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International compilation of peak discharge estimates of floods and runoff-generated debris flows, 1931-2023

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1931
End Date
2023

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Cavagnaro, D.B., McCoy, S.W., Kean, J.W., Thomas, M.A., Lindsay, D.N., McArdell, B.W., and Hirschberg, J., 2024, International compilation of peak discharge estimates of floods and runoff-generated debris flows, 1931-2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14HZ9SL.

Summary

This data release contains an international compilation of 656 peak discharge estimates of floods and runoff-generated debris flows. The data (“DimensionlessDischarge.csv” and “CrossSections.csv”) were obtained from the literature and measured in the study Cavagnaro and others (2024). The dataset also includes information about flow depth, flow type (flood or debris flow), flow cross-sectional area, drainage area, triggering rainfall intensity, and measured or estimated flow velocity. Discharge estimates made in a drainage recently burned by wildfire are distinguished from events in unburned areas. Events with less reliable information on rainfall intensity and/or flow type are distinguished from events with reliable information. Estimates [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
David B. Cavagnaro
Originator :
David B. Cavagnaro, Scott W. McCoy, Jason W Kean, Matthew A Thomas, Donald N. Lindsay, Brian W. McArdell, Jacob Hirschberg
Metadata Contact :
David B. Cavagnaro
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Geologic Hazards Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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International_compilation_of_peak_discharge_estimates_of_floods_and_runoff-generated_debris_flows_1931-2023.xml
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View 		34.62 KB application/fgdc+xml
README.txt 3.55 KB text/plain
ProcessSteps.txt 9.32 KB text/plain
DimensionlessDischarge.csv 157.47 KB text/csv
CrossSections.csv 27.1 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data were collected to support the development of a robust quantitative method to identify the occurrence of runoff-generated debris flows.

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This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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