| Abstract: | The Little Missouri River flows through Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which consists of three separate units: South Unit, Elkhorn Ranch Site, and North Unit. The park is located in the Little Missouri badlands. Discharges and water surface elevations for 100 yr or 500 yr floods or both were computed for selected reaches along the Little Missouri River and three of its tributaries (Knutson Creek, Paddock Creek, and Squaw Creek) within and adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The 100-yr flood discharge determined for the Little Missouri River South Unit reach was 65,300 cu ft/sec; the discharge determined for the Little Missouri River Elkhorn Ranch Site reach was 69 ,000 cu ft/sec; and the discharge determined for the Little Missouri River North Unit reach was 78,800 cu ft/sec. A multiple regression equation based on drainage area and infiltration index was used in the flood flow frequency analysis for the creeks. The 100 yr flood discharge determined for Knutson Creek reach was 31,800 cu ft/sec; the discharge determined for Paddock Creek reach was 18,500 cu ft/sec; and the discharge determined for Squaw Creek reach was 24,600 cu ft/sec. Cross-sectional data were obtained by field surveys. Water surface elevations were computed using step-backwater methods. Streamflow records for two stations on the Little Missouri River were used to develop maximum observed backwater envelope curves and elevation frequency curves. The maximum observed backwater envelope curves show a trend in which the backwater decreases as the discharge increases. The backwater due to ice approaches zero before reaching the computed elevations for the 100 yr discharges. (Lantz-PTT) |
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| Citation Author: | Emerson, D. G.; Macek-Rowland, Kathleen |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 36 p. :ill., maps ;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: | 86-4090 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Flood analysis along the Little Missouri River within and adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota; 1986; WRI; 86-4090; Emerson, D. G.; Macek-Rowland, Kathleen |
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| Citation Year: | 1986 |
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| Text: | Flood analysis along the Little Missouri River within and adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota; 1986; WRI; 86-4090; Emerson, D. G.; Macek-Rowland, Kathleen |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1986/4090/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1986/4090/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
