Effects of August 1995 and July 1997 Storms in the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina |
Prepared in cooperation with the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County |
Figure 8. Flood hydrographs for Irwin Creek, site 49 (upstream), and Sugar Creek, site 50 (downstream), during the storm of July 22-24, 1997. Background photograph from The Charlotte Observer/Kent D. Johnson. Original photograph was generalized for use as a background. (Local residents wade through waist-deep waters of Sugar Creek.) |