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My Green-Ampt is Better Than Your Curve Number: Physically Based Soil Characterization is Better Than

the CN Method forProjecting Infiltration and Runoff

June 21, 2019

FSA 2019 Annual Conference

Harry Downing, PE, Sr. Water Resources Engineer, Applied Sciences Consulting, Inc.Lei Yang, PhD, PE, Chief Professional Engineer, SWFWMD

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Key Points

• Why the Need for Physically Based Methods?• Experience in Karst Areas• Limitations of the CN Method• Physically Based Approaches to

Runoff Excess

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Development of the CN Method (1 of 4)

• Victor Mockus – memories of the development of the SCS Curve Number Method (CN) based on an interview in 1996 when he was 83 years old.

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Development of the CN Method (2 of 4)

• SCS Developed the CN method for watersheds less than 400 square miles for evaluating “before” and “after” hydrologic responses.

• Data collection at various U.S. sites began in 1928.

• Method was based on 10 to 20 years of field research that continued through the 1940s.

• Muskgrave’s idea to classify soils into Hydrologic Soil Groups to simplify the process ( 60 -70 soil types at the time).

• S (Potential Storage) was converted to the simpler CN.

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Development of the CN Method (3 of 4)

• The relationship between Ia and S was a tough issue that was semi-resolved by using 0.2 ratio for Ia/S. (Mockus said the Ia could be 0.1 or 0.3 but preferred P – Ia).

• The hydrologic condition (good, fair, poor) was developed from data developed at Hastings, Nebraska; and Waco, Texas for watersheds of 0.1 acre to 10 square miles.

• Results were based on daily data, because that was the only data available in large volumes.

• Method was not to predict the rate of infiltration, but total infiltration.

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Development of the CN Method (4 of 4)

• Method was to predict average trends, and not response to each unique storm event.

• Mockus arrived at the equation (P-Q)/S = Q/P one evening after dinner. It seemed to fit the data very well and the Antecedent Moisture Condition (AMC) enveloped all the data.

• He said that the CN method simulated Saturation Overflow and not necessarily Hortonian overland flow.

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Development of CN Equation

S=(1000/CN) - 10

The Parameter CN (Curve Number) is a transformation of S

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Need for Alternative

Method

Florida watersheds were not considered in the analysis that produced the CN array.

The SCS methodology excludes time as a variable, and therefore rainfall intensity.

Limited comparisons elsewhere have suggested significant departures between handbook and data-defined CNs.

The CN procedure does not work well in karst topography with sandy soils – This is because a large portion of the flow is

subsurface rather than direct runoff. Typically runoff generated from CN procedures do

not match rainfall-runoff data for local watersheds, and the 0.2S for initial abstraction (Ia) was not corroborated by linear regression techniques.

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Runoff Process and Soil Characterization

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Example for Changing to Physical Soil Parameters

FloodplainArea

(acres)Area

(sq. miles)

FEMA 2108 3.29

Green-Ampt 2976 4.65

CN 3832 5.99

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Physically Based Soil Parameters for

Rainfall Excess Determination

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Soil Data Sources

• IFAS Soil Data– Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences– University of Florida Soils Department

• Spreadsheet• Soil Manuals

• SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic Database)– https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/soil-survey-

geographic-ssurgo-database-for-various-soil-survey-areas-in-the-united-states-

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Location of IFAS Soil Bores

• Data Period (1965 -1996)

• 58 out of 67 counties• 1,290 soil profiles• 2 to 13 soil horizons• 144 physical and

chemical properties• Soil moisture retention

curve

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IFAS Characterization Data

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SSURGO

• Data retrieval and georeferenced through Data View

• 954 MUKEYs within SWFWMD

• Water table depth• Hydraulic conductivity• Other properties

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General Runoff Concepts

And Soil Characterization

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Runoff Process and Soil Characterization

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Learning Points

• Gain an understanding of soil properties regarding moisture, hydraulic conductivity, and tensions (capillarity); and how they are obtained.

