William H. Asquith
William has more than 28 years at the USGS encompassing a wide range of algorithms and statistical and extreme value frequency studies of meteorology, surface water hydrology, and other water resources topics such as data acquisition, hydraulics, and hydrologic regionalization.
Present (2016–2021) research includes exceptionally low annual exceedance probability (AEP) flood events, regulated flood-frequency, documentable climate-cycle impacts on flood-risk assessment, statistics of USGS discharge measurements, recent technical advisor on probable maximum precipitation in Texas, small watershed hydrometeorological stations, missing record estimation, real-time uncertainty forecasting for hydrometeorological stations, and groundwater level informatics and machine learning applications.
Recent cooperators include Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi via USGS Office of International Programs, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Department of Transportation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and USGS Office of Quality Assurance.
Thrice featured four-city speaker in 2016, 2017, and 2018 in Bolivia for Universidad Catolica Boliviana and U.S. State Department.
Education and Certifications
Institution: Texas Tech University (TTU), College of Engineering, Lubbock, 2008–2011
Degree: Ph.D. (Civil Engineering, May 2011)Institution: University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Geoscience, 1998–2003
Degree: Ph.D. (Geosciences, May 2003)Institution: University of Texas at Austin, College of Engineering, 1988–1994
Degrees: B.S. (Civil Engineering, Dec. 1992); M.S. (Civil Engineering, May 1994)
Affiliations and Memberships*
Professional Geoscientist no. 1494, State of Texas 2003–present
Science and Products
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Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018 Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018
A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2018 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer, which was referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), using most of the available groundwater-altitude data from wells and surface-water-altitude data from streamgages. Most of the wells were measured annually or one time, after installation, but some...
RESTORE/fdclmrpplo, Source code for estimation of L-moments and percent no-flow conditions for decadal flow-duration curves and estimation at level-12 hydrologic unit codes along with other statistical computations RESTORE/fdclmrpplo, Source code for estimation of L-moments and percent no-flow conditions for decadal flow-duration curves and estimation at level-12 hydrologic unit codes along with other statistical computations
The RESTORE/fdclmrpplo repository contains R language source code used for estimation of the L-moments and percent no-flow conditions (no-flow fractions) for decadal flow-duration curves and estimation at streamgages and level-12 hydrologic unit codes using generalized additive models and censored generalized additive models. The source code is designed to streamline the workflow for the...
utc2nwislocal, UTC date-times to NWIS local time zones using UTC offsets utc2nwislocal, UTC date-times to NWIS local time zones using UTC offsets
The utc2nwislocal package in the R language provides a light-weight, dependency-free utility for converting Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) base::as.POSIXct() date-time values into character-string representations for time zones. The UTC offsets for individual time zones are determined from the time-zone codes recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System...
infoGW2visGWDB, Conversion of an infoGW object to a GWmaster object compatible with the visGWDB software infoGW2visGWDB, Conversion of an infoGW object to a GWmaster object compatible with the visGWDB software
An R groundwater-data processing utility for manipulating, veracity checking, and converting an 'infoGW' object to the 'GWmaster' object for the visGWDB software with demonstration for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
MGBT, Multiple Grubbs-Beck low-outlier test MGBT, Multiple Grubbs-Beck low-outlier test
The multiple Grubbs-Beck low-outlier test on positively distributed data is supported along, and utilities provided for noninterpretive U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) annual peak-streamflow data processing.
Source code in R to quality assure, plot, summarize, interpolate, and extend groundwater-level information, visGWDB---Groundwater-level informatics with demonstration for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer Source code in R to quality assure, plot, summarize, interpolate, and extend groundwater-level information, visGWDB---Groundwater-level informatics with demonstration for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
This page contains extensive source code in the R language supporting groundwater level informatics, and the entry point is the script visGWDB.R. The approximately 4,000 lines of aggregate code requires also extensive external dependencies. The code provides for near arbitrary-scale information processing of observations or recordings of water levels associated groundwater resources. The
Observed and modeled daily streamflow values for 74 U.S. Geological Survey streamgage locations in the Trinity and Mobile-Tombigbee River basins in the Southeast United States: 2000--2009 Observed and modeled daily streamflow values for 74 U.S. Geological Survey streamgage locations in the Trinity and Mobile-Tombigbee River basins in the Southeast United States: 2000--2009
The data and R scripts contained in this data release are provided as support for a manuscript titled, "Copula theory as a generalized framework for flow-duration curve based streamflow estimates in ungaged and partially gaged catchments" (Worland and others, 2019) submitted to Water Resources Research. The dv_input.csv contains the measured daily streamflow values for 37 streamgages in...
