Accession Number:

ADA247895

Title:

Special Flood Hazard Evaluation Report, Black River and Mill Creek, Town of Lowville, Lewis County, New York

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUFFALO NY BUFFALO DISTRICT

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1992-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

81.0

Abstract:

This Special Flood Hazard Evaluation Report documents the results of an investigation to determine the potential flood situation along the Black River and Mill Creek within the town of Lowville, New York. The study reaches include the Black River for its entire length through the town of Lowville, a distance of 9.8 miles, and Mill Creek from its confluence with the Black River, upstream a distance of approximately 7.2 miles, excluding the reach within the village of Lowville. Knowledge of potential floods and flood hazards is important in land use planning. This report identifies the 100-year and 500-year flood plains and 100-year floodway for the Black River and Mill Creek within the town of Lowville.

Descriptors:

• *TEST AND EVALUATION
• NEW YORK
• PLANNING
• VILLAGES
• FLOODS
• LAND USE
• STREAMS
• BLACK(COLOR)
• HAZARDS
• RIVERS

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE