Flooding studies of proposed repository locations in the Palo Duro Basin of the Texas Panhandle

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6155231

This report contains the results of flooding studies of those stream channels that drain the proposed locations of a high-level nuclear-waste repository in Deaf Smith and Swisher Counties, Texas. Included are computations of the flood hydrographs and water surface profiles of the 100-year, 500-year, and probable maximum floods for Palo Duro Creek, Tule Creek, and Pleasant Draw. The hydrographs were produced according to the method of the Soil Conservation Service for ungaged watersheds, and the computations were made with computer programs developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The flood hydrographs were computed with the HEC-1 Flood Hydrograph Package and the water surface elevations with the HEC-2 Water Surface Profiles program. 76 refs., 19 figs., 16 tabs.

• Research Organization: NUS Corp., Gaithersburg, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10140
• OSTI ID: 6155231
• Report Number(s): BMI/ONWI-574; ON: DE86004601
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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