Peak Streamflow Data, Climate Data, and Results from Investigating Hydroclimatic Trends and Climate Change Effects on Peak Streamflow in the Central United States, 1921–2020 (Peak Streamflow Data)

Dates

Publication Date: 2024-01-25
Start Date: 1920-10-01
End Date: 2020-09-30

Citation

Marti, M.K., Wavra, H.N., Over, T.M., Ryberg, K.R., Podzorski, H.L., and Chen, Y.R., 2024, Peak streamflow data, climate data, and results from investigating hydroclimatic trends and climate change effects on peak streamflow in the Central United States, 1921–2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9R71WWZ.

Summary

Peak-flow frequency analysis is crucial in various water-resources management applications, including floodplain management and critical structure design. Federal guidelines for peak-flow frequency analyses, provided in Bulletin 17C, assume that the statistical properties of the hydrologic processes driving variability in peak flows do not change over time and so the frequency distribution of annual peak flows is stationary. Better understanding of long-term climatic persistence and further consideration of potential climate and land-use changes have caused the assumption of stationarity to be reexamined. This data release contains input data and results of a study investigating hydroclimatic trends in peak streamflow in the Central [...]

Summary

Peak-flow frequency analysis is crucial in various water-resources management applications, including floodplain management and critical structure design. Federal guidelines for peak-flow frequency analyses, provided in Bulletin 17C, assume that the statistical properties of the hydrologic processes driving variability in peak flows do not change over time and so the frequency distribution of annual peak flows is stationary. Better understanding of long-term climatic persistence and further consideration of potential climate and land-use changes have caused the assumption of stationarity to be reexamined. This data release contains input data and results of a study investigating hydroclimatic trends in peak streamflow in the Central United States, including nine states (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). Peak flow records from unregulated U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages were used to evaluate changes over 30-, 50-, 75-, and 100-year trend periods, all ending in water year 2020. Peak streamflow data used as input (Input.zip) were retrieved from the USGS Water Data for the Nation National Water Information System (NWIS) database. There is one .txt file of peak streamflow data for each state, containing observed peak streamflow values from water years 1921–2020 for each streamgage used in at least one trend period. Data was pulled from NWIS on the date indicated in the name of each .txt file and filtered based on criterion described in Ryberg and others, 2023. Output of the peak streamflow analysis (Output.zip) is split by trend period (folders 30, 50, 75, and 100) and state (STATE.zip). Each state and trend period pairing contains two Comma Separated Value (CSV) files, where "linearquantileresults.csv" contains the statistical results of the linear quantile regression for all stations and "results.csv" contains the statistical results from all other methods. "PeakTrends.html" describes the statistical methods applied. "TrendsFor…html" files contain figures of the statistical results for each streamgage in a trend period.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Central Midwest Water Science Center
Originator :: Mackenzie K Marti, Harper N Wavra, Thomas M Over, Karen R Ryberg, Hannah L Podzorski, Yaojia (Contractor) Rebecca Chen
Metadata Contact :: Mackenzie K Marti
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :: Central Midwest Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Water Resources

Attached Files

sorting

Metadata First

Recent First

Alphabetical

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

NFFA_PeakStreamflowData.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	12.76 KB	application/fgdc+xml
		662.7 KB	application/x-zip-compressed
		1.18 GB	application/x-zip-compressed

Related External Resources

Type: Citation

U.S. Geological Survey, 2020, USGS water data for the Nation: U.S. Geological Survey National Water System database	https://doi.org/10.5066/F7P55KJN

Type: Related Primary Publication

Introduction and methods of analysis for peak streamflow trends and their relation to changes in climate in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin	https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064A
Marti, M.K., and Heimann, D.C., 2024, Peak streamflow trends in Missouri and their relation to changes in climate, water years 1921–2020, chap. F of Ryberg, K.R., comp., Peak streamflow trends and their relation to changes in climate in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023–5064, 50 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064F.	https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064F
Levin, S.B., 2024, Peak streamflow trends in Michigan and their relation to changes in climate, water years 1921–2020, chap D of Ryberg, K.R. comp., Peak streamflow trends and their relation to changes in climate in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023–5064, 49 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064D.	https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064D
Marti, M.K., and Over, T.M., 2024, Peak streamflow trends in Illinois and their relation to changes in climate, water years 1921–2020: Scientific Investigations Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064B.	https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064B

Type: Publication that references this resource

Levin, S.B., 2024, Peak streamflow trends in Wisconsin and their relation to changes in climate, water years 1921–2020, chap. J of Ryberg, K.R., comp., Peak streamflow trends and their relation to changes in climate in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2023–5064, 49 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064J.	https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20235064J

Purpose

The data presented here was compiled to investigate hydroclimatic trends in peak streamflow in the Central United States. This data release contains the data used for the statistical analyses and results of that analysis in both tabular and visual formats.

Type	Scheme	Key
DOI	https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier	doi:10.5066/P9R71WWZ
USGS_ScienceCenter	https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier	Central Midwest Water Science Center
USGS_MissionArea	https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier	Water Resources
USGS_keywords	https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier	Climatology, Hydrology, Water Resources

Peak Streamflow Data, Climate Data, and Results from Investigating Hydroclimatic Trends and Climate Change Effects on Peak Streamflow in the Central United States, 1921–2020 (Peak Streamflow Data)

Dates

Citation

Summary

Summary

Contacts

Attached Files

sorting

Metadata First

Recent First

Alphabetical

Purpose

Map

Communities

Tags

Provenance

Additional Information

Identifiers

Item Actions

View Item as ...

Save Item as ...

View Item...

Dates

Citation

Summary

Summary

Contacts

Attached Files sorting Metadata First Recent First Alphabetical

Related External Resources

Purpose

Map

Communities

Tags

Provenance

Additional Information

Identifiers

Item Actions

View Item as ...

Save Item as ...

View Item...

Attached Files

sorting

Metadata First

Recent First

Alphabetical