WinTR-55

Small Watershed
Hydrology

WinTR-55 Development Team

 Common Hydrology of
Urbanization

WinTR-55

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 WinTR-55

O S
D
Windows

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 Tutorial
Demonstrate WinTR-55
Create WinTR-55 Input File
Run WinTR-55
View WinTR-55 Output

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 WinTR-55 Capabilities &
Limitations
 Maximum Area 25 square miles
 Watersheds 1-10
 Tc 0.1 hour <Tc < 10 hours
 Reaches 0-10
 Reach Types Channel or Structure
 Reach Routing Muskingum-Cunge
 Structure Routing Storage-Indication
 Structure Types Pipe or Weir
 Structure Sizes 1-3

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 Capabilities & Limitations

 Rainfall Depth Default or user-defined

0-50 inches (0-1,270 mm)
 Rainfall Distributions NRCS Type I/IA/II/III
or
user-defined
 Rainfall Duration 24-hour
 Dimensionless Unit Standard peak rate
Hydrograph 484 or user-defined
 Antecedent Runoff 2 (average)
Condition

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 Minimum Data Requirements

 Single sub-area run data

 WinTR-55 Main Window
 Project Identification Data
 User, Project, Subtitle, State & County
 Sub-areas are expressed in:
 Acres or Square Miles
 Dimensionless Unit Hydrograph
 Rainfall Storm Data
 Sub-area Data (Name, flows to reach/outlet, area,
weighted curve number, & time of concentration)

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 WinTR-55 Sub-area/Reach
Concepts

 Watershed:
system of sub-areas and
reaches
 Sub-areas:
hydrograph-generating
areas
 Sub-areas -
flow into upstream end of
stream reach

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 WinTR-55 Sub-area/Reach
Concepts
 Reaches - represent watershed stream flow paths
 Reaches or Routing Elements - 2 types
 Channel routing elements - Stream Reach
 Storage routing elements - Reservoir/Structure Reach
 “Outlet” -final reach
(required for all watersheds)

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 Sub-area Data
 Drainage Area
 Runoff Curve Number (RCN) Data
 Time of Concentration (Tc) Data
 Channel Reach Data
 Structure Reach Data
 Design Storm Amounts and Distribution
NOTE: RCN and Tc may be directly entered on
WinTR-55 Main Window

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 Getting Started-
Welcome to WinTR-55 Window

 Start WinTR-55
“Return to
WinTR55”
 New user help
 Skip welcome
screen

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 WinTR-55 Main Window

 Input basic
project data
 Menu
 Buttons
 Input boxes

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 Help
 Display introduction
 Help for the Main Window
 System information
 Program version number and date

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 WinTR-55 Main Window

 New project
“File - New”

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 Units

 English
or
 Metric

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 Main Window-Data Entry
 Project Identification Data
(User, Project, etc.)
 Choose area units
 square mile or acres
 square km or hectares
 Select Dimensionless Unit
Hydrograph
 Input known project data in
the “Sub-area Entry and
Summary”
 Tc & RCN - direct input

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 Project Data
 Project Data menu
 Land Use Details
 Time of Concentration
 Structure Data
 Reach Data
 Buttons
 Double-click title blocks in
grid

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 Land Use Details
 Go to land use
 right vertical scrollbar
 Land Use Category
radio button
 Area in hydrologic soil
column
 Maximum 15 land uses
per subarea

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 Land Use Details
 Weighted CN
 Accumulated sub-area
area

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 Land Use Summary
 Convenient summary
 Display current
subarea
 Summary toggle

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 Custom Curve Number

 Create Custom CN
 Pervious curve number
 % Impervious area
 % Impervious area
unconnected

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Time of Concentration Details
 Enter sub-area flow path
segment data

 5 flow segments:
1-sheet flow
2-shallow concentrated
2-channel flow

 Displays total flow path

length

 Displays average flow velocity

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 Reach Data Entry
 Edit stream network
 Channel reach or storage
(structure) reach
 Create channel reach rating
table
 Use another model
(e.g. NRCS WinTR-20) when:
 > 10 reaches
 complex channel or storage
routing

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 Reach Data Entry
 Unique “Reach Name”
(< 10 characters)
 Downstream
“Receiving Reach”
 Channels - channel data
 Structure -
 Enter structure name
 Go to Structure Data
Window
(Double-click Name)

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 Reach Data Plot

 Graphical channel rating

“Plot”
 Line width &
color-”Options”

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 View Reach Data

 schematic
“Reach Flow Path”
 Detail toggle

All Details

Overview

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 Structure Data
 Name
 Surface area
 Outlet type & size
 Structure name correspond
to Reach Window name
 1-3 sizes/trials
 Complex ratings--use
another model
(e.g.WinTR-20 or Sites)

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 Global Data - Main Window
 Storm Data-rainfall
depths
(how much did it rain?)
 Custom Rainfall
Distributions-
(how was the rain
distributed during the
storm?)
 Dimensionless Unit
Hydrograph-(What shape
is the hydrograph?)

