Transcription of Flow-Duration Curves - USGS
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Flow-Duration CurvesManual of Hydrology: Part 2. Low-Flow TechniquesGEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1542-AFlow- duration CurvesBy JAMES K. SEARCYM anual of Hydrology: Part 2. Low-Flow TechniquesGEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1542-AMethods and practices of the Geological SurveyUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WALTER J. HICKEL, SecretaryGEOLOGICAL SURVEY William T. Pecora, DirectorFirst printing 1959 Second printing 1963 Third printing 1969 CONTENTSPageAbstract_____ 1 Preparation of 3 Period used_____ 3 Time units_____ 4 Class intervals--__---_--____----_-_____-_-___ __ 6 Compiling Flow-Duration data .
The data for the flow-duration curve are usually prepared on a water-year basis, the same basis as that on which the Geological Sur vey publishes streamflow records. The use of the water year (which ends September 30) in analyses of the flow-duration curve usually divides a …
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