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Flood-inundation maps for a 15-mile reach of the Kalamazoo River from Marshall to Battle Creek, Michigan

Scientific Investigations Map 3135
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3135

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Abstract

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 15-mile reach of the Kalamazoo River from Marshall to Battle Creek, Michigan, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help guide remediation efforts following a crude-oil spill on July 25, 2010. The spill happened on Talmadge Creek, a tributary of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, during a flood. The floodwaters transported the spilled oil down the Kalamazoo River and deposited oil in impoundments and on the surfaces of islands and flood plains. Six flood-inundation maps were constructed corresponding to the flood stage (884.09 feet) coincident with the oil spill on July 25, 2010, as well as for floods with annual exceedance probabilities of 0.2, 1, 2, 4, and 10 percent. Streamflow at the USGS streamgage at Marshall, Michigan (USGS site ID 04103500), was used to calculate the flood probabilities. From August 13 to 18, 2010, 35 channel cross sections, 17 bridges and 1 dam were surveyed. These data were used to construct a water-surface profile for the July 25, 2010, flood by use of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The calibrated model was used to estimate water-surface profiles for other flood probabilities. The resulting six flood-inundation maps were created with a geographic information system by combining flood profiles with a 1.2-foot vertical and 10-foot horizontal resolution digital elevation model derived from Light Detection and Ranging data.

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Hoard, C.J., Fowler, K., Kim, M.H., Menke, C., Morlock, S.E., Peppler, M., Rachol, C., Whitehead, M.T., 2010, Flood-inundation maps for a 15-mile reach of the Kalamazoo River from Marshall to Battle Creek, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3135, Pamphlet: iv, 6 p.; 6 Sheets: 22 x 17 inches; Downloads Directory, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3135.

ISSN: 2329-132X (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Flood-inundation maps for a 15-mile reach of the Kalamazoo River from Marshall to Battle Creek, Michigan
Series title Scientific Investigations Map
Series number 3135
DOI 10.3133/sim3135
Year Published 2010
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Michigan Water Science Center
Description Pamphlet: iv, 6 p.; 6 Sheets: 22 x 17 inches; Downloads Directory
Country United States
State Michigan
City Battle Creek, Marshall
Other Geospatial Kalamazoo River
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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