FLOOD09579

• County: Statewide
• Community: Dallas, Texas
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Dallas Texas Metropolitan Area
• Date: 1/1/1974
• Prepared By: USGS, City of Dallas
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Table ll.--Annual rainfall and runoff in selected basins 1962-70

Water
year

Tata runoff
(percent of
reci i tation)

D~rect runo
(percent of
reci itation)

Tota runo f
(percent of
reci itation)

D~rect runo
(percent of
reci itation)

D~rect runoff
(percent of
reci itation)

,
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I

above Keller Springs Road above Greenville Avenue between Keller Springs
(No. 8-571) (No. 8-572) Road and Greenville Avenue
""b< 43.75 22.7 1".2 --.-s . 11 30.0 24.0 45.56 28.8
1963 22.72 18.7 9.7 25.93 26.8 16.1 27.00 21.3
1964 43.61 30.6 30.2 41.77 30.7 28.1 41.16 25.8
1965 36.45 31. 5 21.8 37.74 40.2 31.5 38.18 39.3
1966 42.97 28.3 25.0 46.42 39.1 34.5 47.55 42.4
1967 26.13 10.0 6.9 28.04 16.5 13 .4 28.71 18.4
1968 35.99 25.4 18.2 38.53 32.9 22.7 39.38 26.6
1969 35.96 25.5 18.8 34.81 35.5 27.5 34.46 34.3
1970 43.66 18.6 13.1 41. 87 30.2 20.5 41. 27 26.4
Averaqe 36.80 23.5 18.0 37.80 31.3 24.3 38.14 29.3
Ratio - - 1. 00 - - 1. 35 - 1. 63
Bachman Branch Turtle Creek
(NO. 8-557) (NO. 8-565)
19b< - - '0. ,5 3". I 3U. I
1963 - - - 28.46 41.6 33.6
1964 34.57 28.8 24.1 32.03 44.6 37.7
1965 36.00 38.5 27.5 38.79 45.0 36.6
1966 44.50 45.6 39.3 46.82 49.7 43.4
1967 26.13 14.4 10.2 24.62 31. 7 23.6
1968 39.97 40.0 31.4 40.64 39.3 29.0
1969 36.08 35.3 29.5 36.28 44.4 36.2
1970 44.37 35.6 28.4 43.36 42.6 34.2
Averaqe 37.37 34.0 27.2 37.19 42.0 33.9
Ratio - - 1. 51 - - 1. 88

White Rock Creek