Question: Curve number method ( 1 5 points ) : A 2 0 0 - acre watershed is 4 0 % rural and 6 0 %

Curve number method (15 points): A 200-acre watershed is 40% rural and 60% urban land. The rural area is 40% cultivated land with conservation tillage, 35% pasture in good condition, and 25% forest land with good cover. The urban area is residential: 60% is 12 acre lots in good condition, 25% is 1/4 acre lots in poor condition, and 15% is roads. Compute the runoff depth from the watershed for 5 in of rainfall, assuming AMC II conditions. The entire watershed is in hydrological soil group B.
Estimate the runoff depth in 2 different ways and answer the following questions:
a. Ist compute a weighted curve number, then estimate a depth for the entire watershed.
b.2nd calculate runoff for each land use separately [cultivated land, pasture, forest, urban (12ac, and urban (14ac], then calculate the area-weighted average to get a watershed-level depth.
c. Are the results from the 2 methods the same or different?
d. Which land use had the most runoff per unit area (e.g. depth)?
e. Which land use had contributed the most runoff overall (e.g, volume)?
Curve number method ( 1 5 points ) : A 2 0 0 -

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