Book Description

This Special Flood Hazard Evaluation Report, investigates the potential flood situation along Owasco Inlet within the corporate limits. Although large floods have occurred, studies indicate that even larger floods are possible. This report includes a history of flooding along Owasco Inlet and identifies those area that are subject to possible future floods. Special emphasis is given to those floods through the use of maps and water surface profiles. Report furnishes a suitable basis for the adoption of land use controls to guide flood plain development and thereby prevents intensification of the flood loss problem. It will also aid in the development of other flood damage reduction techniques to modify flooding and reduce flood damages which might be embodied in an overall Flood Plain Management (FPM) program. Other types of studies, such as those of environmental attributes and the current and future land use role of the flood plain as part of its surroundings, would also profit from this information.