Interim report on the investigation of flooding in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia

Open-File Report 80-1188
Prepared in cooperation with the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Bureau of Mines
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Abstract

An analytical plan is presented for a study of the effects of land-use changes on the magnitude and frequency of flood-peak flows and on sediment characteristics of the Tug Fork in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. The plan includes compilation and analysis of available data, collection of new data on small, single land-use drainage areas for deterministic computer modeling, and creation of a computer model of the Tug Fork basin for definition of cumulative land-use impacts.


Also presented is a compilation of the available hydrologic data and a description of related studies expected to provide information and data useful to the ongoing work. The data compilation includes: Hourly precipitation for selected days and annual maximum daily precipitation for nine sites, annual maximum streamflow rates and stages for three stream-gaging sites, hourly gageheight and discharge rates for selected storms at four stream-gaging sites, flood profiles, flood-frequency relations, and other streamflow information.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Interim report on the investigation of flooding in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 80-1188
DOI 10.3133/ofr801188
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description Report: v, 116 p.; 2 Plates: 34.98 x 28.38 inches and 22.85 x 22.27 inches
Country United States
State Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia
Other Geospatial Tug Fork basin
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