Flood Inundation, Flood Depth, and High-Water Marks for Selected Areas in North Carolina from the October 2016 Flood
Dates
Start Date
2016-10-07
End Date
2016-10-09
Publication Date
2017-05-05
Revision
2017-08-01
Revision
2017-10-12
Citation
Watson, K.M. and Musser, J.W., 2017, Flood Inundation, Flood Depth, and High-Water Marks for Selected Areas in North Carolina from the October 2016 Flood (Version 2.1, October 2017): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F75X276T.
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) worked in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to document the October, 2016 storm event in North Carolina. The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the USGS documented 267 high-water marks (HWM), of which 254 were surveyed. The North Carolina Emergency Management documented and surveyed 353 HWMs. Using a subset of these HWMs, six flood-inundation maps [...]
Summary
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) worked in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to document the October, 2016 storm event in North Carolina. The passage of Hurricane Matthew through central and eastern North Carolina during October 7-9, 2016, brought heavy rainfall which resulted in major flooding. More than 15 inches of rain were recorded in some areas. Over 600 roads were closed including Interstates 95 and 40, and nearly 99,000 structures were impacted by floodwaters. Immediately after the flooding, the USGS documented 267 high-water marks (HWM), of which 254 were surveyed. The North Carolina Emergency Management documented and surveyed 353 HWMs. Using a subset of these HWMs, six flood-inundation maps were created in hard-hit communities to support the FEMA response and recovery operations.
This data release contains the actual flood inundation polygons and flood-depth measurements made in the six selected river basins of North Carolina during October 2016. The file types contained in this data release are shape files, rasters, metadata, and images created by mapping software. Measurements were made in these six basins to document flood depth and assist in the estimation of the extent of flood-inundation area. The flood-inundation maps created from these measurements can be found in Musser and others (2017).
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Type: Related Primary Publication
Musser, J.W., Watson, K.M., and Gotvald, A.J., 2017, Characterization of Peak Streamflows and Flood Inundation of Selected Areas in North Carolina from October 2016 Flood (Version 2.0): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1047, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171047.
These polygon boundaries, inundation extents, and depth rasters were created to support the development of flood inundation maps for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) response and recovery operations following a October, 2016 flood event in the communities of Fair Bluff, Goldsboro, Hope Mills, Kinston, Lumberton, Princeville, and Smithfield, North Carolina.
