In: Civil Engineering
Use the annual flood data (annual maximum series) in the table below to perform a flood frequency analysis using the U.S. Water Resources Council Guidelines. The map skew for this location is - 0.2
Year | Discharge (cfs) |
1935 | 1955 |
1936 | 4050 |
1937 | 3570 |
1938 | 2060 |
1939 | 1300 |
1940 | 1390 |
1941 | 1720 |
1942 | 6280 |
1943 | 1360 |
1944 | 7440 |
1945 | 5320 |
1946 | 1400 |
1947 | 3240 |
1948 | 2710 |
1949 | 4520 |
1950 | 4840 |
1951 | 8320 |
1952 | 13900 |
1953 | 71500 |
1954 | 6250 |
1955 | 2260 |
1956 | 318 |
1957 | 1330 |
1958 | 970 |
1959 | 1920 |
1960 | 15100 |
1961 | 2870 |
1962 | 20600 |
1963 | 3810 |
1964 | 726 |
1965 | 7500 |
1966 | 7170 |
1967 | 2000 |
1968 | 829 |
1969 | 17300 |
1970 | 4740 |
1971 | 13400 |
1972 | 2940 |
1973 | 5660 |
Fill out the following table
Exceedance probability |
T |
K(T, Gs) |
log QT |
QT |
Year |
(cfs) |
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0.99 |
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0.95 |
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0.90 |
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0.8 |
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0.5 |
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0.2 |
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0.1 |
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0.04 |
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0.02 |
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0.01 |
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0.005 |