Surface-Water Model Archive for Delineation of Flood-Inundation Areas in Grapevine Canyon Near Scotty's Castle, Death Valley National Park, California
Dates
Publication Date
2020-10-16
Time Period
2015-10-18
Citation
Morris, C.M., Welborn, T.L., and Minear, J.T., 2020, Geospatial Data, Tabular Data, and Surface-Water Model Archive for Delineation of Flood-Inundation Areas in Grapevine Canyon Near Scotty's Castle, Death Valley National Park, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IPKW55.
Summary
This zipped folder contains all relevant files to document and run the Hydrological Engineering Center-River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) one dimensional hydraulic model used to simulate flood inundation extents in Grapevine Canyon near Scotty's Castle, Death Valley National Park. Specifically: 1) model-software-version.txt (file) Identifies the modeling software version and website. 2) modelgeoref.txt (file) Includes reference to the model documentation report, data release, and bounding box coordinates. 3) model_run_files (folder) Contains files that were used to run the model. 4) model_output (folder) Contains selected model outputs from the model runs. 5) calibration-targets (folder) Contains high-water marks from the October 18, [...]
Summary
This zipped folder contains all relevant files to document and run the Hydrological Engineering Center-River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) one dimensional hydraulic model used to simulate flood inundation extents in Grapevine Canyon near Scotty's Castle, Death Valley National Park. Specifically: 1) model-software-version.txt (file) Identifies the modeling software version and website. 2) modelgeoref.txt (file) Includes reference to the model documentation report, data release, and bounding box coordinates. 3) model_run_files (folder) Contains files that were used to run the model. 4) model_output (folder) Contains selected model outputs from the model runs. 5) calibration-targets (folder) Contains high-water marks from the October 18, 2015 flood (calibration_targets.csv). 6) readme.txt (file) Describes the files in SWmodel_Archive.zip.
These data were collected as part of a U.S. Geological Survey study, done in cooperation with the National Park Service, to assess the extent of potential flood-inundation areas in Grapevine Canyon near Scotty's Castle, Death Valley National Park, California. Regional flood regression equations were used to estimate the 4, 2, 1, 0.5, and 0.2 percent annual exceedance probability (AEP) flood streamflows. The estimated flood streamflows were used in the one-dimensional hydraulic model to compute water surface elevations mapped using the digital terrain model.
