CIV E 634 - SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
SPRING 2005
HOMEWORK 3: RUNOFF CURVE NUMBER

For the P-Q data below [series of annual maxima], corresponding to watershed 68013 (WS-13), in Reynolds, Idaho, calculate the runoff curve number.

  1. Plot the data in the P-Q plane.

  2. For each P-Q pair, use Eq. 17 in the runoff curve number paper to calculate potential retention S.

  3. For each S, use Eq. 9 in the runoff curve number paper to calculate a set of CN's.

  4. The calibrated curve number is the average of the set of CN's.

  5. Use the calibrated CN obtained in step 4 and Eq. 10 in the runoff curve number paper to plot a curve in the P-Q plane. Vary P between 0 and 2. Note the constraint to Eq. 10.

  6. Compare the curve plotted in step 5 with the raw P-Q data plotted in step 1.

EventPrecipitation
(in)
Runoff
(in)
010.9800.0139
020.8420.1162
030.2200.0117
041.7200.1614
050.3000.0180
060.5700.0758
070.5710.1060
080.9100.3275
090.0700.0471
100.2100.0714
110.2200.1649
120.0800.0121
130.7600.0761
140.1600.0047
150.1500.0051
160.3600.0074
170.3600.0366
180.6900.0620