The Floodplain Management Services program educates individuals who live and work in floodplains on flood hazards and the actions they can take to reduce property damage and prevent the loss of life. The program’s objective is to foster public understanding of the options for dealing with flood hazards and to promote prudent use and management of the nation’s floodplains.

This program provides the full range of technical services and planning guidance that is needed to support effective floodplain management. The most common types of studies are floodplain delineation studies, flood hazard evaluations, dam break analyses, hurricane evacuation studies, flood warning and preparedness studies, regulatory floodway analyses, comprehensive floodplain management studies, flood risk reduction studies, urbanization impact studies, storm water management studies, floodproofing studies and flood-prone structure inventories. The program also aids with conducting workshops and seminars on nonstructural floodplain management measures such as floodproofing.

Location

The Juneau County, Wisconsin, Groundwater Study targets the northern half of Juneau County in central Wisconsin.

Description

This project was initiated through an ongoing partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Emergency Management and the Wisconsin Silver Jackets team. The products are conceptual and detailed groundwater models of the Juneau County area, focusing on the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and the Yellow River basin. Ongoing issues with surface water flooding were determined to be caused in large part by regional and local groundwater flow patterns.

Status

USACE has completed all project work, and the groundwater models and supporting data and an accompanying report have been provided to Juneau County and affiliated agencies.