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<br />HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS
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<br />Hydrolog" Analysis
<br />There arc two different general methOdologies that are commonly used
<br />tomHhematlcal1y predict peak flood flows. The first is "parametric"or
<br />"deterministic" hydrologic modeling which <lnalyus the .a.ious physical
<br />parameters of the basin which i1re then used along with knownclim ati,para-
<br />meters topredictfloodhydrogrilphs. The second methodology is called
<br />"stochastic" 'malysis which relies ",ainly on the statistics of historic
<br />Stream flow data.
<br />A parametric analysis of the Roaring Fork Basin to determine flood
<br />~gnitudes would be extremely complex and probahly only partially reliable.
<br />Basin features that would have to be defined and understood for such a study
<br />would Include: geology, ground cover, b~sln orlentdtlon, o;ogr~phlc effects
<br />em precip i taUon patterns, ,nowmel t-ra infd! I ",Iat Ions, thermal c~paci ty of
<br />snow p'ilck, effects "f "",nmade feature, on the n~rur~l ba'" flow, storm
<br />patterns,andmanymore.
<br />For purposes of thi, report we have cho,en to define the flood ma~nitude -
<br />frequency rclatlon,hips basedonastochasticanalySI,of rhea vdildblestream-
<br />flow recoro, for the Roaring FClrk RI vcr and Its trl but~rl <os. The Log Pearson
<br />Type I I I ~naly,l. was used for this study,
<br />I n 1967 the Federa I Wil~e r Re,Qurce. Counc II reco".nended that d II federa I
<br />"~encle' thdt were involved in Cd Iculatlnq flood magni tude ~nd frequenc ies
<br />u,;o the Leg l'eM,on Type III exlr""",, f,'"quenq dndlpi. unle.s there wd' good
<br />justlficaUontouseanothermethod. Table2prc,ents the results to Log
<br />I'earson Type III analy,I, on 9 differelH 'et, of data based upon 53 years of
<br />r"c<>rdfcon>ROdrln9FoekBa.insteeamgage5.
<br />The pc.,k flows ,hown in Table 2 foe 10, SO, 100, drld SOO-y~ar fr~4uenc ie,
<br />were u:.cd to dctermi ne th" fl<>"d peof i Ie, and 100-y~ar flopdp I"I~ ~hown on
<br />Plates 3 thru 34.
<br />Fo r a deta I I cd de~cr i p t Ion of the hyd ro log I c ana Iys i" refer to the
<br />teChrllcaladdend""",
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<br />flood Characteristics
<br />Floodflow' on the Roarin9 Fork River result from rapid melting of the
<br />mountain 'nowpdck during the period from May to early July, Snuwmelt runoff
<br />may o"a,lonally be augmented by rain. Thcsnow"\Clt runoff I"haracterized
<br />by ,usta i ned per lod, of high f low~ and marked d i urna 1 fillet uat i on. E"",mi na-
<br />tion of meteorological and ,llm3tological condition, and precipitation and
<br />streamflow records sho,., that summer cioudbursts ar<, not il great flood threat
<br />onthe5estream"
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