| Abstract: | Rainfall and runoff data from drainage basins in the Houston metropolitan area and a 60-year rainfall record for the National Weather Service station, Houston-City, were used to simulate 60 annual flood peaks at 26 sites. Selected frequency characteristics, based on these simulated annual peaks, are related to drainage area and percentage of impervious area. These relations, which may be used to estimate the flood characteristics at ungaged sites, indicate that in the Houston metropolitan area, complete urbanization increases the magnitude of a 2-year flood nine times and increases the magnitude of a 50-year flood five times. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 27912 |
| Citation Author: | Johnson, Steven L.; Sayre, Douglas M. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Month: | Apr |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 50 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Prepared in cooperation with the city of Houston |
| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 73-3 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area; 1973; WRI; 73-3; Johnson, Steven L.; Sayre, Douglas M. |
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| Citation Year: | 1973 |
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| Text: | Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area; 1973; WRI; 73-3; Johnson, Steven L.; Sayre, Douglas M. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/wri_73_3.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri3-73/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
