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NWS Hydrology Trivia!


Part 1 â€“ Significant Years
Part 2 â€“ People
Part 3 â€“ Places/Offices
Part 4 â€“ Hodgepodge

  1. In what year were the first two River Forecast Centers established?

    (a) 1903 (b) 1937 (c) 1946 (d) 1951

  2. What year did the civilian weather service begin forecasting the nation's rivers?

    (a) 1890 (b) 1900 (c) 1920 (d) 1945

  3. In what year was the River Forecast Center Gateway Computer System established?

    (a) 1979 (b) 1981 (c) 1983 (d) 1985

  4. In what year was the National Remote Sensing Program established?

    (a) 1968 (b) 1979 (c) 1981 (d) 1986

  5. In what year was the position now known as Regional Hydrologist in the 1980s established?

    (a) 1938 (b) 1946 (c) 1953 (d) 1965

  6. In what year did three weather bureau employees publish the textbook "Applied Hydrology"?

    (a) 1941 (b) 1944 (c) 1949 (d) 1952

  7. In what year was the PROTEUS project established?

    (a) 1982 (b) 1983 (c) 1985 (d) 1987

  8. In what year was the Max A. Kohler Award established?

    (a) 1959 (b) 1964 (c) 1975 (d) 1988

  9. In what year was the last River Forecast Center established?

    (a) 1969 (b) 1971 (c) 1973 (d) 1979

  10. In what decade did the River Forecast Center change their names from the location the office was located to a name indicative of their area of responsibility?

    (a) 1990s (b) 1980s (c) 1960s (d) 2000s