Estimating flood hydrographs and volumes for Alabama streams
Water-Resources Investigations Report
88-4041
By: D.A. Olin and J.B. Atkins
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Abstract
The hydraulic design of highway drainage structures involves an evaluation of the effect of the proposed highway structures on lives, property, and stream stability. Flood hydrographs and associated flood volumes are useful tools in evaluating these effects. For design purposes, the Alabama Highway Department needs information on flood hydrographs and volumes associated with flood peaks of specific recurrence intervals (design floods) at proposed or existing bridge crossings. This report will provide the engineer with a method to estimate flood hydrographs, volumes, and lagtimes for rural and urban streams in Alabama with drainage areas less than 500 sq mi. Existing computer programs and methods to estimate flood hydrographs and volumes for ungaged streams have been developed in Georgia. These computer programs and methods were applied to streams in Alabama. The report gives detailed instructions on how to estimate flood hydrographs for ungaged rural or urban streams in Alabama with drainage areas less than 500 sq mi, without significant in-channel storage or regulations. (USGS)
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Olin, D., Atkins, J., 1988, Estimating flood hydrographs and volumes for Alabama streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4041, v, 25 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri884041.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Estimating flood hydrographs and volumes for Alabama streams |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 88-4041 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri884041 |
| Year Published | 1988 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | v, 25 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |