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Analysis of water-surface profiles in Leon County and the city of Tallahassee, Florida

Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4327
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri864327

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Abstract

Water surface profiles for the 10-, 25-, 50-, and 100-yr recurrence interval floods for most of the streams that drain developing areas of Leon County and the city of Tallahassee are presented. The principal streams studied are in the Lake Munson, Lake Lafayette, and Lake Jackson basins Peak discharges were computed from regression equations based on information gained from 15 streamflow stations in the area. Standard step-backwater procedures were used to determine the water-surface elevations for the streams. The flood elevations were generally higher than those in the Flood Insurance Studies for Tallahassee (1976) and Leon County (1982). The primary reason for the higher profiles is that peak discharges used in this report are larger than those used previously, largely due to changes in land use. The flood profiles for Bradford Brook, North Branch Gum Creek, and West Branch Gum Creek generally match those in the Leon County Flood Insurance Studies. Channel improvements in some areas would lower the flood elevation in that area, but would probably increase flooding downstream. (Lantz-PTT)

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Franklin, M., Orr, R., 1987, Analysis of water-surface profiles in Leon County and the city of Tallahassee, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4327, iii, 82 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri864327.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Analysis of water-surface profiles in Leon County and the city of Tallahassee, Florida
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 86-4327
DOI 10.3133/wri864327
Year Published 1987
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iii, 82 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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