The flow rate pattern was stable and predictable
whether organized by flow component, season, or
both. The stormflow rate was about 10 times greater
than the baseflow rate and about three times greater
than the elevated baseflow rate. This 10:3:1 pattern
held across seasons even though the flow rates
decreased markedly from spring to summer and
increased markedly from summer to autumn. The
summer flow rates, irrespective of flow component,
were about one-third to one-fourth those for autumn,
winter, and spring. There was a tendency for flow rate,
especially baseflow, to be less in autumn than winter,
likely because the soil water and storage deficit was
being refilled following summer, causing groundwater
levels in the watershed to peak during winter
which would support the high baseflow and elevated
baseflow discharge rates.