Title:
Estimating Flood Frequency in Gaged and Ungaged Watersheds

dc.contributor.author Pruitt, Bruce A. en_US
dc.contributor.author Nutter, Wade L. en_US
dc.contributor.author Ainslie, William B. en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename University of Georgia. Institute of Ecology en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename University of Georgia. School of Forest Resources en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region IV en_US
dc.contributor.editor Hatcher, Kathryn J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-26T20:06:11Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-26T20:06:11Z
dc.date.issued 1999-03
dc.description Proceedings of the 1999 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 30 and 31, Athens, Georgia. en_US
dc.description.abstract Estimation of flood frequency is important in jurisdictional wetlands determination and functional assessment, stream classification and restoration, and in assessing urban and agricultural risk in flood prone areas. For example, in utilizing the hydrogeomorphic approach (HGM) for wetland functional assessment for riverine wetlands, the flood frequency variable is required in seven of the suite of fifteen functions. However, site-specific determination of flood frequency has been difficult, especially in ungaged watersheds. One promising method is development of regional dimensionless rating curves. The curves are derived from stage/discharge and channel geometric relationships associated with gaged watersheds. Once the curves are constructed and calibrated to a specific region, flood frequency and channel geometry can be estimated at any point within ungaged as well as gaged watersheds within that region. This method was employed to calibrate the flood frequency variable in the low gradient, riverine HGM guidebook applicable to Western Kentucky. Flood frequency and discharge were determined at several riverine reference wetlands for the purpose of assessing wetland function throughout the Western Kentucky Coalfield Physiographic Region. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibility This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Insttitute as authorized by the Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 0-935835-06-7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/48048
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original Institute of Ecology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries GWRI1999. Groundwater and Coastal Issues en_US
dc.subject Water resources management en_US
dc.subject Flood frequency en_US
dc.subject Gaged watersheds en_US
dc.subject Historic flood discharges en_US
dc.title Estimating Flood Frequency in Gaged and Ungaged Watersheds en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Proceedings
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.corporatename Georgia Water Resources Institute
local.contributor.corporatename School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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