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Lagtime relations for urban streams in Georgia

Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4049
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri004049

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Abstract

Urban flood hydrographs are needed for the design of many highway drainage structures, embankments, and entrances to detention ponds. The three components that are needed to simulate urban flood hydrographs at ungaged sites are the design flood, the dimensionless hydrograph, and lagtime. The design flood and the dimensionless hydrograph have been presented in earlier studies for urban streams in Georgia. The objective of this study was to develop equations for estimating lagtime for urban streams in Georgia. Lagtimes were computed for 329 floods at 69 urban gaging stations in 11 cities in Georgia. These data were used to compute an average lagtime for each gaging station. Multiple regression analysis was then used to define relations between lagtime and certain physical basin characteristics, of which drainage area, slope, and impervious area were found to be significant. A qualitative variable was used to account for a geographical bias in flood-frequency region 4, a small area of southwestern Georgia. Information from this report can be used to simulate a flood hydrograph using a dimensionless hydrograph, the design flood, and the lagtime obtained from regression equations for any urban site with less than a 25-square-mile drainage area in Georgia.

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Inman, E.J., 2000, Lagtime relations for urban streams in Georgia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4049, iii, 12 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri004049.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Lagtime relations for urban streams in Georgia
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 2000-4049
DOI 10.3133/wri004049
Year Published 2000
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; Branch of Information Services [distributor],
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description iii, 12 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
Country United States
State Georgia
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