### Flood-Inundation Maps for the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana

By: Kellan R. Strauch**

                            https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185132

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- Data Release:  **USGS data release**  - Flood-inundation geospatial datasets for the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana
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#### Abstract

First posted December 3, 2018

**For additional information, contact:**
Director, Ohio Kentucky Indiana Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey5957 Lakeside Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 6.5-mile reach of the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science website at https://water.usgs.gov/osw/flood_inundation/, depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to selected water levels (stages) at the USGS streamgage on the Salamonie River at Portland, Ind. (station 03324200). Near-real-time stages at this streamgage may be obtained from the USGS National Water Information System web interface at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN or from the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (site PORI3) at https:/water.weather.gov/ahps/.

Flood profiles were computed for the stream reach by means of a one-dimensional step-backwater model. The model was calibrated using the current (2018) stage-discharge relation at the Salamonie River at Portland, Ind., streamgage.

The hydraulic model then was used to compute nine water-surface profiles for flood stages at 1-foot (ft) intervals referenced to the streamgage datum and ranging from 10.7 ft or near bankfull to 18.7 ft, which equals the highest point on the streamgage rating curve. The simulated water-surface profiles then were combined with a geographic information system digital elevation model derived from light detection and ranging data having a 0.49-ft root mean square error and 4.9-ft horizontal resolution resampled to a 10-ft grid to delineate the area flooded at each stage. The availability of these maps, along with information regarding current stage from the USGS streamgage, will 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

Strauch, K.R., 2018, Flood-inundation maps for the Salamonie River at Portland, Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5132, 9 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185132.

ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)

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#### Table of Contents

- Acknowledgments
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Creation of the Flood-Inundation Map Library
- Summary
- References Cited

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