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Floods Flood Frequency Low-Flow Frequency Basin Characteristics Hydraulics Channel Stability & Scour		Flood Frequency LizardTech's Djvu plug-in is needed to view these reports. LizardTech's Mr Sid plug-in is needed to view the report pictures. StateWide Urban Small Drainage Areas Techniques 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. Report plate 1 is available to be downloaded. 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. Report plate 1 is available to be downloaded. Wilson, K.V. and Trotter, I.L., Jr., 1961, Floods in Mississippi magnitude and frequency: Mississippi State Highway Department Report, 326 p. 1970's Shell, J.D., and Thomson, F.H., 1970, A proposed streamflow data program for Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-302, 48p., 1 app. Colson, B.E. and Hudson, J.W., 1976, Flood frequency of Mississippi streams: Mississippi State Highway Department Report RD-76-014-PR, 34 p. Crippen, J.R. and Bue, C.D., 1977, Maximum floodflows in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1887, 52 p. 1980's Lamonds, A.G., and Boswell, E.H., 1985, Mississippi surface-water resources in Moody, D.W., Chase, E.B., and Aronson, D.A., National Water Summary 1985- Hydrologic events and surface-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2300, p. 295-300. Landers, M.N., 1985, Floodflow frequency of streams in the alluvial plain of the lower Mississippi River in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4150, 21 p. 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. Report plate 1 is available to be downloaded. 1990's Landers, M.N. and Wilson, K.V., Jr., 1991, Flood characteristics of Mississippi streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4037, 82 p. Wilson, K.V., Jr., and Landers, M.N., 1991, Annual peak stages and discharges for streamflow gaging stations in Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 91-4098, 705 p. Urban 1960's Barnes, H.H., Jr., 1969, Flood-hazard map, Hattiesburg Area, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 104 p. Report figure 4, figure 5, and plate 1 are available to be downloaded. Wilson, K.V., 1966, Flood frequency of streams in Jackson, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 7 p. Wilson, K.V., 1968, Flood-flow characteristics of a rectified channel, Jackson, Mississippi in Geological Survey Research 1968 Chapter D: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 600-D, p. D57-D59. 1970's Wasson, B.E., 1971, Effects of urbanization on timing of flood peaks on Town Creek in Jackson, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey WRD Bulletin, April-September 1971, p. 39-41. Wilson, K.V., 1973, Changes in floodflow characteristics of a rectified channel caused by vegetation, Jackson, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research v. 1, n. 5, Sept-Oct 1973, p. 621-625. Wilson, K.V., 1973, Floods in Jackson Quadrangle, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Atlas, 1 sheet. 1980's Sauer, V.B., Thomas, W.O., Jr., Stricker, V.A., and Wilson, K.V., 1983, Flood characteristics of urban watersheds in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2207, 63 p. Small Drainage Areas 1970's Dawdy, D.R., Lichty, R.W., and Bergman, J.M., 1972, A rainfall-runoff simulation model for estimation of flood peaks for small drainage basins: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 506-B, 28 p. Hudson, J.W., 1973, Basic data report no. 7, Flood frequency for small drainage areas in Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 104 p. Lichty, R.W., and Liscum, F., 1978, A rainfall-runoff modeling procedure for improving estimates of t-year (annual) floods for small drainage basins: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 78-7, 44p. 1980's Colson, B.E., 1986, Comparison of flood frequency estimates from synthetic and observed data on small drainage areas in Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Water- Resources Investigations Report 86-4034, 23 p. Techniques 1950's Benson, M.A., 1952, Characteristics of frequency curves based on a theoretical 1,000- year record: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division, 21 p. 1960's Benson, M.A., 1962, Evolution of methods for evaluating the occurrence of floods: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1580-A, 30 p. Dalrymple, T., 1960, Flood frequency analysis, manual of hydrology, part 3, flood- flow techniques: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1543-A, 80 p. Hardison, C.H., 1969, Accuracy of streamflow characteristics in Geological Survey Research 1969, Chapter D: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 650-D, p 210- 214. Riggs, H.C., 1968, Frequency curves: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Book 4, Chapter A2, 15 p. Riggs, H.C., 1968, Some statistical tools in hydrology: Techniques of Water- Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Book 4, Chapter A1, 39 p. 1970's Hardison, C.H., 1971, Prediction error of regression estimates of streamflow characteristics at ungaged sites in Geological Survey Research 1971, Chapter C: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-C, p. 228-236. Riggs, H.C., 1973, Regional Analyses of streamflow characteristics: Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey, Book 4, Chapter B3, 15 p. Thomas, D.M, and Benson, M.A., 1970, Generalization of streamflow characteristics from drainage-basin characteristics: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1975, 55 pages. Thomas, D.M., 1976, Flood frequency- expected and unexpected probabilities: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-775, 7 p. 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. Report plate 1 and plate 2 are available to be downloaded. Stricker, V.A., and Sauer, V.B., 1982, Techniques for estimating flood hydrographs for ungaged urban watersheds: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-365, 24 p. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data, 1986, Feasibility of assigning a probability to the probable maximum flood: U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Water Data Coordination, Reston, Va., 79 p. Inman, E.J., 1987, Simulation of flood hydrographs for Georgia streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2317, 26 p. Southard, R.E., 1987, An Alternative basin Characteristic for estimating impervious area and urban flood frequency and its potential application in Mississippi: Proceedings of the 17th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, Jackson, Mississippi, March 25-26, 1987, p. 69-72. For questions or comments, contact K. Van Wilson.
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