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The hydrologic characteristics of Crumarine Creek watershed were observed. Crumarine Creek watershed (1570 acres) is located approximately eight miles northeast of Moscow, Idaho. The watershed is mostly forested with a small amount of winter wheat grown near the outlet. The objectives of this thesis were to determine the amount and monthly pattern of deep percolation within the watershed by use of a monthly water balance equation and to analyze hydrologic responses of the watershed to rainfall and snowmelt. The hydrologic responses were analyzed by separating hydrographs into direct runoff and baseflow. HEC-1, the Army Corps of Engineers' (1981) flood hydrograph model, was also applied to the watershed to examine the disposition of excess precipitation. An annual deep percolation value of 7.5 inches was found to occur on Crumarine Creek watershed based on data from the 1969 to 1973 water years. The hydrologic analysis indicated that the amount of baseflow increased during spring snowmelt events, comprising 80 percent or more of the total runoff during these events.

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Title:
Water balance and hydrologic analysis on Crumarine Creek
Authors:
Cherry, Janet G.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1986-04-21
Description:
The hydrologic characteristics of Crumarine Creek watershed were observed. Crumarine Creek watershed (1570 acres) is located approximately eight miles northeast of Moscow, Idaho. The watershed is mostly forested with a small amount of winter wheat grown near the outlet. The objectives of this thesis were to determine the amount and monthly pattern of deep percolation within the watershed by use of a monthly water balance equation and to analyze hydrologic responses of the watershed to rainfall and snowmelt. The hydrologic responses were analyzed by separating hydrographs into direct runoff and baseflow. HEC-1, the Army Corps of Engineers' (1981) flood hydrograph model, was also applied to the watershed to examine the disposition of excess precipitation. An annual deep percolation value of 7.5 inches was found to occur on Crumarine Creek watershed based on data from the 1969 to 1973 water years. The hydrologic analysis indicated that the amount of baseflow increased during spring snowmelt events, comprising 80 percent or more of the total runoff during these events.
Subjects:
water balance hydrologic data deep percolation
Location:
Crumarine Creek
Latitude:
46.79
Longitude:
-116.9
Collection:
Palouse Basin
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
wbv
Date Digitized:
2012

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"Water balance and hydrologic analysis on Crumarine Creek", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-1986_cherry_h2o_balance_&_hydrologic_analysis.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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