Summary of basin characteristics for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the southeastern United States, 1950 - 2010 Summary of basin characteristics for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the southeastern United States, 1950 - 2010
This dataset provides numerical and categorical descriptions of 46 basin characteristics for 957 basins with observed streamflow information and 9,314 ungaged basins coinciding with 12-digit hydrologic unit code pour points that drain to the Gulf of Mexico. Characteristics are indexed by National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) version 2 COMID and USGS site number (streamflow-gaging station)...
Heuristically-determined geospatial boundary of streams and rivers draining to the Gulf of Mexico in the south-central and southeastern United States, July 2018 Heuristically-determined geospatial boundary of streams and rivers draining to the Gulf of Mexico in the south-central and southeastern United States, July 2018
Human alteration of waterways has impacted the minimum and maximum streamflow in more than 86% of monitored streams nationally and may be the primary cause for ecological impairment in river and stream ecosystems. Restoration of freshwater inflows can positively affect shellfish, fisheries, habitat, and water quality in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Increasingly, state and local...
Solar radiation for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the Southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010 Solar radiation for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the Southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010
This study is based on contiguous direct normal irradiance information from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Specifically, these data represent both 12-month specific average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude. Spacing is about 10 kilometers in size. Direct normal irradiance is the amount of...
Estimated and measured streamflow and groundwater-level data in the Mississippi Delta Estimated and measured streamflow and groundwater-level data in the Mississippi Delta
This data release provides the data that support the findings in "Characterizing groundwater and surface-water interaction using hydrograph-separation techniques and groundwater-level data throughout the Mississippi Delta" by Killian and others (2019). There are two child items below: (1) Estimated baseflow includes the baseflow_est data and metadata that contain daily mean streamflow...
Summary of streamflow statistics for USGS streamgages in the southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010 Summary of streamflow statistics for USGS streamgages in the southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010
This dataset contains statistical descriptions of observed daily-mean streamflow for 956 sites in the southeast United States. For each site, statistical descriptions are provided according to decade for up to six decades, beginning in 1950 (1950-59 calendar years) and ending with 2000 (2000 - 2009 calendar years) with no more than 7 missing values per year in total (continuous or...
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Potential for bed-material entrainment in selected streams of the Edwards Plateau - Edwards, Kimble, and Real Counties, Texas, and vicinity Potential for bed-material entrainment in selected streams of the Edwards Plateau - Edwards, Kimble, and Real Counties, Texas, and vicinity
The Texas Department of Transportation spends considerable money for maintenance and replacement of low-water crossings of streams in the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas as a result of damages caused in part by the transport of cobble- and gravel-sized bed material. An investigation of the problem at low-water crossings was made by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the...
Authors
Franklin T. Heitmuller, William H. Asquith
Bed-material entrainment and associated transportation infrastructure problems in streams of the Edwards Plateau, central Texas Bed-material entrainment and associated transportation infrastructure problems in streams of the Edwards Plateau, central Texas
The Texas Department of Transportation commonly builds and maintains low-water crossings (LWCs) over streams in the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. LWCs are low-height structures, typically constructed of concrete and asphalt, that provide acceptable passage over seasonal rivers or streams with relatively low normal-depth flow. They are designed to accommodate flow by roadway...
Authors
Franklin T. Heitmuller, William H. Asquith
Summary of water-surface-elevation data for 116 U.S. Geological Survey lake and reservoir stations in Texas and comparison to data for water year 2006 Summary of water-surface-elevation data for 116 U.S. Geological Survey lake and reservoir stations in Texas and comparison to data for water year 2006
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with numerous Federal, State, municipal, and local agencies, currently (2007) collects data for more than 120 lakes and reservoirs in Texas through a realtime, data-collection network. The National Water Information System that processes and archives water-resources data for the Nation provides a central source for retrieval of real-time...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Joseph Vrabel, Meghan C. Roussel
Water-quality and ancillary data collected from the Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo, Texas, 2006 Water-quality and ancillary data collected from the Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo, Texas, 2006
The Arroyo Colorado is in the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas and extends from near Mission, Texas, eastward to the Laguna Madre estuarine and coastal marine system, which separates Padre Island from the Texas mainland. Streamflow in the Arroyo Colorado primarily is sustained by effluent from municipal wastewater-treatment plants along the stream banks. Since 1986, the tidal...