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 Storm Data
 NRCS-supplied rainfall depths
and distributions for the US
states and counties
 Edit rainfall depths
 Design rainfall distribution
 “Accept” to exit window
 Changing State-County on
Main Window doesn’t change
Storm Data!
 Set/edit Storm Data each run!

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 Watersheds Outside US
 “State” and “County”
become
“Region” and “Locale”
 No NRCS-supplied rainfall
data
 Must enter rainfall depths
and pick distribution

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 Custom Rainfall Distributions
 New distribution
 WinTR-55 Main Window
“GlobalData” menu
“Custom Rainfall Distribution”
or
“Custom Rainfall Distribution”
button
 Rename/delete distribution
 Enter dimensionless distribution
(increase from 0.00000 to
1.00000)
 Displays time increment and
number of points

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 Rainfall Distributions Plot

 “Plot” current rainfall

distribution
 One distribution plot
(no comparisons)
 Options for line width
and color

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 Dimensionless Unit Hydrographs

 New dimensionless unit

hydrograph
 Rename/delete
 Values increase from 0-1,
then decrease 1-0
 Number of points displayed
 Standard NRCS
dimensionless unit
hydrographs in WinTR-55
may not be edited or deleted

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 Dimensionless Unit Hydrograph
Plot

 “Plot” button on the

Dimensionless Unit
Hydrographs window
 Options for line width
and color
 Single DUH
(no multiple DUH plots)

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 Run

 ”Run” on the WinTR-55

Main Window menu
or
“Run” button
 Check storm(s) to
evaluate
 Click “Run” button
 “Run” not available for
incomplete data

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 Viewing Output
 File Display window opens
after WinTR-55 run
 Also “Report View”
 Various WinTR-55
reports
 Errors during run -
“Error File” window opens
 Error messages
“View - Error File”

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 Output Definition
 Complete data for a run
“Output Definition” button
available
(WinTR-55 Main Window)
 Check output report
 Print to printer
 View on-screen

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 Possible Reports
 Current data description
 Storm Data
 Watershed Peak Table
 Hydrograph Peak/Peak Time Table
 Structure Output Table
 Reach Summary Table
 Sub-Area Time of Concentration Details
 Sub-Area Land Use and Curve Number Details
 Reach Channel Rating Details
 Structure Rating Details

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 Other Reports
 File Display window
(report viewer)
 Input file
 WinTR-20 Printed
Page file
(tabular hydrograph)
 Error file
 Debug file

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Plotting and Viewing Hydrographs

 Click Hydrographs
button
(Main WinTR-55 Window)
 Select
Sub-areas or Reaches
 Check desired subareas
or desired reaches
 Check storm event
 Check alternatives
 Reaches - upstream
or downstream end

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 Graphics Window

 Click “Plot” on the

Output Graphics window
to plot selected
hydrographs
 Line width and color
options
 Print to printer
or
 Save bitmap image

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 Summary

Demonstrated WinTR-55
Created WinTR-55 Input File
Ran WinTR-55
Viewed WinTR-55 Output

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 WinTR-55 Web Site

 Download latest WinTR-55 version

http://wsi.nrcs.usda.gov/products/W2Q/H&H/Tools_Models
/WinTR55.html
 Update notes
 WinTR-55 User Manual
 WinTR-55 Support Team e-mail address
ug-orportlan-4-TR55

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 Development Team
 Claudia Hoeft NRCS, Washington DC
 Laurel Foreman NRCS, Iowa
 William Merkel NRCS-WNTSC, Maryland
 Helen Fox Moody NRCS-WNTSC, Maryland
 Quan D. Quan NRCS-WNTSC, Maryland
 Ralph Roberts ARS, Maryland
 John McClung NRCS-NWMC, Arkansas
 Al McNeill NRCS, South Carolina
 Jolyne Lee NRCS-NWCC, Oregon
 Don Woodward NRCS-retired
 Jon Werner NRCS-retired
 Roger Cronshey NRCS-retired

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USDA-NRCS