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<strong>Drainage</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> for Maricopa County<br />

<strong>Hydrology</strong>: Rational Method<br />

Table 3.1<br />

EQUATION FOR ESTIMATING K B IN THE T C EQUATION<br />

K b = m log 10 A + b<br />

Where A is drainage area, in acres<br />

Equation<br />

Parameters<br />

Type Description Typical Applications<br />

m<br />

b<br />

A<br />

Minimal roughness: Land surfaces that<br />

are relatively smooth and/or well<br />

graded. Surface run<strong>of</strong>f is sheet flow.<br />

Commercial/industrial areas<br />

Residential areas<br />

Parks and golf courses<br />

-0.00625 0.04<br />

B<br />

Moderately low roughness: Land<br />

surfaces have irregularly spaced<br />

roughness elements that protrude from<br />

the surface but are still relatively uniform.<br />

Surface run<strong>of</strong>f is predominately<br />

sheet flow around the roughness elements.<br />

Agricultural fields<br />

Pastures<br />

Desert rangelands<br />

Undeveloped urban lands<br />

-0.01375 0.08<br />

C<br />

Moderately high roughness: Land<br />

surfaces that have significant large to<br />

medium-sized roughness elements<br />

and/or poorly graded land surfaces<br />

that cause the flow to be diverted<br />

around the roughness elements.<br />

Surface run<strong>of</strong>f is sheet flow for short<br />

distances draining into meandering<br />

drainage paths.<br />

Hillslopes<br />

Brushy alluvial fans<br />

Hilly rangelands<br />

Disturbed lands, mining,<br />

etc.<br />

Forests with underbrush<br />

-0.025 0.15<br />

D<br />

Maximum roughness: Rough land<br />

surfaces with torturous flow paths.<br />

Surface run<strong>of</strong>f is concentrated in<br />

numerous short flow paths that are<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten oblique to the main flow<br />

direction.<br />

Mountains<br />

Some wetlands<br />

-0.030 0.20<br />

Note: A is the area <strong>of</strong> the entire subbasin, not the area <strong>of</strong> the surface type A, B, C or D within the subbasin.<br />

August 15, 2013 3-3

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