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Main Title Geospatial Assessment of Ecological Functions and Flood-Related Risks on Floodplains Along Major Rivers in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington.
Author Konrad, C. P.
CORP Author Geological Survey, Reston, VA.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.; Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Olympia.
Year Published 2015
Report Number USGS-SIR-2015-5033
Stock Number PB2015-103451
Additional Subjects Floods ; Ecosystems ; Rivers ; Washington (State) ; Floodplains ; Risk assessment ; Sediments ; Water quality ; Nutrients ; Aquatic habitats ; Puget Sound Basin (Washington)
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NTIS  PB2015-103451 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Ecological functions and flood-related risks were assessed for floodplains along the 17 major rivers flowing into Puget Sound Basin, Washington. The assessment addresses five ecological functions, five components of flood-related risks at two spatial resolutions—fine and coarse. The fine-resolution assessment compiled spatial attributes of floodplains from existing, publicly available sources and integrated the attributes into 10-meter rasters for each function, hazard, or exposure. The raster values generally represent different types of floodplains with regard to each function, hazard, or exposure rather than the degree of function, hazard, or exposure. The coarse-resolution assessment tabulates attributes from the fine-resolution assessment for larger floodplain units, which are floodplains associated with 0.1 to 21-kilometer long segments of major rivers. The coarse-resolution assessment also derives indices that can be used to compare function or risk among different floodplain units and to develop normative (based on observed distributions) standards.