IDS 101
Drainage Basin Analysis for Class Project
Name of the Stream:
Stream gage name and USGS number:
Area of the Drainage Basin (in square miles):
Description of the drainage basin (amount and type of human development in the basin, type of vegetative cover, and other factors that might affect the amount of water that runs off or soaks into the ground).
Date(s) of Storm 1:
Amount of rain (inches):
The time period for the storm (hours):
Rate of rainfall (inches per hour):
Volume of rainfall that fell in the basin (cubic feet):
Include a USGS hydrograph (cut and paste it from the USGS web site) of the stream flow for the period of your study:
Volume of water that flowed by the stream gage minus the contribution of the groundwater in the flood peak on the hydrograph:
Percentage of the water that fell in the basin that came down the river (the amount that ran off):
Date(s) of Storm 2:
Amount of rain (inches):
The time period for the storm (hours):
Rate of rainfall (inches per hour):
Volume of rainfall that fell in the basin (cubic feet):

Include a USGS hydrograph (cut and paste it from the USGS web site) of the stream flow for the period of your study:
Volume of water that flowed by the stream gage minus the contribution of the groundwater in the flood peak on the hydrograph:
Percentage of the water that fell in the basin that came down the river (the amount that ran off):
Date(s) of Storm 3:
Amount of rain (inches):
The time period for the storm (hours):
Rate of rainfall (inches per hour):
Volume of rainfall that fell in the basin (cubic feet):
Include a USGS hydrograph (cut and paste it from the USGS web site) of the stream flow for the period of your study:
Volume of water that flowed by the stream gage minus the contribution of the groundwater in the flood peak on the hydrograph:
Percentage of the water that fell in the basin that came down the river (the amount that ran off):