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. 2009 Apr;45(2):512–533. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00306.x

TABLE 3.

Summary Statistics for Basin Characteristics and Hydrologic Metrics Calculated for 16 Stream Basins.

Variable Description (units) Minimum Mean Maximum
Basin characteristics
Basin area Drainage basin area (km2) 9.6 28.8 53.5
%TIA 1998 total impervious area (%) 9.5 33.5 58.5
%Outwash Surficial outwash deposits (%) 9.7 24.6 56
%Till Surficial till deposits (%) 18.4 35.3 67.7
%Bedrock Surficial bedrock cover (%) 0 5.4 31.2
%Urban 1998 urban land cover (%) 15.1 52.8 88.7
%Forest (non-urban) 1998 non-urban forest cover (%) 4.8 38.2 80.8
Basin elevation Mean basin elevation (m) 75 146 344
Precipitation Mean annual precipitation (mm) 891 1192 1833
Basin slope Mean basin slope (%) 6.7 10.0 21.2
Local channel slope Local channel slope (m/m) 0.004 0.018 0.090
Hydrologic metrics
Qmean Mean annual average flow (m3/s) 0.153 0.490 1.267
Low Pulse Count Number of low pulse events per year (count) 2 10 28
Low Pulse Duration Mean duration of low pulse events (days) 7 26 93
Low Pulse Range Range each calendar year over which low pulse events occur (days) 67 207 341
High Pulse Count Number of high pulse events per year (count) 2 10 22
High Pulse Duration Mean duration of high pulse events (days) 2 7 31
High Pulse Range Range each Water Year over which high pulses occur (days) 34 168 306
Fall Rate Average fall rate of falling flows (m3/s per day) 0.035 0.098 0.244
Rise Rate Average rise rate of rising flows (m3/s per day) 0.059 0.190 0.518
Fall Count Number of falling flows (count) 25 92 137
Rise Count Number of rising flows (count) 42 68 86
Flow Reversals Number of flow reversals per year (count) 37 55 70
TQmean Fraction of year that daily flow exceeds mean annual flow (fraction of year) 0.25 0.31 0.38
R-B Index Richards-Baker Flashiness Index (unitless) 0.08 0.27 0.49
Seven-day minimum Minimum seven-day moving average flow (m3/s) 0.005 0.092 0.283
Date of annual daily minimum Date of annual daily minimum flow (Julian date) 146 239 311

Note: Hydrologic statistics based on up to three years of data collected in years prior to and including the year benthic invertebrate samples were collected.