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<br />Table 1. Metropolitan areas included in nationwide urban flood-frequency study <br /> Number City Source of equivalent rural discharge <br />State Metropolitan area of <br /> sites skew (see references) <br />Alabama Birmingham I 0.0 Hains (1973), Olin and Bingham (1977) <br />Arizona Flagstaff 2 .0 Roeske (1978) <br />Arizona Tucson 4 .0 Do. <br />California Orange County I .0 Waananen and Crippen (1977) <br />California Sacramento I .0 Do. <br />California San Francisco 8 -.4 Do. <br />Colorado Boulder 2 .0 Livingston (1980) <br />Colorado Denver 5 -.2 Do. <br />Connecticut Hartford 2 .5 Weiss (1975)' <br />D.C. Washington 12 .3 Walker (1971), Miller (1978) <br />Delaware Wilmington I .1 Simmons and Carpenter (1978) <br />Georgia Atlanta 5 .2 Price (1979) <br />Hawaii Hilo I .2 Not available <br />Hawaii Honolulu 5 .2 Nakahara (1980) <br />Hawaii Kaneohe I .2 Do. <br />Hawaii Pearl City I .2 Do. <br />Illinois Chicago 41 -.1 Allen and Bejcek (1979) <br />Illinois Urbana I -.4 Curtis (1977) <br />Indiana Indianapolis 2 -.3 Davis (1974) <br />Iowa Iowa City I -.4 Lara (1973) <br />Kentucky Louisville 4 .3 Hannum (1976) <br />Louisiana Baton Rouge I -.2 Neely (1976) <br />Maryland Baltimore 6 .4 Walker (1971) <br />Massachusetts Boston 4 .2 Wandie (1981) <br />Michigan Detroit 2 .0 Bent (1970) <br />Minnesota Duluth I .0 Guetzkow (1977) <br />Mississippi Canton I .0 Colson and Hudson (1976) <br />Mississippi Hattiesburg I -.4 Do. <br />Mississippi Jackson 4 -.4 Do. <br />Mississippi Natchez I -.2 Do. <br />Missouri St. Louis 25 .0 Spencer and Alexander (1978) <br />New Jersey Newark 4 .3 Stankowski (1974) <br />New Jersey Patterson-Clif-Pass 9 .3 Do. <br />New Jersey Trenton I .1 Do. <br />New York Buffalo I .0 Zembrzuski and Dunn (1979) <br />New York New York I .3 Do. <br />New York Rochester I .0 Do. <br />New York Rockland County 1 .0 Do. <br />New York Syracuse I .0 Do. <br />North Carolina Charlotte 4 .0 Jackson (1976) <br />North Carolina Lenoir I .4 Do. <br />Ohio Columbus 2 -.1 Webber and Bartlett (1976) <br />Oklahoma Oklahoma City 3 -.1 Thomas and Corley (1977) <br />Oregon Portland-Vancouver 19 .1 Laenen (1980) <br />Pennsylvania Harrisburg I .0 Flippo (1977) <br />Pennsylvania Philadelphia 7 .1 Do. <br />Pennsylvania Pittsburgh I .0 Do. <br />Pennsylvania Indiana I .0 Do. <br />Rhode Island Providence I .4 Wandie (1981) <br />Tennessee Nashville 12 .3 Randolph and Gamble (1976) <br />Texas Austin 3 -.2 Schroeder and Massey (1977) <br />Texas Dallas 12 -.2 Dempster (1974) <br />Texas Ft. Worth I -.2 Do. <br />4 Flood Characteristics of Urban Watersheds <br />