Cost effectiveness of the U.S. Geological Survey's stream-gaging program in Illinois
Water-Resources Investigations Report
84-4123
By: D. M. Mades and K. A. Oberg
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Abstract
Data uses and funding sources were identified for 138 continuous-record discharge-gaging stations currently (1983) operated as part of the stream-gaging program in Illinois. Streamflow data from five of those stations are used only for regional hydrology studies. Most streamflow data are used for defining regional hydrology, defining rainfall-runoff relations, flood forecasting, regulating navigation systems, and water-quality sampling. Based on the evaluations of data use and of alternative methods for determining streamflow in place of stream gaging, no stations in the 1983 stream-gaging program should be deactivated. The current budget (in 1983 dollars) for operating the 138-station program is $768,000 per year. The average standard error of instantaneous discharge for the current practice for visiting the gaging stations is 36.5 percent. Missing stage record accounts for one-third of the 36.5 percent average standard error. (USGS)
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Mades, D., and Oberg, K.A., 1984, Cost effectiveness of the U.S. Geological Survey's stream-gaging program in Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4123, v, 107 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844123.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Cost effectiveness of the U.S. Geological Survey's stream-gaging program in Illinois |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 84-4123 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri844123 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Description | v, 107 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |