Effects of the 1993 Flood on the Determination of Flood Magnitude and Frequency in Iowa - Floods in the Upper Mississippi River Basin 1993

U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 1120-K

by David A. Eash

Table of Contents

Foreword

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope

Acknowledgments

Flood-frequency analyses for Iowa

Selection of streamflow data

Data analyses

Assumptions of data analyses

Flood-recurrence interval

Comparison of 1992 and 1993 flood-frequency discharges for Iowa

Factors that affect the computed flood-frequency discharges

Effect of 1993 flood magnitude

Effect of 1993 record length

Combined effect of the 1993 flood magnitude and record length

Effect of flood-frequency discharges on water-surface elevations

Summary

References cited

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