| Abstract: | The streamflow-gaging network in the Puget Sound basin was analyzed for its capacity to monitor stormwater in small streams. The analysis consisted of an inventory of active and inactive gages and an evaluation of the coverage and resolution of the gaging network with an emphasis on lowland areas. The active gaging network covers much of the Puget Lowland largely by gages located at sites on larger streams and rivers. Assessments of stormwater impacts and management will likely require streamflow information with higher spatial resolution than provided by the current gaging network. Monitoring that emphasizes small streams in combination with approaches for estimating streamflow at ungaged sites provides an alternative to expanding the current gaging network that can improve the spatial resolution of streamflow information in the region. The highest priority gaps in the gaging network are low elevation basins close to the Puget Sound shoreline and sites that share less than 10 percent of the drainage area of an active gage. Although small, lowland sites with long records of streamflow are particularly valuable to maintain in the region, other criteria for prioritizing sites in the gaging network should be based on the specific questions that stormwater managers need to answer. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70038828 |
| Citation Author: | Konrad, Christopher P.; Voss, Frank D. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Washington Water Science Center |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 20 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 16 p.; CSV Download of Table 1; PDF Downloads of Figures 2 and 6 |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | SIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2012-5020 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Analysis of streamflow-gaging network for monitoring stormwater in small streams in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington; 2012; SIR; 2012-5020; Konrad, Christopher P.; Voss, Frank D. |
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| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Analysis of streamflow-gaging network for monitoring stormwater in small streams in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington; 2012; SIR; 2012-5020; Konrad, Christopher P.; Voss, Frank D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/sir_2012_5020.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5020/ |
| Date Other: | Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
