WinTR-55

Small Watershed
Hydrology

WinTR-55 Development Team

Common Hydrology of
Urbanization

WinTR-55
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WinTR-55

S
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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
Watersheds
Tc
Reaches
Reach Types
Reach Routing
Structure Routing
Structure Types
Structure Sizes

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25 square miles
1-10
0.1 hour <Tc < 10 hours
0-10
Channel or Structure
Muskingum-Cunge
Storage-Indication
Pipe or Weir
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Capabilities & Limitations

Rainfall Depth
Rainfall Distributions
Rainfall Duration
Dimensionless Unit
Hydrograph
Antecedent Runoff
Condition

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Default or user-defined
0-50 inches (0-1,270 mm)
NRCS Type I/IA/II/III
or
user-defined
24-hour
Standard peak rate
484 or user-defined
2 (average)

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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Watershed Example

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Storage Area
Sub-Area Inflow

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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 StartedWelcome 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 doesnt 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
Laurel Foreman
William Merkel
Helen Fox Moody
Quan D. Quan
Ralph Roberts
John McClung
Al McNeill
Jolyne Lee
Don Woodward
Jon Werner
Roger Cronshey

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NRCS, Washington DC
NRCS, Iowa
NRCS-WNTSC, Maryland
NRCS-WNTSC, Maryland
NRCS-WNTSC, Maryland
ARS, Maryland
NRCS-NWMC, Arkansas
NRCS, South Carolina
NRCS-NWCC, Oregon
NRCS-retired
NRCS-retired
NRCS-retired

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