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Urban soil hydrology, hydraulic conductivity measurements

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Catalog Last Checked: April 21, 2026 at 07:58 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 05, 2017
We used field measurements of seldom-assessed hydraulic conductivity in urban locations. Although emphasis is placed on soils as permeable surfaces that regulate the rainfall-runoff process, representative soil hydraulic and hydrologic parameters for urban areas are rare. The extent to which measured and commonly simulated hydraulic data may differ is also largely uncharacterized. As part of the EPA urban soil assessment infiltration and drainage rates were measured in 12 cities and compared these to estimates generated from the EPA National Stormwater Calculator (NSWC), USDA Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO), and USDA Rosetta. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Schifman, L., and W. Shuster. Comparison of Measured and Simulated Urban Soil Hydrologic Properties. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, VA, USA, 24(1): 04018056, (2019).

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