Application of hydraulic and hydrologic data in urban stormwater management

Open-File Report 78-414
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Abstract

Techniques are described for using flood-insurance study information from the Federal Insurance Administration to analyze flood plain management alternatives. A method of developing rating curves which relate flood discharge to flood elevation is explained. Graphical methods of determining urban flood discharges are used in conjunction with rating curves to develop flood profiles resulting from future urban development. The graphical techniques were compared with standard step-backwater computations for two storms and errors were less than 0.5 foot, which are well within acceptable limits.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Application of hydraulic and hydrologic data in urban stormwater management
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 78-414
DOI 10.3133/ofr78414
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Year Published 1978
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description v, 33 p. :ill., graphs ;26 cm. --
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