Storage requirements for Arkansas streams
Water Supply Paper
1859-G
By: James Lee Patterson
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Abstract
The supply of good-quality surface water in Arkansas is abundant. owing to seasonal and annual variability of streamflow, however, storage must be provided to insure dependable year-round supplies in most of the State. Storage requirements for draft rates that are as much as 60 percent of the mean annual flow at 49 continuous-record gaging stations can be obtained from tabular data in this report.
Through regional analyses of streamflow data, the State was divided into three regions. Draft-storage diagrams for each region provide a means of estimating storage requirements for sites on streams where data are scant, provided the drainage area, the mean annual flow, and the low-flow index are known. These data are tabulated for 53 gaging stations used in the analyses and for 132 partial-record sites where only base-flow measurements have been made. Mean annual flow can be determined for any stream whose drainage lies within the State by using the runoff map in this report. Low-flow indices can be estimated by correlating base flows, determined from several discharge measurements, with concurrent flows at nearby continuous-record gaging stations, whose low-flow indices have been determined.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Storage requirements for Arkansas streams |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 1859 |
| Chapter | G |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp1859G |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1968 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. G.P.O., |
| Description | 36 p. :ill. (1 col.) ;24 cm. |
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