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Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analyses of Selected Streams in Lorain County, Ohio, 2003

Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4215
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri034215

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Abstract

Hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were done for selected reaches of nine streams in Lorain County Ohio. To assess the alternatives for flood-damage mitigation, the Lorain County Engineer and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiated a cooperative study to investigate aspects of the hydrology and hydraulics of the nine streams. Historical streamflow data and regional regression equations were used to estimate instantaneous peak discharges for floods having recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 years. Explanatory variables used in the regression equations were drainage area, main-channel slope, and storage area. Drainage areas of the nine stream reaches studied ranged from 1.80 to 19.3 square miles. The step-backwater model HEC-RAS was used to determine water-surface-elevation profiles for the 10-year-recurrence-interval (10-year) flood along a selected reach of each stream. The water-surface pro-file information was used then to generate digital mapping of flood-plain boundaries. The analyses indicate that at the 10-year flood elevation, road overflow results at numerous hydraulic structures along the nine streams.

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Jackson, K.S., Ostheimer, C.J., Whitehead, M.T., 2003, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analyses of Selected Streams in Lorain County, Ohio, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4215, 54 p. and CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.3133/wri034215.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analyses of Selected Streams in Lorain County, Ohio, 2003
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 2003-4215
DOI 10.3133/wri034215
Year Published 2003
Language ENGLISH
Description 54 p. and CD-ROM
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