Assessment of cropland inundation due to the operation of the Reelfoot Lake spillway in West Tennessee

Abstract

Shankman & Liang, 2003). Land-use alterations are particularly problematic downstream from lakes and reservoirs, where hydrologic alterations such as channelization and levee construction reduce the storm buffering capabilities of these waterbodies (McIntyre & Naney, 1990;Nystrom et al., 2018;Shankman & Liang, 2003). Flooding in these areas results in shoreline erosion and damage to property and crops and, in extreme cases, requires evacuation and relocation of the population (