General Information

Project area general description
The state of Arkansas
Are any areas excluded?
Harmonic Mean Flows are not computed in the Mississippi Embayment
Types of flow statistics available
Peak flows, harmonic mean flow, and dry season mean monthly flows
ArcGIS version used for processing
10.3
Was TopoGrid used to process DEMs?

DEM and derivatives projection (general description)
NAD83_Albers
DEM and derivatives (fdr, fac, etc.) resolution
10 Meter
DEM source
National Elevation Datatset
Hydrography source
National Hydrography Dataset
Hydrologic unit "walls" source
Watershed Boundary Dataset
Gage basin boundaries source
not used
Interactive map snapping tolerance
4 cells
Basin characteristics computed using continuous parameter grids (CPGs)
LC11DVOPN, LC11PAST, ALVM, UPZ, BFI, DRYTOTRUN, PRECIPPRIS00, SOILINDEX

Basin Characteristics Methods and Sources

NameDescriptionComputation methodData sourceReportVariable label in report
ALVMPercent of drainage area with surficial geology as Quaternary alluvium deposits from Reed and Bush, 2005meanReed and Bush, 2005Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)ALVM
BFIBase flow index at outletvalue extracted from gridFalcone and others, 2010Breaker (SIR 2015-5031)BFI
BSHAPELFPBasin shape factor, defined as longest flow path length squared, divided by drainage area(LFPLENGTH^2)/DRNAREA
Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)BSHAPE
CSL1085ADJMain channel slope computed by the 10 and 85 method, adjusted for biasEQUATION=1.2072*CSL1085RAW^0.9597


CSL1085LFPChange in elevation divided by length between points 10 and 85 percent of distance along the longest flow path to the basin divide, LFP from 2D grid

Breaker (SIR 2015-5031)Slope1085
CSL1085RAWMain channel slope computed by the 10 and 85 method, unadjusted for bias



CSLBlueChange in elevation of the longest blue-line stream (not extended to the boundary) divided by stream length

Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)SLPFM
DRNAREAArea that drains to a point on a stream

Funkhouser (SIR 2008-5065)A
Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)DRNAREA
Breaker (SIR 2015-5031)DRNAREA
ELEVMean Basin Elevationmean
Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)ELEV
HIGHREGNSS region in which the delineation point resides. Used in implementation of Wagner's equations (1715, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1719). value extracted from grid named peakflows. HIGHREG used in NSS Regions table.


LC11DEVPercentage of developed (urban) land from NLCD 2011 classes 21-24percentage


LC11DVOPNPercent of drainage area as land use code 21 (developed open area) from NLCD 2011 data setmeanHomer, C.G., Dewitz, J.A., Yang, L., Jin, S., Danielson, P., Xian, G., Coulston, J., Herold, N.D., Wickham, J.D., and Megown, K., 2015, Completion of the 2011 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States-Representing a decade of land cover change information. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 81, no. 5, p. 345-354 Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)LC11DVOPN
LC11IMPAverage percentage of impervious area determined from NLCD 2011 impervious datasetmeanXian, G., Homer, C., Dewitz, J., Fry, J., Hossain, N., and Wickham, J., 2011. The change of impervious surface area between 2001 and 2006 in the conterminous United States. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 77(8): 758-762. Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)LC11IMP
LC11PASTPercent of drainage area as land use code 81 (pasture) from NLCD 2011 data setmeanHomer, C.G., Dewitz, J.A., Yang, L., Jin, S., Danielson, P., Xian, G., Coulston, J., Herold, N.D., Wickham, J.D., and Megown, K., 2015, Completion of the 2011 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States-Representing a decade of land cover change information. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, v. 81, no. 5, p. 345-354 Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)LC11PAST
LFPLENGTHLength of longest flow pathsum
Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)LFPLENGTH
LOWREGNSS region in which the delineation point resides. Used in implementation of Funkhouser's SIR 2008-5065 equations (1438, 1439, 1440).value extracted from grid named lf_regions2. LOWREG used in NSS Regions table.


MARAVPREMean March precipitationmean monthly
Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)P(Mar) 61-90
NOVAVPREMean November precipitationmean monthly
Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)P(Nov) 61-90
ORDOMISSPercent Surficial Geology as Ordovician and Mississippian Rockspercentagehttp://datadiscoverystudio.org/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/b8da60799b4e479b996366e4c470ab64/html
Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)ORDO/MISS K
Breaker (SIR 2015-5031)ORDOMISS
PRECIP Basin mean annual precipitation for 1971-2000 from PRISMmean annualPRISM Climate Group, PRISM climate data: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University, accessed January 26, 2013, at http://prism.oregonstate.edu.Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)P(Annual) 71-00
Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)PRECIP
PREMARAPRPrecipitation March-April basin averaged 1961-1990, mean seasonal as defined in SIR 2008-5065mean seasonalPRISM Climate Group, PRISM climate data: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University,  http://prism.oregonstate.edu.Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)P(Mar-Apr) 61-90
PRENOVDECPrecipitation November-December basin averaged 1961-1990, mean seasonal as defined in SIR 2008-5065mean seasonalPRISM Climate Group, PRISM climate data: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University,  http://prism.oregonstate.edu.Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)P(Nov-Dec) 61-90
PRNOVAPR00Precipitation November-April basin average, mean seasonal from PRISM 1971-2000mean seasonalPRISM Climate Group, PRISM climate data: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University,  http://prism.oregonstate.edu.Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)P(NOV-APR)71-00
PRNOVAPR90Precipitation November-April basin average, mean seasonal from PRISM 1961-1990mean seasonalPRISM Climate Group, PRISM climate data: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University,  http://prism.oregonstate.edu.Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)P(NOV-APR)61-90
PZNSSREGNONSS region in which the delineation point resides. Used in implementation of Funkhouser's SIR 2008-5065 equations (1445, 1446, 1447).value extracted from grid named pzf_regions3. PZNSSREGNO used in NSS Regions table.


SOILINDEXMean STATSGO Hydrologic Soils Index (from PL. 2 WRIR 03-4107 for WY)meanFunkhouser, Eng, and Moix, 2008 (SIR2008-5065);Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)SOILHYDRO
Schwartz and Alexander, 1995 (USGS Open-File Report 95-449)Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)SOILINDEX
TAU_ANN_GTau, Average annual base-flow recession time constant as defined in SIR 2008-5065, estimated from a gridmean annual
Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)TAU ANNUAL
TAU_SPR_GTau, Average base-flow recession time constant for March through April as defined in SIR 2008-5065, estimated from a gridmean seasonal
Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)TAU MAR-APR
TAU_WIN_GTau, Average base-flow recession time constant for November through December as defined in SIR 2008-5065, estimated from a gridmean seasonal
Funkhouser (SIR2008-5065)TAU NOV-DEC
TRUN0711Mean annual dry season total runoff, July through Novembermean annualPugh and Westerman, 2014Breaker (SIR 2015-5031)DryTotRun
UPZPercent of drainage area with surficial geology as upper Paleozoic units from Reed and Bush, 2005percentageReed and Bush, 2005Wagner (SIR 2016-5081)UPZ