Effect of Watershed Cover on Overland Flow from a Major Storm in Southwestern Wisconsin

Richard S. Sartz

Treesearch

Effect of Watershed Cover on Overland Flow from a Major Storm in Southwestern Wisconsin

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard S. Sartz

Year:

1969

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-82. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Download (PDF 832 KB)

Download (PDF 832 KB): https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/11139.pdf

Abstract

A runoff study in the Driftless Area showed that both total flow and peak rate of flow from a 3-hour, 4-inch rain were strongly affected by the watershed cover. Peak flows ranged from 2.42 inches per hour for alfalfa meadow to 0.010 inch per hour for undisturbed forested watersheds was surprisingly similar.

Keywords

watershed cover, overland flow, runoff

Citation

Sartz, Richard S. 1969. Effect of Watershed Cover on Overland Flow from a Major Storm in Southwestern Wisconsin. Research Note NC-82. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station