FLOOD09510

• County: Prowers
• Community: Holly
• Stream Name: Arkansas River, Wild Horse Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Special Flood Hazard Information Report
• Date: 4/1/1975
• Prepared For: Holly
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Contract/PO #: &&
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Flood. An overflow of lands not normally covered by water, that are

used or usable by man. Floods have two essential characteristics:

the inundation of land is temporary; and the land is adjacent to and

inundated by overflow from a river or stream, or an ocean, lake, or

other body of standing water.

Normally, a "flood" is considered as any temporary rise

in streamflow or stage, but not the ponding of surface water, that

results in significant adverse effects in the vicinity. Adverse

effects may include damages from overflow of land area, temporary

backwater effects in sewers and local drainage channels, creation

of unsanitary conditions or other unfavorable situations by deposi-

tion of materials in stream channels during flood recessions, rise

of ground water coincident with increased streamflow, and other

problems.

Flood Crest. The maximum stage or elevation reached by the waters
of a flood at a given location.

Flood Peak. The maximum instantaneous discharge of a flood at a

given location. It usually occurs at or near the time of the

flood crest.

Flood Plain. The relatively flat area or lowlands adjoining the

channel of a river, stream or watercourse, or ocean, lake, or

other body of standing water, which has been or may be covered by

floodwater.

Flood Profile. A graph showing the relationship of water surface

elevation to location, the latter generally expressed as distance

above mouth for a stream of water flowing in an open channel. It

is generally drawn to show surface elevation for the crest of a

specific flood, but may be prepared for conditions at a given time

or stage.

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