Magnitude and frequency of floods in Washington
Water-Resources Investigations Report
97-4277
By: S. S. Sumioka, D. L. Kresch, and K.D. Kasnick
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Abstract
Annual maximum instantaneous discharge data for 527 gaging stations with at least 10 years of peak-discharge record on unregulated streams were used to compute the magnitude and frequency of floods on Washington streams. Flood magnitudes having exceedance probabilities of 0.5, 0.1, 0.04, 0.02, and 0.01 were related to physical and climatic characteristics for 504 of the 527 gaging stations using generalized least-squares regression analyses. The regression relations can be used to estimate flood discharges having these exceedance probabilities for ungaged stream basins.
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Sumioka, S.S., Kresch, D., and Kasnick, K., 1998, Magnitude and frequency of floods in Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4277, iv, 91 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri974277.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Magnitude and frequency of floods in Washington |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 97-4277 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri974277 |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Department of the Interior |
| Publisher location | Tacoma, WA |
| Description | iv, 91 p. |