DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF A GIS-BASED CURVE NUMBER MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES

Chris Alfred Alcober; Richmark Macuha

doi:10.11113/aej.v14.21013

Authors

Chris Alfred Alcober Institute of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines ¬– Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Richmark Macuha Institute of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines ¬– Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/aej.v14.21013

Keywords:

Curve number, geographic information system, hydrologic loss, runoff potential, hydrologic soil group

Abstract

Stormwater management requires quantitative methods to determine objective flood risk by estimating how much rainfall becomes runoff. With the absence of a locally generated runoff coefficient database in the Philippines, the standard model for surface runoff estimation is yet to be implemented using homegrown datasets. Traditionally, the empirical method is adapted from the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The method quantifies rainfall-runoff relationships underscoring the combined effects of ground cover, soil hydraulic conductivity, and antecedent runoff condition (ARC) on runoff potential via a hydrologic parameter called the Curve Number (CN). Using geographic information system (GIS) tools, the Philippine CN map is developed by preprocessing and intersecting land use and land cover (LULC) and hydrologic soil group (HSG) with the CN look-up table. It was revealed that Group C soils dominate the Philippines. New data products—three raster CN maps at 25m spatial resolution—indicated the prevalence of medium to high runoff potential. National curve numbers were 61, 78, and 89 for dry, average, and wet ARCs, respectively. The outputs of this study provide access to spatially varied local runoff potential data in GIS format thus allowing direct GIS use for the swift simulation of flood damage mitigation models, among others.

Author Biographies

Chris Alfred Alcober, Institute of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines ¬– Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

BS Civil Engineering Graduate | University of the Philippines – Diliman
Richmark Macuha, Institute of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of the Philippines ¬– Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Asst. Prof., Institute of Civil Engineering, UP Diliman

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