Table 4-5. Storm-Induced Beach Changes
Identification
Beach Data
Storm Data
U)
Storm Date
(2)
Locality
(3)
Survey Date
(4)
Profiles
(5)
Beach Length
(ft.)
(6)
Normal Berm
Elévation
(£t. above MSL;
(7)
Sand Size
(See Figure 4-7)
(8)
Récurrence
Interval
(9)
Wind Wave
Duration
(hr.)
(10)
Storm Surge
(ft.)
A 17 Dec 70 Cape Cod, Mass.*
10-18 Dec 70
10
54,900
10.5
medium/coarse
1/year
24
2.0*
B 17 Dec 70 Misquamicut, R.I.*
9-23 Dec 70
7
15,950
7.0
medium
1/year
24
2.8f
C 17 Dec 70 Wcsthampton, N.Y.*
1-18 Dec 70
11
49,300
8.1
medium/fine
1/year
24
3.6$
D 17 Dec 70 Jones Beach, N.Y.*
12-20 Dec 70
15
71,750
9.1
medium/fïne
1/year
24
3.6$
4^
E 17 Dec 70 Long Beach Is., N.J.*
7-18 Dec 70
20
99,300
7.8
medium
1/year
24
3.6$
i
F 17 Dec 70 Atlantic City, N.J.*
9-18 Dec 70
7
14,750
6.9
fine
1/year
24
3.6$
G 17 Dec 70 Ludlam Island, N.J.* 10-18 Dec 70
20
38,550
6.4
fine/very fine
1/year
24
3.6$
H 17 Dec 70 Ail Localities*
90
344,500
(65.2 mi.)
1/year
I
4 Feb 72 Jones Beach, N.Y.f
2-6 Feb 72
10
45,500
9.1
medium
NA
48
2.8§
J
19 Feb 72 Jones Beach, N.Y.f
6-24 Feb 72
10
45,500
9.1
medium
NA
48
4.0§
K 6-7 Nov 53 Sandy Hook to
Barnegat Light, N.J.$
Summer to
Nov. 1953
19
198,000
(37.5 mi.)
9.0
NA
NA
NA
NA
Footnotes by Column
(2) * Dewall, et al., 1971
t Everts, 1972
$ Caldwell, 1959, and U.S.C.E.
(7) (8) (9) (10) NA = Not Available
1954
(10) * Boston
f Newport
$ Sandy Hook
§ The Battery