Abstract: | Water-surface-elevation profiles and peak discharges for the floods of June 17, 1990, and July 9, 1993, along Squaw Creek and the South Skunk River, in Ames, Iowa, are presented in this report. The maximum flood-peak discharge of 24,300 cubic feet per second for the streamflow-gaging station on Squaw Creek at Ames, Iowa (station number 05470500) occurred on July 9, 1993. This discharge was 80 percent larger than the 100-year recurrence-interval discharge and exceeded the previous record flood-peak discharge of June 17, 1990, by 94 percent. The July 9, 1993, flood-peak discharge of 26,500 cubic feet per second on the South Skunk River below Squaw Creek (station number 05471000) was also a peak of record, exceeding the previous record flood-peak discharge of June 27, 1975, by 80 percent, and the 100-year recurrence-interval discharge by 60 percent. A flood history describes rainfall conditions for floods that occurred during 1990 and 1993. The report also includes information on flood stages and discharges and floodflow frequencies for the active gaging stations in the vicinity of Ames, Iowa, and on temporary bench marks and reference points in the Squaw Creek and South Skunk River Basins near Ames, Iowa. |
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Citation Author: | Einhellig, R. F.; Eash, D. A. |
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Citation Series Number: | 96-249 |
Citation Search Results Text: | Floods of June 17, 1990, and July 9, 1993, along Squaw Creek and the South Skunk River in Ames, Iowa, and vicinity; 1996; OFR; 96-249; Einhellig, R. F.; Eash, D. A. |
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Text: | Floods of June 17, 1990, and July 9, 1993, along Squaw Creek and the South Skunk River in Ames, Iowa, and vicinity; 1996; OFR; 96-249; Einhellig, R. F.; Eash, D. A. |
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URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/0249/report.pdf |
Date Other: | Fri, 1 Nov 1996 00:00 -0600 |
Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |