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Flood-Inundation maps for the Hohokus Brook in Waldwick Borough, Ho-Ho-Kus Borough, and the Village of Ridgewood, New Jersey, 2014

Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5064
Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
By:  and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20155064

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Abstract

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6-mile reach of the Hohokus Brook in New Jersey from White's Lake Dam in Waldwick Borough, through Ho-Ho-Kus Borough to Grove Street in the Village of Ridgewood were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The flood 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 and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage on the Hohokus Brook at Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey (station number 01391000). Stage data at this streamgage may be obtained on the Internet from the USGS National Water Information System at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=01391000 or the National Weather Service (NWS) Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service at http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=hohn4&wfo=okx.

Flood profiles were simulated for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The model was calibrated using the most current stage-discharge relation at the Hohokus Brook at Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, streamgage (station number 01391000). The hydraulic model was then used to compute 12 water-surface profiles for flood stages at 0.5-foot (ft) intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from 2.5 ft, the NWS “action stage” or near bankfull, to 8.0 ft, which exceeds the stage that corresponds to the maximum recorded peak flow (7.32 ft) and is the extent of the current stage-discharge relation for the streamgage. The simulated water-surface profiles were then combined with a geographic information system 3-meter (9.84 ft) digital elevation model [derived from light detection and ranging (lidar) data] to delineate the area flooded at each water level.

The availability of these maps along with information on the Internet regarding current stage from the USGS streamgage will 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

Watson, K.M., and Niemoczynski, M.J., 2015, Flood-Inundation maps for the Hohokus Brook in Waldwick Borough, Ho-Ho-Kus Borough, and the Village of Ridgewood, New Jersey, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5064, 12 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155064.

ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Creation of Flood-Inundation-Map Library
  • Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Flood-Inundation maps for the Hohokus Brook in Waldwick Borough, Ho-Ho-Kus Borough, and the Village of Ridgewood, New Jersey, 2014
Series title Scientific Investigations Report
Series number 2015-5064
DOI 10.3133/sir20155064
Year Published 2015
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) New Jersey Water Science Center
Description v, 12 p.
Country United States
State New Jersey
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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