Question 1:

Distance (ft)
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
0

5
Depth (ft)
10

15

20

25

Calculating Discharge:

station Depth Velocity Width Area Discharge

(ft) (ft) (ft/sec.) (ft) (ft2) (cfs) Length (ft)
0 0 0 17.5 0 0 0
35 18 0.6 27.5 495 297 39.35733731
55 19 2 20 380 760 20.02498439
75 21 3.22 20 420 1352.4 20.09975124
95 20.5 3.64 20 410 1492.4 20.00624902
115 18.5 3.74 20 370 1383.8 20.09975124
135 18.2 4.42 20 364 1608.88 20.00224987
155 19.5 3.49 20 390 1361.1 20.04220547
175 20 5.02 20 400 2008 20.00624902
195 21.5 4.75 20 430 2042.5 20.05617112
215 21.5 4.92 20 430 2115.6 20
235 21.5 4.4 20 430 1892 20
255 22 3.94 20 440 1733.6 20.00624902
275 21.5 2.93 20 430 1259.9 20.00624902
295 20.5 2.8 25 512.5 1435 20.02498439
325 17 2.8 30 510 1428 30.20347662
355 13.5 1.52 30 405 615.6 30.20347662
385 10.6 1.72 35 371 638.12 30.13984074
425 9 0.95 40 360 342 40.03198721
465 6.1 0.5 50 305 152.5 40.10498722
525 2 0.39 55 110 42.9 60.13992019
575 0 0 25 0 0 50.03998401
Sums 575 7962.5 23961.3 580.5961038
 Calculating Manning’s Coefficient: R= 13.71435314
V= 3.009268446
Sf 0.0003
n= 0.049136345

Question 2:
Calculating weighted SCS weighted curve number, CN(II):

Agricultural 0.4 Curve #

Cutivated w/ cons. treat. 0.16 71 11.36
Pasture: Avg. condition 0.14 70 9.8
Forested Land; good cover 0.1 55 5.5
Urban 0.6
1/3 acre lots 0.36 72 25.92
1/4 acre lots 0.15 75 11.25
streets, roads, curbs & sewers 0.09 98 8.82
CN(II) 72.65
Cumulative Abstractions:

Cumulative Abstractions
6.000

5.000
Cum.
Precipitation (in.)

4.000 Precipitation
CN(I) - Dry
3.000

2.000

1.000

0.000
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Time (min.)
 Calculating curve number for dry/wet conditions:
CN(I) CN(II) CN(III)
CN # 52.73318 72.65 85.93433
Max Retention S 8.963393 3.764625 1.636793
Initial Losses Ia 1.792679 0.752925 0.327359
Runoff Pe 1.090224 2.65635 3.939652

Calculating Abstractions, Cumulative & Incremental Excess Rainfal:

CN(I) - Dry CN(II) CN(III) - Wet

Rainfall Cum. Rainfall Excess Excess Excess
Time
Depth Precip. Intensity Abs Cum. Incr. Abs Cum. Incr. Abs Cum. Incr.
0 0.000 0.000 0.630 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
10 0.105 0.105 0.681 0.105 0.000 0.000 0.105 0.000 0.000 0.105 0.000 0.000
20 0.122 0.227 0.734 0.227 0.000 0.000 0.227 0.000 0.000 0.227 0.000 0.000
30 0.140 0.367 0.801 0.367 0.000 0.000 0.367 0.000 0.000 0.366 0.001 0.001
40 0.167 0.534 0.848 0.534 0.000 0.000 0.534 0.000 0.000 0.511 0.023 0.022
50 0.173 0.707 0.932 0.707 0.000 0.000 0.707 0.000 0.000 0.636 0.071 0.048
60 0.225 0.932 1.061 0.932 0.000 0.000 0.924 0.008 0.008 0.769 0.163 0.092
70 0.306 1.238 1.311 1.238 0.000 0.000 1.183 0.055 0.047 0.912 0.326 0.162
80 0.510 1.748 2.110 1.748 0.000 0.000 1.540 0.208 0.153 1.088 0.660 0.335
90 1.417 3.165 2.369 2.983 0.182 0.182 2.223 0.942 0.734 1.365 1.800 1.140
100 0.783 3.948 2.381 3.530 0.418 0.236 2.481 1.467 0.525 1.455 2.493 0.694
110 0.417 4.365 2.331 3.791 0.574 0.156 2.596 1.769 0.302 1.492 2.873 0.380
120 0.297 4.662 2.240 3.966 0.696 0.122 2.671 1.991 0.223 1.516 3.146 0.274
130 0.192 4.854 2.153 4.075 0.779 0.084 2.716 2.138 0.147 1.529 3.325 0.178
140 0.170 5.024 2.067 4.168 0.856 0.077 2.754 2.270 0.132 1.541 3.483 0.158
150 0.143 5.167 1.985 4.244 0.923 0.067 2.785 2.382 0.112 1.550 3.617 0.134
160 0.126 5.293 1.910 4.310 0.983 0.060 2.811 2.482 0.100 1.558 3.735 0.118
170 0.119 5.412 1.837 4.371 1.041 0.058 2.835 2.577 0.095 1.566 3.846 0.112
180 0.099 5.511 4.421 1.090 0.049 2.855 2.656 0.079 1.571 3.940 0.093
 Excess Rainfall Hyetograph
6

5
Cum. Precipitation
CN(I) - Dry
Precipitation (in.)

4
CN(II)
CN(III) - Wet
3

0
0 50 100 150 200
Time (min.)

Question 3:
Constructing a Unit Hydrograph:
Unit Hydrograph
x y
0 0
41 16.50634
109.47 0

Finding total precipitation in inches:

Total
Time Precip. Losses Excess
1 0.55 0.15 0.4
2 1.15 0.26 0.9
3 1.15 0.2 0.95
4 0.55 0.08 0.47
3.4
Calculating total Direct Runoff:
Time
Marker (min.) U Direct
0 0 0
1 10 4.026 1.610375
2 20 8.052 6.844093
3 30 12.078 15.90245
4 40 16.104 26.853
5 50 14.337 35.48634
6 60 11.926 38.64851
7 70 9.515 35.72802
8 80 7.104 29.47333
9 90 4.694 22.91612
10 100 2.283 16.3589
11 110 0 0
Total Direct 229.8211
Volume 3.16558
runoff
depth 0.042396
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40

35

30
Direct Runoff

25

20

15

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110
time (min.)