The Independence Day Flood of 1994, and Effects on Water Levels in the Upper Floridan Aquifer, Albany Area, Georgia

Hicks, David W.

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The Independence Day Flood of 1994, and Effects on Water Levels in the Upper Floridan Aquifer, Albany Area, Georgia

dc.contributor.author	Hicks, David W.	en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename	Geological Survey (U.S.)	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Hatcher, Kathryn J.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-15T02:12:09Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-15T02:12:09Z
dc.date.issued	1995-04
dc.description	Proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, Athens, Georgia.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto moved from the Gulf of Mexico into southwestern Georgia on Independence Day weekend, 1994. Rainfall was scattered over the western half of Georgia, eastern Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. The heaviest rainfall occurred in the Flint River watershed, where Americus, Ga., received about 28 in. from July 3-7, with about 21 in. falling in a 24-hour period on July 5-6. Torrential rainfall resulted in record flooding during the period July 4-19. At Albany, the Flint River crested at a stage of 43 ft, which was 23 ft above flood stage, and more than 5 ft higher than the previously known record stage of 37.8 ft, which occurred in January 1925. Heavy rainfall and extensive flooding caused water levels in the Upper Floridan aquifer to rise to historic record high levels in much of the study area near the Flint River. Water levels in the aquifer responded to flooding conditions at magnitudes and rates controlled by the hydraulic conductivity and pre-flood potentiometric surface of the aquifer, and the distance from the flooded area. Where the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer is relatively low, the response to rising floodwaters was slow and the recovery period was delayed after the river receded. However, where the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer is high, response was rapid both to rising floodwaters and to recession of the river.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	This book was published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors.
dc.identifier.isbn	0-935835-04-0
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/43984
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.publisher.original	Carl Vinson Institute of Government	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	GWRI1995. Water Quantity	en_US
dc.subject	Water resources management	en_US
dc.subject	Storm water monitoring	en_US
dc.subject	Stormwater	en_US
dc.subject	Flood control	en_US
dc.subject	Flood control Georgia	en_US
dc.title	The Independence Day Flood of 1994, and Effects on Water Levels in the Upper Floridan Aquifer, Albany Area, Georgia	en_US
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dc.type.genre	Proceedings
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