94

69

66

27

96

94

MICHIGAN AVE

MICHIGAN AVE

Cere Marshall arshall Ceresco

Battle

Creek

Battle

Creek

04103500 4103500

04105500 4105500

Monroe

Street dam

Monroe

Street dam

Ceresco damCeresco

dam

Kalamazoo RiverKalamazoo River

Talmadge

Creek

Talmadge

Creek

B attle Creek RiverB attle Creek River

EXPLANATION

94

66

27

USGS Streamgage and number

Modeled boundary

Interstate route marker

U.S. route marker

State route marker

Flood-inundation area

Flow arrow—Indicates direction

of water flow

04103500 4103500

Flood-inundation area for stage 7.96 feet, 886.61 feet NAVD88, at 04103500

(Gage height corresponding to a flood with a 2-percent exceedance probability)

UNCERTAINTIES AND LIMITATIONS REGARDING USE OF FLOOD INUNDATION MAPS

The flood boundaries shown were estimated based on water stages/flows at USGS streamgage 04103500, Kalamazoo River at Marshall, Michigan. Water-surface elevations along the reach of the Kalamazoo River extending from Marshall to Battle Creek (approximately 15 miles downstream from the streamgage) were estimated by steady-state 

hydraulic modeling, assuming unobstructed flow, and using discharges and hydrologic conditions anticipated at that streamgage. The hydraulic model reflects the land-cover characteristics and any bridge, dam, levee, or other hydraulic structures existing in August, 2010. Unique meteorological factors (timing and distribution of storm) may cause 

actual discharges along the modeled reach to vary from assumed during a flood and lead to deviations in the water surface elevations and inundation boundaries shown here. Additional areas may be flooded due to unanticipated backwater from major tributaries along the main stem or from localized debris- or ice-jams. The flood inundation 

boundaries depicted on this map are based on a digital elevation model (metadata available). Inundated areas shown should not be used for navigation, regulatory, permitting, or other legal purposes. Although USGS intends to make this server available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, timely delivery of data and products from this server through 

the Internet is not guaranteed. The USGS provides these maps as a quick reference, emergency planning tool but assumes no legal liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from the use or misuse of this information.

If this series of flood inundation maps will be used in conjunction with National Weather Service (NWS) river forecasts, the user should be aware of additional uncertainties which may be inherent or factored into NWS forecast procedures. The NWS uses river forecast models to estimate the quantity and timing of water flowing through selected river 

reaches in the United States. These forecast models (1) estimate the amount of runoff generated by a precipitation event, (2) compute how the water will move downstream, and (3) predict the flow and stage (water surface elevation) for the river at a given location (AHPS forecast point) throughout the forecast period (every six hours and 3 to 5 days out 

in many locations). For more information on AHPS forecasts, please see: http://water.weather.gov/ahps/pcpn_and_river_forecasting.pdf 

MICHIGAN Kalamazoo River

drainage basin Study

area

2 1 0 2 KILOMETERS

2 1 0 2 MILES

SCALE 1:100 000

Flood-Inundation Map of the Kalamazoo River 

from Marshall to Battle Creek, Michigan, for a Flood with a 2-percent Exceedance Probability

Corresponding to a Gage Height of 7.96 Feet and an Altitude of 884.61 Feet (NAVD88)

at the U.S. Geological Survey Streamgage at Marshall, Michigan (Station ID 04103500) 

By

Christopher J. Hoard, Kathleen K. Fowler, Moon H. Kim, Chad D. Menke, Scott E. Morlock

Marie C. Peppler, Cynthia M. Rachol, and Matthew T. Whitehead

2010

Prepared in cooperation with the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V

Scientific Investigations Map 3135

Sheet 4 of 6

Version 1.0

Pamphlet accompanies map

NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM 1988 (NAVD88)

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

Suggested citation:

Hoard, C.J., Fowler, K.K., Kim, M.H., Menke, C.D., Morlock, S.E., Peppler, M.C., 

Rachol, C.M., and Whitehead, M.T., 2010, Flood-inundation maps for a 15-mile 

reach of the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey 

Scientific Investigations Map 3135, 6 p. pamphlet, 6 sheets, scale 1:100,000.

Projection: Lambert conformal conic

10,000-foot grid tics, State Plane Coordinate System, Michigan South, FIPS 2113

North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83)

Orthography from National Agriculture Imagery Program, 2009, available at 

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=home&subject=prog&topic=nai 

Publishing support provided by: Denver Publishing Service Center

Manuscript approved for publication October 5, 2010

For more information concerning this publication, contact:

Director, Michigan Water Science Center

U.S. Geological Survey

6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5

Lansing, MI 48911

(517)887–8903

Or visit the Michigan Water Science Center Web site at:

http://mi.water.usgs.gov/ 

This report is available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3135/. 

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