Alafia River Minimum Flows and Levels - Southwest Florida Water ...
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40<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
T20 T21 T27 T32 T49 T51 T60 T64<br />
Downstream<br />
Upstream<br />
Cypress/<br />
Palm Sw amp<br />
Cypress<br />
Sw amp<br />
Hardw ood<br />
Sw amp<br />
Wet<br />
Hardw ood<br />
Hammock<br />
Dry Palm<br />
Bank<br />
Dry<br />
Hardw ood<br />
Hammock<br />
Figure 5-5. Mean elevations of six vegetation classes at eight <strong>Alafia</strong> <strong>River</strong> floodplain crosssections<br />
(transects).<br />
Inundation of the highest floodplain vegetation class would require local (crosssection<br />
site) flows of 2878 cfs or more (flows for only two cross-sections could be<br />
calculated, elevations for other sites were higher than could be modeled with the<br />
HEC-RES floodplain model; see Appendix RH). Corresponding flows of 3334 cfs<br />
or higher at the USGS Lithia gage would be required to inundate the highest<br />
floodplain vegetation classes (Table 5-1). Inundation of the mean elevation<br />
associated with the floodplain swamp classes (Cypress/Palm Swamp, Cypress<br />
Swamp, Hardwood Swamp) would occur when local flows range from 412 to<br />
1478 cfs. Corresponding flows at the USGS Lithia gage would range from 529 to<br />
1843 cfs, with a mean of 981 cfs (Table 5-1). To inundate the highest swamp<br />
class at each cross-section, flows ranging from 731 to 3233 (mean = 1480 cfs)<br />
would be required at the Lithia gage (Table 5-1).<br />
Floodplain wetted perimeter plots (patterned after the wetted perimeter plots<br />
used for identification of the Lowest Wetted Perimeter Inflection Point) were<br />
developed for each floodplain vegetation cross-section (see Appendix RH). The<br />
plots were developed to show the linear extent of inundated floodplain (wetted<br />
perimeter) associated with measured floodplain elevations, including the mean<br />
elevations of the floodplain vegetation classes. For example, Figure 5-6 shows a<br />
floodplain wetted perimeter plot for floodplain vegetation cross-section (transect)<br />
51. Based on the plot, an average of 350 linear feet of floodplain would be<br />
inundated when the river is staged at the mean elevation of the Wet Hardwood<br />
Hammock vegetation class. <strong>Flows</strong> necessary to inundate the first major slope<br />
change at each transect were evaluated using the HEC-RAS model. Local flows<br />
5-7