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Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Transportation

Flood Magnitude and Frequency of Black Creek Tributary at the Culvert on New Jersey Route 94 in Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey

By Thomas Barringer

Abstract The magnitude and frequency of floods at Black Creek tributary at the culvert on New Jersey Route 94 at milepost 43.0 in Vernon Township, New Jersey, were determined by using the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Special Report 38 method. Estimates of flood magnitude and frequency calculated by the Special Report 38 method, as well as drainage-basin characteristics, are included in this report. The 100-year-flood estimate is 261 cubic feet per second.

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Suggested citation:

Barringer, Thomas, 1996, Flood magnitude and frequency of Black Creek tributary at the culvert on New Jersey Route 94 in Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-324, 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