The U.S. Geological Survey Peak-Flow File Data Verification Project, 2008–16

Abstract

02172035, Turkey Creek above Huger, South Carolina, during flooding on October 4, 2015. Turkey Creek peaked the next day with a streamflow of 5,610 cubic feet per second (ft 3 /s) and the peak is qualified with a code 2, discharge is an estimate. Upper right: Plot of peak-flow values entries for streamgage 02172035 Turkey Creek above Huger, South Carolina. Lower left: USGS hydrographer Jerrod Wheeler (in cablecar) measures flood flows right before the gagehouse washes away; streamgage 06225500 Wind River near Crowheart, Wyoming, July 1, 2011; streamflow of 13,900 ft 3 /s (photograph by Glenn Laidlaw). The peak of record at this gage, 14,700 ft 3 /s, occurred the day before the photograph was taken. All of the peaks at this streamgage in the systematic period of record are qualified with a code 5, discharge affected to unknown degree by regulation or diversion. Lower right: Plot of peak-flow values entries for streamgage 06225500 Wind River near Crowheart, Wyoming.