PREDICTING HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION BY USING SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE METHODS

A recent study by the Water Resources Council indicated that the methods of the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) are among the most widely used hydrologic design methods. The TR-55 graphical and chart methods are used to predict peak discharge. The TR-55 tabular method and the TR-20 computer package can be used to generate entire storm hydrographs. Because the methods are widely used for design in urban areas, it is important to understand exactly how the effects of urbanization should be assessed by using the SCS methods. Changes in land use affect the flood runoff through both the time of concentration and the SCS runoff-curve number. The effect of urbanization on peak discharges indicated by SCS methods is compared with the effect indicated by other peak-discharge methods. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • McCuen, Richard H
  • Miller, Norman
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 40-46
• Monograph Title: Improving Estimates from Flood Studies
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 922
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Floods; Hydrology; Impact studies; Methodology; Peak discharge; Runoff; Urbanization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382952
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309036119
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM