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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

hydrologic processes, stream-gage measurement, watershed management, statistical analysis, floods, USGS-CC Natural Hazards, hazard preparedness, time series analysis, streamflow, computational methods, hazards

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inlandWaters

Other Subject Keywords

annual exceedance probability, streamflow, peak-flow frequency, hydrology

Place Keywords

Park County, WY, Montana, Stillwater County, MT, Clarks Fork Yellowstone, Upper Yellowstone, Yellowstone Headwaters, Park County, MT, Stillwater, Sweetgrass County, MT, Shields, Wyoming, Land, Carbon County, MT, North America, United States, Upper Yellowstone-Lake Basin

Results of peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages in the Upper Yellowstone River Basin, based on data through water year 2022

The USGS Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center (WY–MT WSC) completed a report (Sando and McCarthy, 2018) documenting methods for peak-flow frequency analysis following implementation of the Bulletin 17C guidelines. The methods are used to provide estimates of peak-flow quantiles for 66.7-, 50-, 42.9-, 20-, 10-, 4-, 2-, 1-, 0.5-, and 0.2-percent annual exceedance probabilities (AEPs) for selected USGS streamgages. This data release presents peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages in the Upper Yellowstone River Basin, based on data through water year 2022, using methods described by Sando and McCarthy (2018).

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Author(s) Seth A Siefken orcid, Nicholas J Taylor orcid, William B Hamilton orcid
Publication Date 2023-08-28
Beginning Date of Data 1890
Ending Date of Data 2022
Data Contact
Seth Siefken
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9J1U1GB
Citation Siefken, S.A., Taylor, N.J., and Hamilton, W.B., 2023, Results of peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages in the Upper Yellowstone River Basin, based on data through water year 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9J1U1GB.
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William Hamilton
Metadata Date 2023-08-28
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