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Floods Flood Frequency Low-Flow Frequency Basin Characteristics Hydraulics Channel Stability & Scour		Flood Frequency LizardTech's Mr Sid plug-in is needed to view the report pictures. StateWide 1960's Barnes, H.H., Jr., and Golden, H.G., 1966, Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, Part 2B, South Atlantic Slope and Eastern Gulf of Mexico Basins, Ogeechee River to Pearl River: U.S. Geological Survey Water- Supply Paper 1674, 1-56 p., 1 pl. Plate 1: Map showing gaging stations, flood-frequency regions, and hydrologic areas in the south Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins - Ogeechee River to Pearl River (5.5 mb) Patterson, J.L., 1964, Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, Part 7, Lower Mississippi River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1681, 1-55 p., 1 pl. Plate 1: Map showing gaging stations, hydrologic areas, and flood-frequency regions. (5.5) 1980's Southard, R.E., 1989, Mean annual runoff in the east gulf coast plain of Mississippi, 1939-85: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 88-4079, 1 sheet. Plate 1: Mean annual runoff in the east gulf coastal plain of Mississippi, 1939-85 (4.6 mb) Urban 1960's Barnes, H.H., Jr., 1969, Flood-hazard map, Hattiesburg Area, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 104 p. Figure 4: Profiles for floods of selected recurrence intervals on Leaf River at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (1.7 mb) Figure 5: Profiles for floods of selected recurrence intervals on Bowie River at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (1.2 mb) Plate 1: Topological map of Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the flood of November 1968 (3.8 mb) 1970's Wilson, K.V., 1973, Floods in Jackson Quadrangle, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Atlas, 1 sheet. Small Drainage Areas Techniques 1980's Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data, 1982, Bulletin17B, Guidelines for determining floodflow frequency: U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Water Data Coordination, Reston, Va., 183 p., 1 pl. Plate 1: Generalized skew coefficients of logarithms of annual maximum streamflow for the U.S.. (2.5 mb) Plate 2: Explination of the generalized skew map. (1.1 mb) For questions or comments, contact K. Van Wilson.
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