Flood model for the Tug Fork Basin, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. Water Resource Investigation

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:7082662

Doyle, W H; Curwick, P B; Flynn, K M

Surface mining of coal in the United States increased from 406 million tons to almost 800 million tons from 1978 to 1979. In the coal-rich 1,560-square-mile Tug Fork basin located in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, there has been a 2,500 percent increase since 1950 in areas affected by surface-mining activities. The study used a rainfall-runoff model to determine if land-use changes associated with surface mining in the Tug Fork basin have affected basin streamflow characteristics. The model was calibrated and verified for two periods, one representing 1980 land-use and one representing 1950 land-use. Two 29-year synthetic daily streamflow time series representing the two land-use conditions were generated.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Reston, VA (USA). Water Resources Div.
• OSTI ID: 7082662
• Report Number(s): PB-90-148495/XAB; USGS/WRI--83-4014
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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