Flood-Hydrology Data for the Potomac River and Selected Tributaries in the Vicinity of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, West Virginia, and The District of Columbia
Doheny EJ. 1997. Flood-Hydrology Data for the Potomac River and Selected Tributaries in the Vicinity of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, West Virginia, and The District of Columbia. Open-File report 97-200. NPS, Department of the Interior. Baltimore, Maryland
This report presents flood-hydrology data for the Potomac River and selected tributaries in the vicinity of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C & O Canal NHP). Data were compiled for the floods of (1) March 17-19, 1936; (2) June 22-24, 1972; (3) November 4-7, 1985; (4) January 19-21, 1996; (5) September 6-8, 1996; and (6) the peak of record for 6 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging stations on the Potomac River and 10 streamflow-gaging stations on selected tributaries to the Potomac River. Peak discharge, peak gage height, the date and time of the peak, and approximate recurrence interval are presented for each flood event at these streamflow-gaging stations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Doheny, Edward
- Date of Issue
- 1997
- Publisher
- NPS, Department of the Interior
- Units
- CHOH , HIST , WRD
- Keywords
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Clemson, Data, Discharge, District Of Columbia, ehistory, Flood, Flood-Hydrology, Gaging Stations, History, Hydrology, Maryland, National Historic Park, Potomac River, Reiver, Streamflow, Tributaries, Tributaries, West Virginia