RUNOFF STUDIES ON SMALL DRAINAGE AREAS. TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATING MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY OF FLOODS IN WEST VIRGINIA. OPEN FILE REPORT

A technique is presented for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods on unregulated, virtually natural streams in West Virginia. Multiple-regression techniques were used to develop relations between dependent variables, flood peaks, and independent variable, drainage areas. Data collected at 170 stream-gaging sites were used in the analyses. Peak discharges can be estimated for drainage areas from about 0.3 square mile up to 2000 square miles. Graphs are provided to estimate the flood peak.

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Geological Survey

  F Street Between 18th and 19th Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20244

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  West Virginia Department of Highways

  1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
  Charleston, WV  United States  25305
• Authors:
  • Runner, G S
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 52 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Floods; Graphs; Mathematical models; Multiple regression analysis; Peak discharge; Rainfall; Regression analysis; Runoff; Stream gages; Streams
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flood frequency; Flood peaks
• Geographic Terms: West Virginia
• Old TRIS Terms: Graphs charts; Multiple regression
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00337921
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: OFR-80-1218 Final Rpt., FHWA/WV-79-02
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM