Streamstats: U.S. Geological Survey web application for streamflow statistics for Connecticut

Fact Sheet 2006-3129
Prepared in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Department of Transportation
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Abstract

Introduction An important mission of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to provide information on streamflow in the Nation's rivers. Streamflow statistics are used by water managers, engineers, scientists, and others to protect people and property during floods and droughts, and to manage land, water, and biological resources. Common uses for streamflow statistics include dam, bridge, and culvert design; water-supply planning and management; water-use appropriations and permitting; wastewater and industrial discharge permitting; hydropower-facility design and regulation; and flood-plain mapping for establishing flood-insurance rates and land-use zones. In an effort to improve access to published streamflow statistics, and to make the process of computing streamflow statistics for ungaged stream sites easier, more accurate, and more consistent, the USGS and the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) developed StreamStats (Ries and others, 2004). StreamStats is a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Web application for serving previously published streamflow statistics and basin characteristics for USGS data-collection stations, and computing streamflow statistics and basin characteristics for ungaged stream sites. The USGS, in cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Department of Transportation, has implemented StreamStats for Connecticut.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Streamstats: U.S. Geological Survey web application for streamflow statistics for Connecticut
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2006-3129
DOI 10.3133/fs20063129
Year Published 2006
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Connecticut Water Science Center
Description 4 p.
Country United States
State Connecticut
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