### Flood-inundation maps for South Fork Peachtree Creek from the Brockett Road bridge to the Willivee Drive bridge, DeKalb County, Georgia

By: Jonathan W. Musser**

                            https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3347

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- Sheets:                               - **Sheet01 - Gage height of 6.0 feet and an elevation of 938.2 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet02 - Gage height of 6.5 feet and an elevation of 938.7 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet03 - Gage height of 7.0 feet and an elevation of 939.2 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet04 - Gage height of 7.5 feet and an elevation of 939.7 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet05 - Gage height of 8.0 feet and an elevation of 940.2 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet06 - Gage height of 8.5 feet and an elevation of 940.7 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet07 -  Gage height of 9.0 feet and an elevation of 941.2 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet08 - Gage height of 9.5 feet and an elevation of 941.7 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet09 - Gage height of 10.0 feet and an elevation of 942.2 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet10 - Gage height of 10.5 feet and an elevation of 942.7 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet11 - Gage height of 11.0 feet and an elevation of 943.2 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet12 - Gage height of 11.5 feet and an elevation of 943.7 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf)                        
  - **Sheet13 - Gage height of 12.0 feet and an elevation of 944.2 feet at streamgage 02336152**                            (10.5 MB pdf) 
- Metadata:                               - **SIM 3347 - Depth-grid Metadata**                            (61.7 KB html)                        
  - **SIM 3347 - Inundatation Layer Metadata**                            (60.7 KB html) 
- Raw Data:  **SIM 3347 - Depth-grids and Inundation Layers**                            (6.23 MB zip)                        
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#### Abstract

First posted October 14, 2015

**For additional information, contact:**
Director, South Atlantic Water Science Center  U.S. Geological Survey 720 Gracern Road  Columbia, SC 29210 http://www.usgs.gov/water/southatlantic/

Digital flood-inundation maps for a 5.3-mile reach of South Fork Peachtree Creek that extends from about 500 feet above the Brockett Road bridge to the Willivee Drive bridge were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with DeKalb County, Georgia. The flood-inundation maps, which can be accessed through the USGS Flood Inundation Mapping Science Web site at http://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 at South Fork Peachtree at Casa Drive, near Clarkston, Georgia (02336152). Real-time stage information from this USGS streamgage may be obtained at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/  and can be used in conjunction with these maps to estimate near real-time areas of inundation. The National Weather Service (NWS) is incorporating results from this study into the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) flood-warning system (http://water.weather.gov/ahps/).

A one-dimensional step-backwater model was developed using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HEC–RAS software for South Fork Peachtree Creek and was used to compute flood profiles for a 5.3-mile reach of South Fork Peachtree Creek. The model was calibrated using the most current (2015) stage-discharge relation at the USGS streamgage South Fork Peachtree at Casa Drive, near Clarkston, Georgia (02336152). The hydraulic model was then used to simulate 13 water-surface profiles at 0.5-foot intervals at the South Fork Peachtree Creek near Clarkston streamgage. The profiles ranged from just above bankfull stage (6.0 feet) to approximately 3.21 feet above the highest recorded water level (12.0 feet). The simulated water-surface profiles were then combined with a geographic information system digital elevation model—derived from light detection and ranging data having a 5.0-foot horizontal resolution—to delineate the area flooded at each 0.5-foot interval of stream stage.

The availability of these flood-inundation maps, when combined with real-time stage information from USGS streamgages, provides emergency management personnel and residents with critical information during flood-response activities, such as evacuations and road closures, in addition to post-flood recovery efforts.

#### Suggested Citation

Musser, J.W., 2015, Flood-inundation maps for South Fork Peachtree Creek from the Brockett Road bridge to the Willivee Drive bridge, DeKalb County, Georgia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3347, 13 sheets, 10-p. pamphlet, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sim3347.

ISSN: 2329-132X (online)

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#### Table of Contents

- Abstract
- Introduction
- Constructing Water-Surface Profiles
- Flood-Inundation Mapping
- Summary
- References Cited

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