Flood Plain Information, Little Lehigh Creek, Cedar Creek, Little Cedar Creek, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

The portion of the City of Allentown, Pa. covered by this report (the second of 2 reports) is subject to flooding from Little Lehigh Creek, Cedar Creek and Little Cedar Creek. At the time of this report this area was primarily undeveloped or park lands. This report includes a history of flooding in Allentown, Pa. along these particular creeks and identifies areas subject to possible future floods. It also presents thru tables, profiles, maps and text the results of engineering studies to determine the possible magnitude of future flooding from the time of the report date.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
ADA099846

Entities

Organizations

  • Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Climate Change
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drainage Basins
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Flood Damage
  • Flood Hazards
  • Flood Plains
  • Floods
  • Geological Surveys
  • Industrial Plants
  • Materials
  • Sea Level
  • Transportation
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Geology

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.