 |
|
|
||||
| Publications—Open-File Reports |
In cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Open File Report 2005-1369
Annual peak-flow data from three U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) gaging stations on the Connecticut River—at Thompsonville, Conn. (USGS station 01184000), at Hartford, Conn. (USGS station 01190070), and near Middletown, Conn. (USGS station 01193000)—were used to estimate flood flows for annual exceedance probabilities of 0.1, 0.04, 0.02, 0.01, and 0.002 (10-, 25-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year recurrence intervals, respectively). Flood flows range from 198,000 cubic feet per second (ft3/s) at Thompsonville to 211,000 ft3/s at Middletown at the 100-year recurrence interval.
Flood-frequency analysis of annual peak flow through September 30, 2004 was performed using the procedures described in the publication "Guidelines for Determining Flood-Flow Frequency," commonly referred to as Bulletin 17B, published by the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data in 1982. The 100-year flood estimates at all three stations have large uncertainties, as represented by the 90-percent confidence interval (about 50,000 ft3/s). Long-term records (1929-2004) at the three stations represent relatively constant watershed conditions based on results of statistical trend tests and analysis of frequency curves in hydrologically similar basins. Further study is needed to estimate the effects of flood-plain storage, channel storage, and flow regulation by dams on peak flows in the Connecticut River.
Abstract
Introduction
Data Used to Determine the Magnitude and Frequency of Flood Flows
Annual Peak-Flow Records
High-Flow Measurements, April 2005
Estimates of the Magnitude and Frequency of Flood Flows in the Connecticut River in Connecticut
Flood-Frequency Analysis for Thompsonville, Hartford, and Middletown
Stage-Frequency Analysis for Hartford
Confidence Limits
Evaluation and Statistical Analysis of the Flood-Flow Estimates
Flood Control in the Connecticut River Basin
Comparison of Frequency Curves in Hydrologically Similar Basins
Trend Analysis
Skew Analysis
Mixed Population Analysis
Summary
References
Appendix 1. Data for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control dams in the Connecticut River Basin
This report is available online in Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader, it is available for free download from Adobe Systems Incorporated.
Document Accessibility: Adobe Systems Incorporated has information about PDFs and the visually impaired. This information provides tools to help make PDF files accessible. These tools and the accessible reader may be obtained free from Adobe at Adobe Access.
| AccessibilityFOIAPrivacyPolicies and Notices | |
  |
|