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Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Transportation

Flood Magnitude and Frequency of Little Timber Creek at the Culvert on Interstate 295 in Haddon Heights Township, Camden County,New Jersey

By Thomas Barringer

Abstract The magnitude and frequency of floods at the Little Timber Creek at the culvert on Interstate 295, at milepost 28.9, in Haddon Heights Township, New Jersey, were determined by using the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Special Report 38 method. Flood-magnitude and -frequency estimates, as well as drainage-basin characteristics, are included in this report. The 100-year-flood estimate is 770 cubic feet per second.

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Suggested citation:

Barringer, Thomas, 1996, Flood magnitude and frequency of Little Timber Creek at the culvert on Interstate 295 in Haddon Heights Township, Camden County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-321, 6 p.

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Methods for determining flood magnitude and frequency

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Special Report 38 Method

Results

Selected references