David Soong
For more than 18 years with the USGS David Soong has conducted applied research in river hydraulics, sediment routing, and rainfall-runoff analyses. He applies modeling and analytical techniques in assessing flow quantity and prediction uncertainty, river spill and oil-particle-aggregate transport, and restoration issues. He works in the USGS Central Midwest Water Science Center, Urbana, IL.
Awarded Projects:
- Technical Review for DuPage River HSPF Watershed Model in Will County, Illinois. Funded by US Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District.
- Evaluation Rainfall-Runoff Parameters in HSPF for Watersheds in Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting System. Funded by US Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District.
- Flood-inundation Maps for a 1.6-mile reach of Salt Creek, Wood Dale, Illinois. Funded by Du Page County, Department of Environmental Concerns.
- Effects of Detention Basin and Release Rates on Flood Characteristics for Blackberry Creek in Kane County. Funded by Kane County, Department of Environmental Management.
- Flood-Hazard Analysis with Rainfall-Runoff Modeling for the Blackberry Creek Watershed, Kane County, Illinois. Funded by Kane County Department of Environmental Management.
- Updated and Unified StreamStats Peak Discharges for Streams of Illinois. Funded by Illinois Center for Transportation.
- Analysis and Adjustment of Flood-Peak Magnitudes Recorded at USGS Streamflow gages in Northeastern Illinois. Funded by Army Corps of Engineers – Chicago District.
- Techniques for Estimating Flood Magnitudes and Frequencies for Rural Streams of Illinois. Funded by Illinois Department of Natural Resources – Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Transportation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and USGS.
- Development and Evaluation of StreamStats for Rural Illinois Streams. Funded by Illinois Center for Transportation.
- Development of an Oil-Particle Aggregate Transport Model. Funded provided through USGS Midewest Region.
- Manning's roughness coefficients for Illinois Streams. Funded by Office of Water Resources, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and USGS..
Professional Experience
2000-Present USGS, Central Midwest Water Science Center, Urbana, Illinois
Education and Certifications
PhD Water Resources Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 1986
MS Water Resources Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 1980
BS in Hydraulic Engineering, Feng-Chia College, Taiwan, 1975
Science and Products
Land change in the Central Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion and hydrologic consequences in developed areas: 1939-2000
Flood-inundation maps for a nine-mile reach of the Des Plaines River from Riverwoods to Mettawa, Illinois
Ohio River backwater flood-inundation maps for the Saline and Wabash Rivers in southern Illinois
Manning's roughness coefficient for Illinois streams
Using observed postconstruction peak discharges to evaluate a hydrologic and hydraulic design model, Boneyard Creek, Champaign and Urbana, Illinois
Compilation of watershed models for tributaries to the Great Lakes, United States, as of 2010, and identification of watersheds for future modeling for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Implementation and Evaluation of the Streamflow Statistics (StreamStats) Web Application for Computing Basin Characteristics and Flood Peaks in Illinois
Effect of detention basin release rates on flood flows: Application of a model to the Blackberry Creek Watershed in Kane County, Illinois
Hydrologic, Hydraulic, and Flood Analyses of the Blackberry Creek Watershed, Kendall County, Illinois
Digital floodplain mapping and an analysis of errors involved
Continuous hydrologic simulation and flood-frequency, hydraulic, and flood-hazard analysis of the Blackberry Creek watershed, Kane County, Illinois
Estimating flood-peak discharge magnitudes and frequencies for rural streams in Illinois
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Land change in the Central Corn Belt Plains Ecoregion and hydrologic consequences in developed areas: 1939-2000
Flood-inundation maps for a nine-mile reach of the Des Plaines River from Riverwoods to Mettawa, Illinois
Ohio River backwater flood-inundation maps for the Saline and Wabash Rivers in southern Illinois
Manning's roughness coefficient for Illinois streams
Using observed postconstruction peak discharges to evaluate a hydrologic and hydraulic design model, Boneyard Creek, Champaign and Urbana, Illinois
Compilation of watershed models for tributaries to the Great Lakes, United States, as of 2010, and identification of watersheds for future modeling for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Implementation and Evaluation of the Streamflow Statistics (StreamStats) Web Application for Computing Basin Characteristics and Flood Peaks in Illinois
Effect of detention basin release rates on flood flows: Application of a model to the Blackberry Creek Watershed in Kane County, Illinois
Hydrologic, Hydraulic, and Flood Analyses of the Blackberry Creek Watershed, Kendall County, Illinois
Digital floodplain mapping and an analysis of errors involved
Continuous hydrologic simulation and flood-frequency, hydraulic, and flood-hazard analysis of the Blackberry Creek watershed, Kane County, Illinois
Estimating flood-peak discharge magnitudes and frequencies for rural streams in Illinois
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.