Authors
Meghan C. Roussel, Michael G. Canova, William H. Asquith, Richard L. Kiesling
Summary of annual mean, maximum, minimum, and L-scale statistics of daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging Stations in Texas Through 2003 Summary of annual mean, maximum, minimum, and L-scale statistics of daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging Stations in Texas Through 2003
Analysts and managers of surface-water resources might have interest in selected statistics of daily mean streamflow for U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging stations in Texas. The selected statistics are the annual mean, maximum, minimum, and L-scale of daily meanstreamflow. Annual L-scale of streamflow is a robust measure of the variability of the daily mean streamflow for a...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Joseph Vrabel, Meghan C. Roussel
Summary of percentages of zero daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in Texas through 2003 Summary of percentages of zero daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in Texas through 2003
Analysts and managers of surface-water resources might have interest in the zero-flow potential for U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging stations in Texas. The USGS, in cooperation with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, initiated a data and reporting process to generate summaries of percentages of zero daily mean streamflow for 712 USGS streamflow-gaging stations...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Joseph Vrabel, Meghan C. Roussel
An initial-abstraction, constant-loss model for unit hydrograph modeling for applicable watersheds in Texas An initial-abstraction, constant-loss model for unit hydrograph modeling for applicable watersheds in Texas
Estimation of representative hydrographs from design storms, which are known as design hydrographs, provides for cost-effective, riskmitigated design of drainage structures such as bridges, culverts, roadways, and other infrastructure. During 2001?07, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation, investigated runoff hydrographs, design...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel
Statistical characteristics of storm interevent time, depth, and duration for eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas Statistical characteristics of storm interevent time, depth, and duration for eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
The design of small runoff-control structures, from simple floodwater-detention basins to sophisticated best-management practices, requires the statistical characterization of rainfall as a basis for cost-effective, risk-mitigated, hydrologic engineering design. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation, has developed a framework to estimate...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang, David B. Thompson
Statewide analysis of the drainage-area ratio method for 34 streamflow percentile ranges in Texas Statewide analysis of the drainage-area ratio method for 34 streamflow percentile ranges in Texas
The drainage-area ratio method commonly is used to estimate streamflow for sites where no streamflow data are available using data from one or more nearby streamflow-gaging stations. The method is intuitive and straightforward to implement and is in widespread use by analysts and managers of surface-water resources. The method equates the ratio of streamflow at two stream locations to...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel, Joseph Vrabel
Literature review for Texas Department of Transportation Research Project 0-4695: Guidance for design in areas of extreme bed-load mobility, Edwards Plateau, Texas Literature review for Texas Department of Transportation Research Project 0-4695: Guidance for design in areas of extreme bed-load mobility, Edwards Plateau, Texas
A review of the literature addressing sediment transport in gravel-bed river systems and structures designed to control bed-load mobility is provided as part of Texas Department of Transportation research project 0–4695: Guidance for Design in Areas of Extreme Bed-Load Mobility. The study area comprises the western half of the Edwards Plateau in central Texas. Three primary foci of the...
Authors
Franklin T. Heitmuller, William H. Asquith, Xing Fang, David B. Thompson, Keh-Han Wang
Summary of dimensionless Texas hyetographs and distribution of storm depth developed for Texas Department of Transportation research project 0–4194 Summary of dimensionless Texas hyetographs and distribution of storm depth developed for Texas Department of Transportation research project 0–4194
Hyetographs and storm depth distributions are important elements of hydraulic design by Texas Department of Transportation engineers. Design hyetographs are used in conjunction with unit hydrographs to obtain peak discharge and hydrograph shape for hydraulic design. Storm-depth distributions can be used to assess the probability of a total rainfall depth for a storm. A research project...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel, David B. Thompson, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang
Synthesis of rainfall and runoff data used for Texas Department of Transportation Research Projects 0-4193 and 0-4194 Synthesis of rainfall and runoff data used for Texas Department of Transportation Research Projects 0-4193 and 0-4194
In the early 2000s, the Texas Department of Transportation funded several research projects to examine the unit hydrograph and rainfall hyetograph techniques for hydrologic design in Texas for the estimation of design flows for stormwater drainage systems. A research consortium comprised of Lamar University, Texas Tech University, the University of Houston, and the U.S. Geological Survey...
