Small Watershed
Hydrology
WinTR-55
Windows
Watershed:
system of sub-areas and
reaches
Sub-areas:
hydrograph-generating
areas
Sub-areas -
flow into upstream end of
stream reach
Legend
Storage Area
Outlet Sub-Area Inflow
Start WinTR-55
“Return to
WinTR55”
New user help
Skip welcome
screen
Input basic
project data
Menu
Buttons
Input boxes
New project
“File - New”
English
or
Metric
Go to land use
right vertical scrollbar
Land Use Category
radio button
Area in hydrologic soil
column
Maximum 15 land uses
per subarea
Weighted CN
Accumulated sub-area
area
Convenient summary
Display current
subarea
Summary toggle
Create Custom CN
Pervious curve number
% Impervious area
% Impervious area
unconnected
5 flow segments:
1-sheet flow
2-shallow concentrated
2-channel flow
schematic
“Reach Flow Path”
Detail toggle
All Details
Overview
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?)
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
Demonstrated WinTR-55
Created WinTR-55 Input File
Ran WinTR-55
Viewed WinTR-55 Output