Peak Flow Data (highest flow registered each year) since 1954 for Godalming gauging

station (Gauging Station Datum: 36m AOD)

Year Date Time Flow Rate (m3/s)
1954-55 09/12/1954 00:00 52.1
1955-56 31/01/1956 00:00 28.9
1956-57 08/02/1957 00:00 35.4
1957-58 04/11/1957 00:00 24.9
1958-59 05/10/1958 00:00 31.4
1959-60 25/01/1960 00:00 37.5
1960-61 09/10/1960 00:00 44.5
1961-62 22/01/1962 00:00 36.2
1962-63 10/03/1963 00:00 35.7
1963-64 15/03/1964 00:00 37.1
1964-65 13/01/1965 00:00 19.4
1965-66 25/02/1966 00:00 37.1
1966-67 28/02/1967 00:00 36.8
1967-68 16/09/1968 00:00 79
1968-69 17/12/1968 00:00 38.5
1969-70 23/01/1970 00:00 24.6
1970-71 23/01/1971 00:00 33.2
1971-72 05/03/1972 00:00 16.4
1972-73 06/12/1972 00:00 23
1973-74 11/02/1974 00:00 27.3
1974-75 14/11/1974 00:00 27.7
1975-76 01/12/1975 00:00 15.8
1976-77 30/11/1976 00:00 23.5
1977-78 28/01/1978 00:00 23.3
1978-79 25/03/1979 00:00 21.1
1979-80 28/12/1979 00:00 28.3
1980-81 02/06/1981 00:00 16.2
1981-82 15/03/1982 00:00 15.8
1982-83 22/10/1982 00:00 22.5
1983-84 24/03/1984 00:00 20.5
1984-85 21/01/1985 00:00 18.6
1985-86 26/12/1985 00:00 25.1
1986-87 19/11/1986 00:00 19.8
1987-88 12/11/1987 14:00 27.59
1988-89 25/02/1989 03:15 22.77
1989-90 04/02/1990 03:15 30.11
1990-91 10/01/1991 13:45 16.72
1991-92 28/04/1992 20:15 6.21
1992-93 03/12/1992 07:45 26.94
1993-94 13/10/1993 14:15 33.71
1994-95 09/12/1994 07:45 26.59
1995-96 10/01/1996 00:00 24.71
1996-97 20/11/1996 12:30 21.04
1997-98 06/01/1998 05:45 21.04
1998-99 17/01/1999 00:15 25.74

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 1999-00 25/12/1999 13:45 29.81
2000-01 30/10/2000 22:45 38.84
2001-02 05/02/2002 13:45 25.33
2002-03 02/01/2003 03:45 30.03
2003-04 26/11/2003 21:00 19.76
2004-05 19/12/2004 13:00 12.65
2005-06 03/12/2005 02:00 21.82
2006-07 07/03/2007 00:00 25.85
2007-08 16/01/2008 07:00 29.39
2008-09 10/02/2009 16:00 31.96
2009-10 17/01/2010 11:00 28.61
2010-11 18/01/2011 11:45 23.15
2011-12 30/04/2012 04:30 26.58
2012-13 21/12/2012 08:00 26.59
2013-14 24/12/2013 15:00 43.44
2014-15 16/01/2015 01:15 21.9
2015-16 24/06/2016 09:15 25.017
2016-17 20/11/2016 14:45 12.029

Calculating the flood volume

‘Cunnane formula’ for calculating the return
period of a given flow event:

Return period = (n + 0.2) / (m - 0.4)

Calculating return periods for peak
flow dataset
Calculating flood volumes
Where:
n = number of events in dataset
m = rank of given event, (e.g. m = 1 is the
highest peak in the dataset, m = 2 is the second
highest, etc)
Flow velocity (v) = distance (d) / time (t)
Volume (V) = flow rate (Q) * t
N.B. The limits of the river length you will be
analysing in GIS correspond to about 1.25km.
The width and depth of the river at that location
are 15m and 1.55m respectively.

River engineering

Typical slopes on lowland UK rivers Between 1:1000 and 1:300.

Flow velocities in UK rivers Typically between 0.5 and 3m/s