Authors
William H. Asquith, David B. Thompson, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang
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Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 48
Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018 Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018
A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2018 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer, which was referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), using most of the available groundwater-altitude data from wells and surface-water-altitude data from streamgages. Most of the wells were measured annually or one time, after installation, but some...
RESTORE/fdclmrpplo, Source code for estimation of L-moments and percent no-flow conditions for decadal flow-duration curves and estimation at level-12 hydrologic unit codes along with other statistical computations RESTORE/fdclmrpplo, Source code for estimation of L-moments and percent no-flow conditions for decadal flow-duration curves and estimation at level-12 hydrologic unit codes along with other statistical computations
The RESTORE/fdclmrpplo repository contains R language source code used for estimation of the L-moments and percent no-flow conditions (no-flow fractions) for decadal flow-duration curves and estimation at streamgages and level-12 hydrologic unit codes using generalized additive models and censored generalized additive models. The source code is designed to streamline the workflow for the...
utc2nwislocal, UTC date-times to NWIS local time zones using UTC offsets utc2nwislocal, UTC date-times to NWIS local time zones using UTC offsets
The utc2nwislocal package in the R language provides a light-weight, dependency-free utility for converting Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) base::as.POSIXct() date-time values into character-string representations for time zones. The UTC offsets for individual time zones are determined from the time-zone codes recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System...
infoGW2visGWDB, Conversion of an infoGW object to a GWmaster object compatible with the visGWDB software infoGW2visGWDB, Conversion of an infoGW object to a GWmaster object compatible with the visGWDB software
An R groundwater-data processing utility for manipulating, veracity checking, and converting an 'infoGW' object to the 'GWmaster' object for the visGWDB software with demonstration for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
MGBT, Multiple Grubbs-Beck low-outlier test MGBT, Multiple Grubbs-Beck low-outlier test
The multiple Grubbs-Beck low-outlier test on positively distributed data is supported along, and utilities provided for noninterpretive U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) annual peak-streamflow data processing.
Source code in R to quality assure, plot, summarize, interpolate, and extend groundwater-level information, visGWDB---Groundwater-level informatics with demonstration for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer Source code in R to quality assure, plot, summarize, interpolate, and extend groundwater-level information, visGWDB---Groundwater-level informatics with demonstration for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer
This page contains extensive source code in the R language supporting groundwater level informatics, and the entry point is the script visGWDB.R. The approximately 4,000 lines of aggregate code requires also extensive external dependencies. The code provides for near arbitrary-scale information processing of observations or recordings of water levels associated groundwater resources. The
Observed and modeled daily streamflow values for 74 U.S. Geological Survey streamgage locations in the Trinity and Mobile-Tombigbee River basins in the Southeast United States: 2000--2009 Observed and modeled daily streamflow values for 74 U.S. Geological Survey streamgage locations in the Trinity and Mobile-Tombigbee River basins in the Southeast United States: 2000--2009
The data and R scripts contained in this data release are provided as support for a manuscript titled, "Copula theory as a generalized framework for flow-duration curve based streamflow estimates in ungaged and partially gaged catchments" (Worland and others, 2019) submitted to Water Resources Research. The dv_input.csv contains the measured daily streamflow values for 37 streamgages in...
Summary of basin characteristics for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the southeastern United States, 1950 - 2010 Summary of basin characteristics for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the southeastern United States, 1950 - 2010
This dataset provides numerical and categorical descriptions of 46 basin characteristics for 957 basins with observed streamflow information and 9,314 ungaged basins coinciding with 12-digit hydrologic unit code pour points that drain to the Gulf of Mexico. Characteristics are indexed by National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) version 2 COMID and USGS site number (streamflow-gaging station)...
