Rainfall-Runoff modeling is a hydrological modeling which is extremely
important for water resources planning, development, and management. In
this paper, Natural Resource Conservation Service-Curve Number (NRCS-CN)
method along with Geographical Information System (GIS) approach was
used to evaluate the runoff resulting from the rainfall of four
stations, namely, Bilodra, Kathlal, Navavas and Rellawada of Sabarmati
River basin. The rainfall data were taken for 10 years (2005-2014). The
curve number which is the function of land use, soil and antecedent
moisture condition (AMC) was generated in GIS platform. The CN value
generated for AMC- I, II and III were 57.29, 75.39 and 87.77
respectively. Using NRCS-CN method, runoff depth was calculated for all
the four stations. The runoff depth calculated with respect to the
rainfall for Bilodra, Kathlal, Navavas and Rellawada shows a good
correlation of 0.96. The computed runoff was compared with the observed
runoff which depicted a good correlation of 0.73, 0.70, 0.76 and 0.65
for the four stations. This method results in speedy and precise
estimation of runoff from a watershed.