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At-site flood frequency for 422 streamgages in parts of the Upper Mississippi and Souris-Red-Rainy basins and surrounding areas in the United States, using data through water year 2013

This dataset contains site information and results of flood-frequency analysis for 422 streamflow gaging stations (streamgages) operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in parts of the Upper Mississippi and Souris-Red-Rainy basins and surrounding areas in the United States. Annual peak-flow data from the 1844 - 2013 water years were used in the study (U.S. Geological Survey, 2024). Following federal guidelines for flood-frequency analysis (Bulletin 17C; England and others, 2018) and methods outlined in recent flood-frequency reports for the region (Eash and others, 2013; Southard and Veilleux, 2014; Levin and Sanocki, 2023; Sanocki and Levin, 2023), the Expected Moments Algorithm (EMA) was used in version 7.5.1 of USGS PeakFQ software (Veilleux and others, 2014; Flynn and others, 2006; https://water.ugsgs.gov/software/PeakFQ/) to conduct the analyses. Results of the analyses, specifically the at-site skew and its mean squared error, are intended for use in Bayesian weighted least-squares/Bayesian generalized least-squares (B-WLS/B-GLS) regression (Veilleux and Wagner, 2019; Veilleux and Wagner, 2021) to model regional skew for the study area. Peak-flow (.pkf), specification (.psf), output (.PRT), and export (.EXP) files from PeakFQ and a .csv file containing site information and selected results of flood-frequency analyses are provided.

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Author(s) Daniel M Wagner orcid, Padraic S. O'Shea orcid
Publication Date 2025-03-14
Beginning Date of Data 2024-12-31
Ending Date of Data 2024-12-31
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P1QWRRAQ
Citation Wagner, D.M., and O'Shea, P.S., 2025, At-site flood frequency for 422 streamgages in parts of the Upper Mississippi and Souris-Red-Rainy basins and surrounding areas in the United States, using data through water year 2013: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1QWRRAQ.
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