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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PREPARED IN COOPERATION WITH THE WATER-RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 03Ð4188 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES Magnitude and frequency of peak streamflowsÑPLATE 1 Curran, J.H., and others, 2003, Estimating the magnitude and frequency of peak streamflows for ungaged sites on streams in Alaska and conterminous basins in Canada

Arctic B a r ro w 15 798 700 15304700 0 40 80 120 160 MILES 15056210 Beaufort 15056200 15304650 15056560 15056100 Skagway 0 40 80 120 160 200 KILOMETERS Klukwan 15041000

Haines 15896000 15896700 15048000 L 15049900 15041100 y n 15918200 n Cana 15052000 15999900 15052800 15041200 15057500 15054500 l 15039900 15044000 15052500 15040000 7 15053800 15036000 15054000 15034000 15910200 15109000 Juneau 15910000 15050000 15038000 15031000 15908000 Icy Str 15101490 River ait Stephen 15906000 Hoonah 15101500 Colville Elfin Cove 15024640 15108250 s P 15108000 assa 15904900 Pelican Tenakee A Springs ound 15106940 g R S e 1C5ha1th0am6960 15102000 C 15388948 15388944 oss 15107000 2 15024690 T Cr I C 15747000 15106980 15388950 15106920 S Angoon t r 15028300 15388960 ait 15024695 C B r o o k s R a n g e 15026000 I Sound 15087585 R C 15564868 1 L 15564872 River 15024800 15024700 15100000 k Kake E 15564875 c 15087545 15015590 15389000 eri 15087570 15024750 15564877 d Kupreanof Petersburg 15087690 15098000 re 15389500 Sitka F 15087250 15008000 Canada 15088000 Wrangell 15744500 15744000 15564879 Alaska Hyder 15743850 15087590 cupine 15022000 15564885 or 15564884 P 15010000 15564887 15094000 Point Baker Port Protection 15080000 15086900 15078000 15076000 15453481 15093400 15086600 CoffmaCnla Cove 15070000 rence Str River Port Alexander 15081490 15074000 Edna Bay 15068000 Thorne Bay 15012000 15453610 15453500 15081497 a 15067900 15442500 15081500 it 15060000 15564900 Christian 15085800 15072000 Sound 15081580 15059500 15011500 15457800 15438500 Kasaan 15439800 Klawock Ketchikan 15637000 15457700 Hollis Saxman 15712000 15468000 15519000 15520000 15085700 Craig 15085600 15085100 15668100 15519200 15635000 15541650 15530000 15356000 5 15058000 15668200 Metlakatla 15541600 15081890 Bering Sea 15535000 Hydaburg 15633000 oyukuk 15541800 15490000 15367500 15624998 15625000 K 15514000 15493000 15365000 15621000 15619000 Fairbanks 15511000 15344000 15355000 15305700 15083500 15564600 15493500 15305412 Nome 15585000 15485500 15348000 15305695 15484000 15305590 15564800 River 15305698 EXPLANATION 15305582 15515500 15480000 ance 15514500 15476400 Glacier ice 15565200 15305950 15476300 Dixon Entr 15518250 T 15478000 15305620 15518200 anana 15305920 Norton 15305650 15518350 15518080 15476000 15305670 15518000 15478500 15476200 15305900 15305420 15478499 15471500 15305450 15476050 15471000 Sound e 15516200 River 15305390 Palmer 15516050 15515800 15478093 15476049 15470000 15305406 15284000 6 15516000 15305400 Wasilla g 15478040 15305360 15478050 15469900 Yukon 15294350 15291200 15473950 Big Lake 15478010 n 15515900 15305300 15281000 15198500 15473600 on 15291000 15291100 e r 15305350 Knik 15280000 15303660 a v 15277410 iver i 15470300 uk R 15199000 15470330 River 15303600 15200280 R 15305260 Eklutna Y 15303700 R 15292392 Knik Arm 15277200 15292000 15291500 15200270 15470340 15305540 15277100 15292400 r 15200000 15305100 15201000 15276000 e

15292700 15201900

4 p 15294025 15282400

15565447 p

Anchorage 15274300 15292800 15202000 15305500 River

a 15293700 15201100 o

15274000 15273900 15293000 15206000 15305000 C 15208100 15305050 15294100 15294005 15304950 15305250

15304000 15208200 Liard

k 15294300 15290000 15208000 15120000

15281500

Susitna 15294450 15294010 15211700

Tyonek 15283500 15282000 15305030

15290200 15285000 15211900 Whitehorse

Tu 15272530 s 15209000 15120500 15305150 rn again Arm 15212000 15304520

15212500 15209100 15304855

15272550

Hope River a 15304850 15305200

15227500 15213400 15304750

15271900 15267900 Anchorage

15212800

15271000 okwim l 15120720 Whittier 15304800 Kusk 15294500 15304600 Inlet 15272280 15236200 15219000 15120600 15270400 15304293 15304298 15219100 15269500 A 15216000

15195000 15304200 Nikiski 15251800 15024400 Salamatof 15129500 15024300 15266500 Moose Pass enai 15237400 15258000 15254000 Kenai 15024500 15246000 K 2 Cooper Landing 15024200 15248000 15250000 Soldotna 15266300 15024600 15260000 15302000 15300000 Peninsula 15244000 15237360 Cook Kasilof Kenai 15243950 15300200 Juneau 15024670 15242000 4 15303000 Tu 15238000 15302500 stumena PLak eninsula 15024684 15303011 Clam Gulch 15300500 Seward 15303010 British e 15303150 15302900 1 15238600 15241600 15297900 Ninilchik Columbia 15240500 e EXPLANATION Nikolaevsk 15239050 15240000 Anchor Point g 15296000 1 Streamflow analysis boundary 15239900 15239500 15239000 15297475 and region number Kachemak Gulf of n 15297200 15239800 Homer a 15295600 15565447 Alaska Streamflow-gaging station and number, R peak flow analysis Coast 15238820 3 EXPLANATION Mountains Seldovia Glacier ice Nanwalek Port Graham 3 Road Bristol Bay Portlock 0 10 20 30 40 MILES 0 10 20 30 40 50 KILOMETERS n Hecate Str t i a e u A l 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 MILES ait 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 KILOMETERS

MAP SHOWING STREAMFLOW ANALYSIS AND LOCATIONS OF STREAMFLOW-GAGING AND PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS FOR WHICH PEAK-STREAMFLOW STATISTICS WERE COMPUTED, ALASKA AND CONTERMINOUS BASINS IN CANADA By Janet H. Curran, David F. Meyer, and Gary D. Tasker 2003