Observed and urbanization-adjusted annual maximum peak discharge and associated urban fraction and precipitation values at USGS streamgage:
05533000 FLAG CREEK NEAR WILLOW SPRINGS, IL

Observed annual peak-flood magnitudes were adjusted to 2010 land-use conditions on the basis of panel data regression model with fixed effect analysis.  The symbols presented in the figure are: "observed annual peaks", "adjusted annual peaks", and   "fraction of urbanization in the watershed"

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Water year Segment Discharge code Cumulative reservoir storage (acre-feet) Urban fraction Precipitation (inches) Observed peak discharge (ft3/s) Adjusted peak discharge (ft3/s) Exceedance probability
1951 1 -- 0 0.495 1.450 540 870 0.429
1952 1 -- 0 0.520 0.978 398 663 0.697
1953 1 -- 0 0.545 1.268 306 534 0.851
1954 1 -- 0 0.570 1.679 770 1080 0.209
1955 1 -- 0 0.595 3.433 1300 1720 0.041
1956 1 -- 0 0.620 0.803 285 472 0.915
1957 1 -- 0 0.645 2.212 1350 1710 0.041
1958 1 E 0 0.670 1.506 388 559 0.824
1959 1 -- 0 0.695 1.239 1550 1870 0.029
1960 1 -- 0 0.720 1.926 800 987 0.285
1961 1 -- 0 0.730 1.773 2680 3090 0.006
1962 1 E 0 0.740 0.286 344 470 0.918
1963 1 -- 0 0.749 1.171 367 488 0.902
1964 1 -- 0 0.759 0.777 375 491 0.900
1965 1 -- 0 0.769 0.527 576 699 0.644
1966 1 -- 0 0.779 1.410 975 1120 0.189
1967 1 D 0 0.789 1.161 816 945 0.333
1968 1 -- 0 0.799 1.402 648 755 0.568
1969 1 -- 0 0.809 0.883 803 915 0.374
1970 1 -- 0 0.819 0.955 400 479 0.910
1971 1 E 0 0.825 0.302 188 239 1.000
1972 1 -- 0 0.831 1.293 830 923 0.363
1973 1 -- 0 0.837 0.851 786 871 0.428
1974 1 -- 0 0.843 0.560 696 770 0.549
1975 1 -- 0 0.849 1.152 1630 1740 0.038
1976 1 D 0 0.856 0.558 2230 2360 0.015
1977 1 -- 0 0.862 1.233 560 614 0.759
1978 1 -- 0 0.868 0.774 575 624 0.747
1979 1 -- 0 0.874 0.968 967 1020 0.251
1980 1 -- 0 0.880 0.594 439 477 0.912
1981 1 -- 0 0.882 1.929 823 869 0.431
1982 1 -- 0 0.884 0.316 826 870 0.430
1983 1 -- 0 0.886 1.507 1960 2030 0.022
1984 1 D 0 0.889 0.593 670 705 0.635
1985 1 -- 0 0.891 1.240 1390 1440 0.077
1986 1 -- 0 0.893 0.686 636 667 0.695
1987 1 -- 0 0.895 2.055 939 974 0.295
1988 1 E 0 0.897 0.783 759 789 0.526
1989 1 E 0 0.899 1.969 708 735 0.592
1990 1 -- 0 0.902 2.711 1910 1960 0.025
1991 1 -- 0 0.903 2.638 1470 1510 0.065
1992 1 CE 0 0.904 2.503 1100 1130 0.188
1993 1 C 0 0.905 2.611 791 815 0.496
1994 1 C 0 0.906 1.190 569 589 0.790
1995 1 CE 0 0.907 0.967 567 586 0.793
1996 1 C 0 0.909 3.610 2300 2340 0.015
1997 1 C 0 0.910 2.669 1540 1570 0.054
1998 1 C 0 0.911 2.310 1160 1180 0.166
1999 1 C 0 0.912 1.170 860 879 0.420
2000 1 C 0 0.913 1.767 633 648 0.719
2001 1 C 0 0.915 2.225 745 759 0.562
2002 1 C 0 0.917 1.982 962 976 0.293
2003 1 C 0 0.919 1.143 600 610 0.763
2004 1 C 0 0.921 2.350 790 800 0.514
2005 1 CE 0 0.922 1.099 692 700 0.644
2006 1 C 0 0.924 1.666 559 565 0.817
2007 1 C 0 0.926 1.851 1490 1500 0.067
2008 1 C 0 0.928 3.057 1240 1240 0.141
2009 1 C 0 0.930 1.282 1330 1330 0.108