Monitoring storm tide and flooding from Hurricane Sandy along the Atlantic coast of the United States, October 2012
Open-File Report
2013-1043
Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) deployed a temporary monitoring network of water-level and barometric pressure sensors at 224 locations along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Maine to continuously record the timing, areal extent, and magnitude of hurricane storm tide and coastal flooding generated by Hurricane Sandy. These records were greatly supplemented by an extensive post-flood high-water mark (HWM) flagging and surveying campaign from November to December 2012 involving more than 950 HWMs. Both efforts were undertaken as part of a coordinated federal emergency response as outlined by the Stafford Act under a directed mission assignment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Monitoring storm tide and flooding from Hurricane Sandy along the Atlantic coast of the United States, October 2012 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2013-1043 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20131043 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Office of Surface Water, South Atlantic Water Science Center |
| Description | 42 p.; Tables 2-6 |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 42 |
| Time Range Start | 2012-10-01 |
| Time Range End | 2012-10-31 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |