Abstract
In 1926, John T. Lynch read to the Kentucky Academy of Sciences a paper entitled, "The Relation Between Drainage Area and Waterway Required for Culverts and Small Bridges in Kentucky." The paper was based on a study of many small drainage structures then existing in the highway system, and a general evaluation of the performance of the structures in relation to rainfall and runoff from contributing watersheds.
As a result of this report, and in accordance with the suggestions contained in it, the Department of Highways adopted a system of runoff coefficients applicable to different sections of the state and usable in the empirical Talbot formula for computing the quantity of flow from a drainage area. This information was contained in the booklet of instructions for bridge and culvert surveys which has been in effect for almost 25 years.
Report Date
4-1952
Report Number
No. 76
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1952.76
Repository Citation
West, Eugene M. and Cornell, J. O., "A Study of Runoff from Small Drainage Areas and the Openings in Attendant Drainage Structures" (1952). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 1290.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/1290
