U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1262
ABSTRACTFlooding in Ambos Nogales often exceeds the capacity of the channel and adjacent land areas, endangering many people. The Nogales Wash is being studied to prevent future flood disasters and detention features are being installed in tributaries of the wash. This paper describes the application of the KINEROS2 model and efforts to understand the capacity of these detention features under various flood and urbanization scenarios. Results depict a reduction in peak flow for the 10-year, 1-hour event based on current land use in tributaries with detention features. However, model results also demonstrate that larger storm events and increasing urbanization will put a strain on the features and limit their effectiveness. |
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Norman, L.M., Levick, L., Guertin, D.P., Callegary, J., Quintanar Guadarrama, J., Zulema Gil Anaya, C., Prichard, A., Gray, F., Castellanos, E., Tepezano, E., Huth, H., Vandervoet, P., Rodriguez, S., Nunez, J., Atwood, D., Patricio Olivero Granillo, G., and Octavio Gastelum Ceballos, F., 2010, Nogales flood detention study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1262, 112 p.
Acknowledgements
Abstract
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Watershed Delineation
3.0 Rainfall
4.0 Land Use Map
5.0 Detention Features
6.0 Results
7.0 Caveats
8.0 Conclusions
9.0 Future Work
10.0 References
three appendixes