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Progress Report on Study of Magnitude and Frequency of Floods on Small Drainage Areas in Florida

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Date Issued:
1977
Summary:
Long-term flood records for small basins, especially those basins of less than 10 square miles, are almost nonexistent in Florida. In July 1967 a program was begun to develop a data base to extend short-term flood-peak records for small basins by use of the U.S. Geological Survey rainfall/runoff model. Concurrent rainfall and runoff data, for a 5- to 7-year period, were used to calibrate a model for eight rainfall/runoff gaging stations. The standard error of estimate ranged from 25 to 50 percent. Twenty other rainfall/runoff stations are ready for calibration. The Caney Creek station was calibrated, and the annual peaks simulated for 1902-68 were used as input to develop a flood-frequency curve using a log-person Type III distribution.
Title: Progress Report on Study of Magnitude and Frequency of Floods on Small Drainage Areas in Florida.
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Name(s): Bridges, W. C.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Florida Dept. of Transportation.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: [1977]
Date Issued: 1977
Date Issued: 1977
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, Fla.
Physical Form: print
Extent: iii, 22 : ill., 1 map ; 27 cm.
Language(s): eng
Summary: Long-term flood records for small basins, especially those basins of less than 10 square miles, are almost nonexistent in Florida. In July 1967 a program was begun to develop a data base to extend short-term flood-peak records for small basins by use of the U.S. Geological Survey rainfall/runoff model. Concurrent rainfall and runoff data, for a 5- to 7-year period, were used to calibrate a model for eight rainfall/runoff gaging stations. The standard error of estimate ranged from 25 to 50 percent. Twenty other rainfall/runoff stations are ready for calibration. The Caney Creek station was calibrated, and the annual peaks simulated for 1902-68 were used as input to develop a flood-frequency curve using a log-person Type III distribution.
Identifier: 03548677 (oclc), fgcu_swfe_0343 (IID), AAA3912 QF
Note(s): by W.C. Bridges ; prepared in cooperation with Florida Department of Transportation.
"June 1977"--Cover.
Bibliography: p. 22.
Subject(s): Floods -- Florida
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Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fgcu/fd/fgcu_swfe_0343
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Host Institution: FGCU
Is Part of Series: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report ; 77-478.