Annual peak-flow data and PeakFQ output files for selected streamflow gaging stations operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in the New England region that were used to estimate regional skewness of annual peak flows
Dates
Publication Date
2019-06-20
Citation
Wagner, D.M., and Veilleux, A.G., 2019, Annual peak-flow data and PeakFQ output files for selected streamflow gaging stations operated by the U.S. Geological Survey in the New England region that were used to estimate regional skewness of annual peak flows: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MC98OM.
Summary
This data release contains annual peak-flow data and PeakFQ output files for 186 selected streamflow gaging stations (streamgages) operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the New England region (Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont). The annual peak-flow data were obtained from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database (https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/peak) and contain annual peak flows ending in water year 2011. The annual peak flows were used in version 7.0 of USGS software PeakFQ (https://water.usgs.gov/software/PeakFQ/; Veilleux and others, 2014; Flynn and others, 2006) to conduct flood-frequency analyses using the Expected Moments Algorithm (EMA; [...]
Summary
This data release contains annual peak-flow data and PeakFQ output files for 186 selected streamflow gaging stations (streamgages) operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the New England region (Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont). The annual peak-flow data were obtained from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database (https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/peak) and contain annual peak flows ending in water year 2011. The annual peak flows were used in version 7.0 of USGS software PeakFQ (https://water.usgs.gov/software/PeakFQ/; Veilleux and others, 2014; Flynn and others, 2006) to conduct flood-frequency analyses using the Expected Moments Algorithm (EMA; England and others, 2018). Data contained in the PeakFQ output (.PRT) files (also included in this data release) were then used to estimate regional skewness of the annual peak flows using Bayesian Weighted Least Squares / Bayesian Generalized Least Squares (B-WLS / B-GLS) regression (Veilleux and others, 2019).
References:
Veilleux, Andrea G., Zariello, P.J., Hodgkins, G.A., Ahearn, E.A., Olson, S.A., and Cohn, T.A., 2019, Methods for estimating regional skewness for unregulated streams in rural New England, based on data through water year 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5037.
Veilleux, Andrea G., Cohn, T.A., Flynn, K.M., Mason, R.R., Jr., and Hummel, P.R., 2014, Estimating magnitude and frequency of floods using the PeakFQ 7.0 program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013-3108, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20133108.
Flynn, K.M., Kirby, W.H., and Hummel, P.R., 2006, User's Manual for Program PeakFQ Annual Flood Frequency Analysis Using Bulletin 17B Guidelines: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Report Book 4, chap. B4, https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/tm4b4/tm4b4.pdf.
England, J.F., Cohn, T.A., Faber, B.A., Stedinger, J.R., Thomas, W.O., Jr., Veilleux, A.G., Kiang, J.E., and Mason, R.R., Jr., 2018, Guidelines for determining flood flow frequency-Bulletin 17C: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Report Book 4, chap. B5, https://doi.org/10.3133/tm4B5.
Kennedy, E.J., 1983, Computation of continuous records of streamflow: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations Report B03-A13, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/twri03A13.
These annual peak-flow data and PeakFQ output files are intended to be used to re-create the results of flood-frequency analyses for 186 USGS streamgages in the New England region that were used to estimate regional skewness of annual peak flows.