Heuristically-determined geospatial boundary of streams and rivers draining to the Gulf of Mexico in the south-central and southeastern United States, July 2018 Heuristically-determined geospatial boundary of streams and rivers draining to the Gulf of Mexico in the south-central and southeastern United States, July 2018
Human alteration of waterways has impacted the minimum and maximum streamflow in more than 86% of monitored streams nationally and may be the primary cause for ecological impairment in river and stream ecosystems. Restoration of freshwater inflows can positively affect shellfish, fisheries, habitat, and water quality in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Increasingly, state and local...
Solar radiation for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the Southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010 Solar radiation for National Hydrography Dataset, version 2 catchments in the Southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010
This study is based on contiguous direct normal irradiance information from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Specifically, these data represent both 12-month specific average and annual average daily total solar resource averaged over surface cells of 0.1 degrees in both latitude and longitude. Spacing is about 10 kilometers in size. Direct normal irradiance is the amount of...
Estimated and measured streamflow and groundwater-level data in the Mississippi Delta Estimated and measured streamflow and groundwater-level data in the Mississippi Delta
This data release provides the data that support the findings in "Characterizing groundwater and surface-water interaction using hydrograph-separation techniques and groundwater-level data throughout the Mississippi Delta" by Killian and others (2019). There are two child items below: (1) Estimated baseflow includes the baseflow_est data and metadata that contain daily mean streamflow...
Summary of streamflow statistics for USGS streamgages in the southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010 Summary of streamflow statistics for USGS streamgages in the southeastern United States: 1950 - 2010
This dataset contains statistical descriptions of observed daily-mean streamflow for 956 sites in the southeast United States. For each site, statistical descriptions are provided according to decade for up to six decades, beginning in 1950 (1950-59 calendar years) and ending with 2000 (2000 - 2009 calendar years) with no more than 7 missing values per year in total (continuous or...
Filter Total Items: 69
Potential for bed-material entrainment in selected streams of the Edwards Plateau - Edwards, Kimble, and Real Counties, Texas, and vicinity Potential for bed-material entrainment in selected streams of the Edwards Plateau - Edwards, Kimble, and Real Counties, Texas, and vicinity
The Texas Department of Transportation spends considerable money for maintenance and replacement of low-water crossings of streams in the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas as a result of damages caused in part by the transport of cobble- and gravel-sized bed material. An investigation of the problem at low-water crossings was made by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the...
Authors
Franklin T. Heitmuller, William H. Asquith
Bed-material entrainment and associated transportation infrastructure problems in streams of the Edwards Plateau, central Texas Bed-material entrainment and associated transportation infrastructure problems in streams of the Edwards Plateau, central Texas
The Texas Department of Transportation commonly builds and maintains low-water crossings (LWCs) over streams in the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. LWCs are low-height structures, typically constructed of concrete and asphalt, that provide acceptable passage over seasonal rivers or streams with relatively low normal-depth flow. They are designed to accommodate flow by roadway...
Authors
Franklin T. Heitmuller, William H. Asquith
Summary of water-surface-elevation data for 116 U.S. Geological Survey lake and reservoir stations in Texas and comparison to data for water year 2006 Summary of water-surface-elevation data for 116 U.S. Geological Survey lake and reservoir stations in Texas and comparison to data for water year 2006
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with numerous Federal, State, municipal, and local agencies, currently (2007) collects data for more than 120 lakes and reservoirs in Texas through a realtime, data-collection network. The National Water Information System that processes and archives water-resources data for the Nation provides a central source for retrieval of real-time...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Joseph Vrabel, Meghan C. Roussel
Water-quality and ancillary data collected from the Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo, Texas, 2006 Water-quality and ancillary data collected from the Arroyo Colorado near Rio Hondo, Texas, 2006
The Arroyo Colorado is in the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas and extends from near Mission, Texas, eastward to the Laguna Madre estuarine and coastal marine system, which separates Padre Island from the Texas mainland. Streamflow in the Arroyo Colorado primarily is sustained by effluent from municipal wastewater-treatment plants along the stream banks. Since 1986, the tidal...
