| Abstract: | Methods for estimating June and August median streamflows were developed for ungaged, unregulated streams in southern Maine. The methods apply to streams with drainage areas ranging in size from 0.4 to 74 square miles, with percentage of basin underlain by a sand and gravel aquifer ranging from 0 to 84 percent, and with distance from the centroid of the basin to a Gulf of Maine line paralleling the coast ranging from 14 to 94 miles. Equations were developed with data from 4 long-term continuous-record streamgage stations and 27 partial-record streamgage stations. Estimates of median streamflows at the continuous-record and partial-record stations are presented. A mathematical technique for estimating standard low-flow statistics, such as June and August median streamflows, at partial-record streamgage stations was applied by relating base-flow measurements at these stations to concurrent daily streamflows at nearby long-term (at least 10 years of record) continuous-record streamgage stations (index stations). Weighted least-squares regression analysis (WLS) was used to relate estimates of June and August median streamflows at streamgage stations to basin characteristics at these same stations to develop equations that can be used to estimate June and August median streamflows on ungaged streams. WLS accounts for different periods of record at the gaging stations.
Three basin characteristics-drainage area, percentage of basin underlain by a sand and gravel aquifer, and distance from the centroid of the basin to a Gulf of Maine line paralleling the coast-are used in the final regression equation to estimate June and August median streamflows for ungaged streams. The three-variable equation to estimate June median streamflow has an average standard error of prediction from -35 to 54 percent. The three-variable equation to estimate August median streamflow has an average standard error of prediction from -45 to 83 percent. Simpler one-variable equations that use only drainage area to estimate June and August median streamflows were developed for use when less accuracy is acceptable. These equations have average standard errors of prediction from -46 to 87 percent and from -57 to 133 percent, respectively. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 98827 |
| Citation Author: | Lombard, Pamela J. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Maine Water Science Center |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
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| Citation LatN: | 0480000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0420000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 16 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | SIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2010-5179 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | June and August median streamflows estimated for ungaged streams in southern Maine; 2010; SIR; 2010-5179; Lombard, Pamela J. |
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| Citation Year: | 2010 |
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| Text: | June and August median streamflows estimated for ungaged streams in southern Maine; 2010; SIR; 2010-5179; Lombard, Pamela J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/sir_2010_5179.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5179/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
