FLOOD08379

• County: Statewide
• Community: State
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Procedures for Determining Peak Flows in Colorado
• Date: 3/1/1984
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: USDA Soil Conservation Service
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING
PEAK FLOWS IN COLORADO

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INCORPORATES AND SUPPLEMENTS
TECHNICAL RELEASE NO. 55
URBAN HYDROLOGY FOR SMALL WATERSHEDS

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This handbook is a revision of a handbook bearing the same title dated
January 1977. It is intended for use in determining peak flows for the
design of conservation measures and for estimating effects of land use
changes and structural measures on peak rates of discharge. More detailed
procedures are available in Soil Conservation Service National Engineering
Handbook, Sect ion 4 - "Hydrology". I;EH-4 is recommended for invest igat ion
of watersheds greater than 25 square miles in size.

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Soil Conservation Service
S. Glade Wilkes
Erke C. King

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