• Present data sources for soil properties used along with SWFWMD utilities to account for changes in potential soil water storage.

• How the empirical CN and the physical approaches compare using an example.

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Natural Resources Conservation Services

• The state of Florida has the largest total acreage of Aquods (wet, sandy soils with an organic-stained subsoil layer) on flatwood landforms in the nation. Myakka (pronounced My-yakah), a Native American word for Big Waters, is a native soil and exclusive to Florida. The most extensive soil in the state, it occurs on more than 1½ million acres. On May 22, 1989, Governor Bob Martinez signed Senate bill number 524 into law, making Myakka Florida’s Official State Soil.

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AE

Bh

Florida’s officialstate soil

SpodosolMyakka sandA horizon: Surface layer containing organic

matter.E horizon: Leached horizon between the A

and B horizons.B horizon: Zone of accumulation of material

leached from the A and B horizons.C horizon: Layer not affected by soil forming

processes.

Source of Graphic:

Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida

Bh: Alluvial organic matter accumulation

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SSURGO

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Capillarity (Matric Potential)

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Height of capillary rise inversely related to tube diameter

Matric Potential and Soil Texture

The tension or suction created by small capillary tubes (small soil pores) is greater that that created by large tubes (large soil pores). At any given metric potential coarse soils hold less water than fine-textured soils.

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By: N. Lu and W.J. Likos

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Outline

• Soil concepts and properties - capillarity

• Moisture and hydraulic relations to tension

• Runoff concepts (infiltration and storage)

• Data sources for soil parameters

• Soil Properties for Florida Soils

• Soil Retention (Se) Curves

• Brooks-Corey and van GenuchtenEquations

• Comparison of CN, and Physically Parameterized Soils for projecting runoff.

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Soil Storage Examples

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Soil Suction Parameters for Moisture Curves

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Soil Moisture Comparison - Candler

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Soil Moisture Comparison - Adamsville

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Hydraulic Conductivity Limited Soil (Clays)

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Variation in Potential Soil Storage Based on Depth to WT

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Soil Data Retrieving and Processing Program

A Customized Tool Using Visual Basic Application

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Background• Change from ICPR3 to ICPR4

• Layered soil data needs

• Mechanism for consistent and up-to-date soil parameterization

• Determination of initial moisture content based on initial water table depth

• Use soil moisture retention curve to decide soil storage

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Soil Surface

Dep

th to

WT

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

Layer 4

Layer 5

Soil

Col

umn

Water Table

Soil Parameters Source or Method

Soil Zone SSURGO

Initial Water Table Depth NRCS or user specified

Kv Saturated IFAS or SSURGO

MC Saturated Calculated as function of bulk density

MC Residual Regression equation

MC InitialCalculated based on soil moisture retention curve

MC Field Water content at 1/3 or 1/10 bar

MC Wilting Water content at 15 bar

Pore Size Index Regression equation

Bubble Pressure Regression equation

Layer Thickness IFAS

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Depth to Water Table based on Potentiometric Surface

Water Table Information from SSURGO

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Soil Input Information Regarding Depth to Water Table

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WatershedSoil Zone (MUKEY) List Soil Tool

Process for Soil Data Preparation

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Ending Remarks

• Physically based rainfall excess approaches better represent soil water dynamics in Florida sandy soils.

• Availability of the soil data retrieval and processing program expedite modeling process.

• Mechanism to stay current when source soil data updates happen.

• Users need professional judgment for reasonable soil parameters.

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Q & A

Harry Downing, PE, Sr. Water Resources Engineer, Applied Sciences Consulting, Inc.

[email protected]

Lei Yang, PhD, PE, Chief Professional Engineer, SWFWMD

[email protected]

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Left blank on purposethe following slides just for potential questions

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Vertical Layered Soil Data Generated by Soil Tool

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Green Ampt Soil Data Generated by Soil Tool