| Abstract: | Water use in Arkansas has increased dramatically in recent years. Since 1990, the use of water for all purposes except power generation has increased 53 percent (4,004 cubic feet per second in 1990 to 6,113 cubic feet per second in 2005). The biggest users are agriculture (90 percent), municipal water supply (4 percent) and industrial supply (2 percent). As the population of the State continues to grow, so does the demand for the State‘s water resources.
The low-flow characteristics of a stream ultimately affect its utilization by humans. Specific information on the low-flow characteristics of streams is essential to State water-management agencies such as the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission when dealing with problems related to irrigation, municipal and industrial water supplies, fish and wildlife conservation, and dilution of waste. Low-flow frequency data are of particular value to management agencies responsible for the development and management of the State‘s water resources.
This report contains the low-flow characteristics for 70 active continuous-streamflow record gaging stations, 59 inactive continuous-streamflow record stations, and 101 partial-record gaging stations. These characteristics are the annual 7-day, 10-year low flow and the annual 7-day, 2-year low flow, and the seasonal, bimonthly, and monthly 7-day, 10-year low flow for the 129 active and inactive continuous-streamflow record and 101 partial-record gaging stations.
Low-flow characteristics were computed on the basis of streamflow data for the period of record through September 2005 for the continuous-streamflow record and partial-record streamflow gaging stations. The low-flow characteristics of these continuous- and partial-record streamflow gaging stations were utilized in a regional regression analysis to produce equations for estimating the annual, seasonal, bimonthly, and monthly (November through April) 7-day, 10-year low flows and the annual 7-day, 2-year low flow for ungaged streams in the western two-thirds of Arkansas. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 86230 |
| Citation Author: | Funkhouser, Jaysson E.; Eng, Ken; Moix, Matthew W. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS Arkansas Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0363000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0330000 |
| Citation LonE: | -0893500 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | Report: v, 162 p. + Plate (24 x 24 inches); USGS AR Lowflow GUI; Final Instructions |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | SIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2008-5065 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Low-Flow Characteristics and Regionalization of Low-Flow Characteristics for Selected Streams in Arkansas; 2008; SIR; 2008-5065; Funkhouser, Jaysson E.; Eng, Ken; Moix, Matthew W. |
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| Citation Year: | 2008 |
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| Text: | Low-Flow Characteristics and Regionalization of Low-Flow Characteristics for Selected Streams in Arkansas; 2008; SIR; 2008-5065; Funkhouser, Jaysson E.; Eng, Ken; Moix, Matthew W. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5065/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
