flood plain information south creek, north creek, catfish - Sarasota ...

FLOODSITUATIONSOURCES OF DATA AND RECORDSThere are no stream gages on South Creek, North Creek,Catfish Creek, Clower Creek, EI I igraw Bayou, or Matheny Creek.The U. S. Geological Survey has a crest-stage indicator gage atthe Bah i a Vista Street br idge across Ph i I I i pp i Creek in Sa rasota.The gage has been in operation since 1960. Rainfal I records areavai lable for the study area from U. S. Weather Bureau Ci imatologicalData. Those records are based on rainfall gages thathave been in operation at various locations in Sarasota Countysin 'March 1930. Streamflow data in this report was based onprevious hydrologic studies conducted for Phi II ippi Creek andother simi lar streams.Newspaper fi les, historical documents, and the Phi II ippiCreek Survey Report prepared by the Corps of Engineers were searched,and local citizens were interviewed, for information concerning pastfloods. These records have developed a knowledge of floods whichhave occurred in the study area.Maps prepared for this report were based cn U. S.Geological Survey quadrangle sheets titled "Laurel, Florida,"dated 1943; "Bird Keys, Florida," dated 1944; "Sarasota, Florida,"dated 1944 and "Bee Ridge, Florida," dated 1947. Since thosequads do not show the current developmental and topographicchanges that have taken place, they have been updated from recenl(December 1971) aerial photographs of the area. Spot groundelevations in the study area were obtained from the Sarasota4