Question: What is the probability that a 2 5 - year return frequency storm will be exceeded in any given year? A 1 2 - acre

What is the probability that a 25-year return frequency storm will be exceeded in any given year?
A 12-acre parcel of land is comprised of 8 acres for a school campus (average ground slope of 2%)
and 4 acres of forest (average ground slope of 7%). What value most closely depicts the weighted
Rational C coefficient for the entire parcel?
A 33-acre watershed consists of a residential subdivision with 1/4 acre lots underlain by Hydrologic
Soil Group (HSG) C. Using SCS runoff methodology, compute the watershed's initial
abstraction (IA), potential maximum retention (S) and runoff depth (Q) for a 2-year, 24-hour
precipitation depth of 3.60 inches.
The pre and post-development characteristics of a particular watershed are described as follows:
Assuming a Type II rainfall distribution, and a 10-year, 24-hour precipitation depth of 4.25 inches,
use Chapter 6 of TR-55 to estimate the detention volume required to return the post-development
runoff rate to its pre-development level.
The flow path from a watershed's outlet to the hydraulically most remote point in the watershed is
made up of the three segments described below:
120 feet of overland flow across dense grass (3% ground slope)
250 feet of shallow concentrated flow across a paved surface (5% ground slope)
750 feet through a new concrete 24" pipe and placed on a 2.1% slope. You may assume half full
flow conditions. Use Hydraflow Express (compute by known depth, depth =1.00') or the pipe
nomograph to determine the velocity of a half-full pipe. Provide a copy of the annotated
nomograph or Hydraflow Express output with your calculations.
Compute the watershed's time of concentration by hand using the methods discussed in class and the
equations available in the VDOT Drainage Manual Chapter 6(Appendix 6D-1 and 6D-6).
What is the probability that a 2 5 - year return

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