Task 1. Create a New HEC-SSP Project and Import Daily Flow Data for the Milesburg Gage Location

Data File

Download the data file here:

Before any analyses can be performed, data must be imported to the HEC-SSP study.

Open HEC-SSP.
Select File | New Study…
Name the study “SayersDam_MixedPopulationAnalysis” and provide an adequate description.
Point HEC-SSP to create the new project in an appropriate location on your computer.
If the following options are not already in place, set the units to English and the coordinate system to Geographic | Degrees of Arc | GRS 1980(NAD83).
Click OK to create the new project.

Now you need to import the daily flow time series for the Milesburg gage.

Click Data | New | Using Import Wizard to open the new Data Importer Wizard.
Click Next.
Leave the Source set to HEC-DSS and click Next.
Click the ellipsis button within the Selected DSS File entry field.
Within the pop up window, navigate to the “Input_Data.dss” file. Click Open to select this file. This will cause the contents of the selected DSS file to populate within the table listing selectable data sets.
Select the Milesburg daily average streamflow time series. This should correspond to the DSS record: "/BALD EAGLE CREEK BL SPRING CREEK/MILESBURG, PA/FLOW//1DAY/USGS/”.
Double click on this record to add it to the window at the bottom of the Data Importer, as shown in the following image.

Selecting the Milesburg Time Series for Import

Click Next and review your data one last time.
When ready, click Import to to import the data set and return to the main HEC-SSP desktop.
Click the Save button () to save the study.
You should notice that a new record was added to the Study Explorer window under Data.