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Flood-Inundation Maps for a 1.6-Mile Reach of Salt Creek, Wood Dale, Illinois

Scientific Investigations Map 3185
Prepared in cooperation with the DuPage County Stormwater Management Division
By: , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3185

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Abstract

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 1.6-mile reach of Salt Creek from upstream of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad to Elizabeth Drive, Wood Dale, Illinois, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the DuPage County Stormwater Management Division. The inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site at http://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/ depict estimates of the areal extent of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (gage heights) at the USGS streamgage on Salt Creek at Wood Dale, Illinois (station number 05531175). Current conditions at the USGS streamgage may be obtained on the Internet at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?05531175. In this study, flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional unsteady flow Full EQuations (FEQ) model. The unsteady flow model was verified by comparing the rating curve output for a September 2008 flood event to discharge measurements collected at the Salt Creek at Wood Dale gage. The hydraulic model was then used to determine 14 water-surface profiles for gage heights at 0.5-ft intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from less than bankfull to approximately the highest recorded water level at the streamgage. The simulated water-surface profiles were then combined with a Geographic Information System (GIS) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) (derived from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data) in order to delineate the area flooded at each water level. The areal extent of the inundation was verified with high-water marks from a flood in July 2010 with a peak gage height of 14.08 ft recorded at the Salt Creek at Wood Dale gage. The availability of these maps along with Internet information regarding current gage height from USGS streamgages provide emergency management personnel and residents with information that is critical for flood response activities such as evacuations and road closures as well as for post-flood recovery efforts.

Suggested Citation

Soong, D., Murphy, E., and Sharpe, J.B., 2012, Flood-Inundation Maps for a 1.6-Mile Reach of Salt Creek, Wood Dale, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3185, v, 8 p.; Downloads Directory; PDF Downloads of Sheets 1-14: 18x 22 inches; ZIP Downloads of All 14 Map Sheets, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3185.

ISSN: 2329-132X (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Flood-Inundation Maps for a 1.6-Mile Reach of Salt Creek, Wood Dale, Illinois
Series title Scientific Investigations Map
Series number 3185
DOI 10.3133/sim3185
Year Published 2012
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Illinois Water Science Center
Description v, 8 p.; Downloads Directory; PDF Downloads of Sheets 1-14: 18x 22 inches; ZIP Downloads of All 14 Map Sheets
Country United States
State Illinois
County Dupage County
City Wood Dale
Datum NAD 83
Projection Transverse Mercator
Scale 6500
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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