Surface mining and the flood of April 1977

Willie R. Curtis

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Surface mining and the flood of April 1977

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Willie R. Curtis

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-248. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Data from experimental sites in Breathitt County, Kentucky, and Raleigh County, West Virginia, showed that during a major rainstorm on 4 April 1977 streamflow from surface-mined watersheds peaked lower than that from adjacent or nearby unmined watersheds.

Citation

Curtis, Willie R. 1977. Surface mining and the flood of April 1977. Research Note NE-248. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.