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Flood-Inundation Maps for the Cuyahoga River at Jaite, Ohio, 2024

Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5115
Prepared in cooperation with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20245115

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Abstract

Digital flood-inundation maps for a nearly 6-mile reach of the Cuyahoga River at Jaite, Ohio, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees. The maps depict estimates of the extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at USGS streamgage 04206425 on the Cuyahoga River at Jaite, Ohio.

Water-surface profiles were computed for the stream reach by using a one-dimensional steady-state step-backwater model. The hydraulic model was calibrated to the current USGS streamgage data and then used to compute 15 water-surface profiles for flood stages at 1-foot intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from 6 to 20 feet, which correspond to below “action stage” to “major flood stage” as reported by the National Weather Service. The simulated water-surface profiles were then used with a geographic information system digital elevation model derived from light detection and ranging data to delineate the areas flooded at each stage.

These maps, along with current stage data from the USGS streamgage and forecasted high-flow stages from the National Weather Service, can 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 postflood recovery efforts.

Suggested Citation

Whitehead, M.T., and Ostheimer, C.J., 2024, Flood-inundation maps for the Cuyahoga River at Jaite, Ohio, 2024: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024–5115, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20245115.

ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Standard Procedures for Creating a Flood Map
  • Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Flood-inundation maps for the Cuyahoga River at Jaite, Ohio, 2024
Series title Scientific Investigations Report
Series number 2024-5115
DOI 10.3133/sir20245115
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center
Description Report: vi, 12 p.; 1 Data Release
Country United States
State Ohio
City Jaite
Other Geospatial Cuyahoga River
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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