| Abstract: | Hydrographs of 364 floods from 18 continuous-record gaging sites in the Colorado River basin in southern Utah were used to define a single relation of flood volume to peak discharge; the standard error of estimate of that relation is 82 percent. Using the same data, a mean dimensionless hydrograph was prepared. Synthetic hydrographs may be derived for basins of 5 to 300 square miles and flood peaks of 1 to 7,000 cubic feet per second using that mean dimensionless hydrograph. A method is presented to estimate the reduction in culvert or bridge size resulting from use of storage above the structure. Reduction of structure capacity of 25 percent may be achieved by storing 4 percent of the total flood volume. (Woodard-USGS) |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 27009 |
| Citation Author: | Eychaner, James H. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 18 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 76-102 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Estimating runoff volumes and flood hydrographs in the Colorado River Basin, southern Utah; 1976; WRI; 76-102; Eychaner, James H. |
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| Citation Year: | 1976 |
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| Text: | Estimating runoff volumes and flood hydrographs in the Colorado River Basin, southern Utah; 1976; WRI; 76-102; Eychaner, James H. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
