgh, Ind. The simulated water-surface profiles were then combined with a geospatial digital elevation model (derived from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data) in order to delineate the area flooded at each water level.

The availability of these maps along with real-time information available online regarding current stage from USGS streamgages and forecasted stream stages from the NWS provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood response activities such as evacuations and road closures as well as for post flood recovery efforts.

First posted July 31, 2012

  • Sheets PDF (Each sheet 8.0 MB)
    Flood-inundation Maps--High Resolution
    For Edinburgh, Indiana, at the USGS Streamgage 03363000 on the Driftwood River and Sugar Creek.
  • Sheets PDF (Each sheet 1.1 MB)
    Flood-inundation Maps--Low Resolution
    For Edinburgh, Indiana, at the USGS Streamgage 03363000 on the Driftwood River and Sugar Creek.

For additional information contact:
Director, Indiana Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
5957 Lakeside Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46278
(317) 290–3333
http://in.water.usgs.gov/

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Suggested citation:

Fowler, K.K., Kim, M.H., and Menke, C.D., 2012, Flood-inundation maps for the Driftwood River and Sugar Creek near Edinburgh, Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3210, 8 p. pamphlet, 9 sheets, scale 1:54,000.



Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

Study Area Description

Previous Studies

Constructing Water-Surface Profiles

Hydrologic and Steady Flow Data

Topographic/Bathymetric Data

Energy Loss Factors

Model Calibration and Performance

Development of Water-Surface Profiles

Inundation Mapping

Driftwood River and Sugar Creek, Indiana, Flood-Inundation Maps on the Internet

Disclaimer for Flood-Inundation Maps

Uncertainty Associated with Inundation Maps

Acknowledgments

Summary

References Cited


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