FLOODFLOW CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO CHANNEL GEOMETRY IN OHIO

Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of flood-peak discharges, based on channel geometry parameters, are presented as a method for evaluating Ohio floods in geographic areas deficient in flow data. One hundred and sixty gaging stations were selected on streams with alluvial channels unaltered by man. Exposed bedrock is absent from the channels in the vicinity of the surveyed cross sections. Peak stream discharges at the selected sites were related to channel geometry parameters.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Ohio Dept. of Transportation, Columbus.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Geological Survey

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  Ohio Department of Transportation

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  Columbus, OH  United States  43215

  Federal Highway Administration

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• Authors:
  • Webber, E E
  • Roberts, J W
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Pagination: 37 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alluvium; Channels (Waterways); Depth; Floods; Flow; Geometry; Graphs; Maps; Peak discharge; Rocks; Streamflow; Streams; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flood frequency; Flood peaks
• Geographic Terms: Ohio
• Old TRIS Terms: Channels; Graphs charts; Periodic variations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00365276
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: OFR-81-1105, FHWA/OH-81/004
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM