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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Project", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center/science/eastern-colorado-crest-stage-gage-network", "headline": "Eastern Colorado Crest-Stage Gage Network", "datePublished": "October 1, 2014", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael S Kohn, P.E.", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/michael-s-kohn", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-5989-7700" } } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The U.S. Geological Survey StreamStats program can be used to estimate the magnitude of various annual exceedance probability floods such as the 50-year or 100-year floods at locations where no streamgage data are available. In eastern Colorado where few streamgages exist, the regional-flood equations used in StreamStats have large uncertainties." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Each crest-stage gage contains pressure transducers that record the water-surface elevation upstream and downstream from the culvert; the water-surface elevation is then used to determine the streamflow through the culvert. This study will provide 2 years of peak-streamflow data. The data will be stored in USGS National Water Information System." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "In order to reduce these uncertainties, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Colorado Department of Transportation, is operating a crest-stage gage network at 10 culverts in eastern Colorado. In addition to improving the regional-flood equations used by StreamStats, the data collected at these gages can be used to estimate the magnitude of various annual exceedance probability floods such as the 50-year or 100-year flood should these culverts need replacing." } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Colorado Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "crest-stage gage" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "flood frequency" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "hydraulics" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Surface Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "crest stage gage" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Flood" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "eastern Colorado" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "peak streamflow" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water Availability" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "gage network" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "plains" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "culvert" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "peak flow" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Hazards" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "pressure transducer" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "streamflow" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" } ]
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