COOPERATIVE PLANNING IN USE OF FLOOD PLAINS - CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORT ON ROUGE RIVER AT FARMINGTON, MICHIGAN

EXTENSIVE EXPRESSWAY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA HAS INTENSIFIED THE NEED FOR SPOIL DISPOSAL AREAS. THIS, TOGETHER WITH THE NORMAL NEED FOR REFUSE DISPOSAL AREAS, HAS RESULTED IN INDISCRIMINATE USE OF FLOOD PLAINS AND HAS STIMULATED INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT OF FLOOD PLAIN USE REGULATIONS. THE PROBLEM IS AGGRAVATED BY CONTINUED URBANIZATION OF THE OUTLYING AREAS. FARMINGTON, MICH., LOCATED ON THE UPPER ROUGE RIVER NEAR DETROIT, HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CONTROL A VARIETY OF MISUSES OF THE FLOOD PLAIN WITHIN ITS BORDERS. TO OBTAIN A SOLID BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE USE REGULATIONS, FARMINGTON APPLIED FOR A FLOOD PLAIN INFORMATION STUDY BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. HYDROLOGIC STUDIES WERE MADE TO DETERMINE RAINFALL-RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS, A SEARCH WAS MADE FOR HIGH-WATER MARKS FROM RECENT FLOODS, AND HYDRAULIC STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE PROFILES FOR FLOODS OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES UNDER CURRENT RIVER CONDITIONS. MAPS WERE PREPARED TO DELINEATE VALLEY AREAS INUNDATED BY FLOOD FLOWS OF VARYING MAGNITUDES. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDIES WERE FURNISHED TO THE CITY IN A REPORT DESIGNED FOR BOTH THE LAYMAN AND THE ENGINEER, WITH THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD STIMULATE DEVELOPMENT OF FLOOD PLAIN USE REGULATIONS. /AUTHOR/

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1964/58/58-009.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Goelzer, V G
• Publication Date: 1964

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 53-56
• Monograph Title: Drainage law; Flood plain planning; Depressed curb-opening inlets
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 58
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Development; Expressways; Flood plains; Floods; Hydraulics; Hydrology; Metropolitan areas; Planning; Rainfall; Regulations; Runoff; Spoil; Waste disposal; Zoning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disposal; Flood peaks
• Geographic Terms: Detroit (Michigan)
• Old TRIS Terms: Flood plain zoning
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Law; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203935
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM