Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5105
In cooperation with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water and Waste ManagementEstimating Selected Streamflow Statistics Representative of 1930–2002 in West VirginiaBy Jeffrey B. WileyScientific Investigations Report 2008–5105 |
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Regional equations and procedures were developed for estimating 1-, 3-, 7-, 14-, and 30-day 2-year; 1-, 3-, 7-, 14-, and 30-day 5-year; and 1-, 3-, 7-, 14-, and 30-day 10-year hydrologically based low-flow frequency values for unregulated streams in West Virginia. Regional equations and procedures also were developed for estimating the 1-day, 3-year and 4-day, 3-year biologically based low-flow frequency values; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency harmonic-mean flows; and the 10-, 25-, 50-, 75-, and 90-percent flow-duration values.
Regional equations were developed using ordinary least-squares regression using statistics from 117 U.S. Geological Survey continuous streamflow-gaging stations as dependent variables and basin characteristics as independent variables. Equations for three regions in West Virginia—North, South-Central, and Eastern Panhandle—were determined. Drainage area, precipitation, and longitude of the basin centroid are significant independent variables in one or more of the equations.
Estimating procedures are presented for determining statistics at a gaging station, a partial-record station, and an ungaged location. Examples of some estimating procedures are presented.
Abstract
Introduction
Description of Study Area
Previous Studies
Selected Streamflow Statistics
Development of Equations for Estimating Selected Streamflow Statistics
Basin Characteristics
Data Correlation
Regional Regression Analysis
Procedures for Estimating Selected Streamflow Statistics
At a Gaging Station
At a Partial-Record Station
At an Ungaged Location
Upstream From a Gaging Station or Partial-Record Station
Downstream From a Gaging Station or Partial-Record Station
Between Gaging Stations and (or) Partial-Record Stations
Hydrologic Conditions Change Linearly between Stations
Hydrologic Conditions Change Linearly to the Regional Hydrologic Conditions between Stations
Not on the Same Stream as a Gaging Station or Partial-Record Station
Example Applications of Estimating Procedures
Accuracy and Limitations of Estimating Procedures
Summary
Acknowledgments
References Cited
Appendix 1. Transferring Flood Statistics to Ungaged Locations
1–3. Maps showing—
1. Physiographic provinces and Climatic Divide in West Virginia.
2. U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations used in this study that are in West Virginia and adjacent states.
3. The North, South-Central, and Eastern Panhandle Regions of West Virginia for which equations for estimating selected streamflow statistics were developed.
4–5. Graphs showing—
4. LOESS curves of absolute differences between 25-percent-duration flow (D25) determined at streamflow-gaging stations and values estimated from (1) regional equations, and (2) drainage-area ratios.
5. LOESS curves of absolute differences between 3-day, 5-year hydrologically based flow (3Q5) determined at streamflow-gaging stations and values estimated from (1) regional equations, and (2) drainage-area ratios.
1. Estimating equations for selected streamflow statistics for the North, South-Central, and Eastern Panhandle Regions of West Virginia.
2. Pairs of U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in West Virginia or adjacent states that were evaluated to quantify the definition of ″near″ for application of the drainage-area-ratio method in this study.
3. Values of the exponent (EX), and upstream (RUS) and downstream (RDS) limits of the drainage-area ratios used to quantify the definition of ″near″ for estimating selected statistics at ungaged locations in West Virginia and adjacent states.
Wiley, J.B., 2008, Estimating selected streamflow statistics representative of 1930–2002 in West Virginia: (ver. 1.1, July 2021): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5105, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20085105.
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