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REVISED <br />7/30/85 <br />Table 5 <br />FISH CREEK TIPPLE <br />DIVERSION DITCH DESIGN CALCULATIONS (Continued) <br />Ditch E-4 <br />Tributary area = 12.6 ac. watershed <br />Weighted CN = 70 <br />Total runoff @ CN(70) = 0.17 (in)/12 (in/ft) x 12.6 (ac.) = 0.18 ac -ft <br />Peak flow (steep slope) 17.7 (cfs/in. runoff) x 0.17 (in. runoff) <br />= 1.6 cfs uncorrected <br />Basin slope factor (actual slope 26'0 = 1.07 <br />Basin shape factor (hydraulic length 760 ft., equivalent area 8.5 ac.) <br />= 12.6/8.5 = 1.48 <br />Corrected peak flow = 3.0 cfs x 1.07 x 1.48 = 4.75 cfs <br />Design: trapezoidal ditch, 1.5 ft. deep, bottom width = 1.0 ft., <br />side slopes = 2:1, gradient = 0.04 ft/ft, n = 0.03 <br />Flow conditions: depth = 0.5 ft., velocity = 4.6 fps, area <br />= 1.04 sq. ft. <br />Check calculation: Q = VA = 4.6 x 1.04 = 4.78 cfs <br />Ditch F-1 <br />Tributary area = 140 ac. undisturbed <br />Weighted CN = 70 <br />Total runoff @ CN(70) = 0.17 (in) / 12 (in/ft) x 140 (ac.) = 1.98 ac -ft <br />Peak flow (steep slope) 225 (cfs/in. runoff) x 0.17 (in. runoff) <br />= 38.3 cfs uncorrected <br />Basin slope factor (actual slope 1001:) = 0.853 <br />Basin shape factor (hydraulic length 3,550 ft., equivalent area 115 ac.) <br />= 140/115 = 1.217 <br />Corrected peak flow = 38.3 cfs x 0.853 x 1.217 = 39.8 cfs <br />Design: trapezoidal ditch, 3.0 ft. deep, bottom: width = 2.0 ft., <br />side slope = 2:1, gradient = 0.005 ft/ft, n = 0.03 <br />Flow conditions: depth = 1.90 ft., velocity = 3.62 fps, area <br />= 10.98 sq. ft. <br />Check calculation: Q = VA = 3.62 x 10.98 = 39.75 cfs <br />-15- <br />