Authors
Meghan C. Roussel, Michael G. Canova, William H. Asquith, Richard L. Kiesling
Summary of annual mean, maximum, minimum, and L-scale statistics of daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging Stations in Texas Through 2003 Summary of annual mean, maximum, minimum, and L-scale statistics of daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging Stations in Texas Through 2003
Analysts and managers of surface-water resources might have interest in selected statistics of daily mean streamflow for U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging stations in Texas. The selected statistics are the annual mean, maximum, minimum, and L-scale of daily meanstreamflow. Annual L-scale of streamflow is a robust measure of the variability of the daily mean streamflow for a...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Joseph Vrabel, Meghan C. Roussel
Summary of percentages of zero daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in Texas through 2003 Summary of percentages of zero daily mean streamflow for 712 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in Texas through 2003
Analysts and managers of surface-water resources might have interest in the zero-flow potential for U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging stations in Texas. The USGS, in cooperation with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, initiated a data and reporting process to generate summaries of percentages of zero daily mean streamflow for 712 USGS streamflow-gaging stations...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Joseph Vrabel, Meghan C. Roussel
An initial-abstraction, constant-loss model for unit hydrograph modeling for applicable watersheds in Texas An initial-abstraction, constant-loss model for unit hydrograph modeling for applicable watersheds in Texas
Estimation of representative hydrographs from design storms, which are known as design hydrographs, provides for cost-effective, riskmitigated design of drainage structures such as bridges, culverts, roadways, and other infrastructure. During 2001?07, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation, investigated runoff hydrographs, design...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel
Statistical characteristics of storm interevent time, depth, and duration for eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas Statistical characteristics of storm interevent time, depth, and duration for eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
The design of small runoff-control structures, from simple floodwater-detention basins to sophisticated best-management practices, requires the statistical characterization of rainfall as a basis for cost-effective, risk-mitigated, hydrologic engineering design. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation, has developed a framework to estimate...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang, David B. Thompson
Statewide analysis of the drainage-area ratio method for 34 streamflow percentile ranges in Texas Statewide analysis of the drainage-area ratio method for 34 streamflow percentile ranges in Texas
The drainage-area ratio method commonly is used to estimate streamflow for sites where no streamflow data are available using data from one or more nearby streamflow-gaging stations. The method is intuitive and straightforward to implement and is in widespread use by analysts and managers of surface-water resources. The method equates the ratio of streamflow at two stream locations to...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel, Joseph Vrabel
Literature review for Texas Department of Transportation Research Project 0-4695: Guidance for design in areas of extreme bed-load mobility, Edwards Plateau, Texas Literature review for Texas Department of Transportation Research Project 0-4695: Guidance for design in areas of extreme bed-load mobility, Edwards Plateau, Texas
A review of the literature addressing sediment transport in gravel-bed river systems and structures designed to control bed-load mobility is provided as part of Texas Department of Transportation research project 0–4695: Guidance for Design in Areas of Extreme Bed-Load Mobility. The study area comprises the western half of the Edwards Plateau in central Texas. Three primary foci of the...
Authors
Franklin T. Heitmuller, William H. Asquith, Xing Fang, David B. Thompson, Keh-Han Wang
Summary of dimensionless Texas hyetographs and distribution of storm depth developed for Texas Department of Transportation research project 0–4194 Summary of dimensionless Texas hyetographs and distribution of storm depth developed for Texas Department of Transportation research project 0–4194
Hyetographs and storm depth distributions are important elements of hydraulic design by Texas Department of Transportation engineers. Design hyetographs are used in conjunction with unit hydrographs to obtain peak discharge and hydrograph shape for hydraulic design. Storm-depth distributions can be used to assess the probability of a total rainfall depth for a storm. A research project...
Authors
William H. Asquith, Meghan C. Roussel, David B. Thompson, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang
Synthesis of rainfall and runoff data used for Texas Department of Transportation Research Projects 0-4193 and 0-4194 Synthesis of rainfall and runoff data used for Texas Department of Transportation Research Projects 0-4193 and 0-4194
In the early 2000s, the Texas Department of Transportation funded several research projects to examine the unit hydrograph and rainfall hyetograph techniques for hydrologic design in Texas for the estimation of design flows for stormwater drainage systems. A research consortium comprised of Lamar University, Texas Tech University, the University of Houston, and the U.S. Geological Survey...
Authors
William H. Asquith, David B. Thompson, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang
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