Large floods in the United States: Where they happen and why

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1245, 2003, Pages 1-13

  O'Connor, Jim E ^a   Costa, John E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544301519     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Barry, R.G., and Chorley, R.J., 1998, Atmosphere, weather and climate: London, Routledge, 464 p.
2. Costa, J.E., 1987, A comparison of the largest rainfall-runoff floods in the Unites States with those of the People's Republic of China and the world: Journal of Hydrology, v.96, p.101-115.
3. Hayden, B.P., 1988, Flood climates, in Baker, V.R., Kochel, R.C., and Patton, P.C., eds., Flood Geomorphology: New York, John Wiley and Sons, p. 13-26.
4. Hirschboeck, K.K., 1991, Climate and floods, in Paulsen, R.W., Chase, E.B,. Roberts, R.S., and Moody, D.W., compilers, National Water Summary 1988-89, Floods and Droughts: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2375, p. 67-88.
5. Hoyt, W.G., and Langbein, W.B., 1955, Floods: Princeton University Press, 469 p.
6. Miller, J.J., 1990, Flood hydrology and geomorphic effectives in the central Appalachians: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 15, p. 119-134.
7. Miller, E.W., and Miller, R.M., 2000, Natural disasters- Floods-A reference handbook: ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, 286 p.
8. O'Connor, J.E., Grant, G.E., and Costa, J.E., 2002, The geology and geography of floods, in House, P.K., Webb, R.H., Baker, V.R., and Levish, D.R., eds., Ancient floods, modern hazard-Principles and application of paleoflood hydrology: American Geophysical Union Water Science and Application Series, no. 5, p. 359-385.
9. Perry, C.A., 2000, Significant floods in the United States during the 20th century-USGS measures a century of floods: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 024-00, 4 p.
10. Pielke, R.A., Jr., and Downton, M.W., 2000, Precipitation and damaging floods-Trends in the United States, 1932-97: Journal of Climate, v. 13, p. 3625-3637.
11. Schildgen, R., 1999, Unnatural disasters: Sierra, v. 84, p.48-57.
12. Hirsch, R.M., and Norris, J.M., 2001, National Streamflow Information Program-Implementation plan and progress report: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 048-01, 6 p.
13. United States Geological Survey, 1999, Streamflow information for the next century- A plan for the National Streamflow Information Program of the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-456, 13 p.
14. USGS Water Watch http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/
15. USGS Fact Sheet: Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th Century http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/fact-sheets/fs.024-00.html
16. USGS Flood Information http://water.usgs.gov/osw/programs/floods.html
17. EarthSat(TM) flood threat map http://www.earthsat.com/flood/maps/ffgusa.gif
18. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Hazard Mapping http://www.fema.gov/mit/tsd/fqnhm.htm
19. Dartmouth University Flood Observatory http://www.darmouth.edu/artsci/geof/floods/
20. CBS News Disater Links http://www.disasterlinks.net/
21. Societal Aspects of Weather: Floods http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/socasp/floods.html
22. National Weather Service: Significance River Flood Outlook http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/nationalfloodoutlook/