The Ice Jam Database, developed at the Engineer Research and Development Center's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (ERDC-CRREL), is a compilation of freezeup and breakup ice events in the United States that provides engineers and state officials with the information needed to understand, anticipate, and alleviate the damages caused by ice jams. Currently it contains information on more than 15,100 ice events in 42 states and the District of Columbia from 1780 to the present. It provides a reliable resource to research previous ice jams, including river name, latitude and longitude, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hydrologic unit code or USGS gaging station number if appropriate, city and state, date and type of jam, a brief description of the situation, and publications with information on the particular jam. A map-based version of the database can be reached through the CRREL Ice Jam Clearinghouse, which contains additional technical information on ice jams. |
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