Calculation of rain fall on the Willet Science Center Parking lot

During our first lab we measured the volume of rainfall that the Willet Science Center parking lot experiences during a 2 inch rainstorm. Once we discovered this amount we were asked to convert it to gallons in order to give a more realistic unit.



The measurements were:
Length = 240 feet
Width = 250 feet
Rainfall = 0.17 feet


The formula for volume is V=L*W*H
I found that the volume came to be 10,200 ft^3 and with the help of www.metric-conversion.org I discovered that this was equivalent to 76,301 gallons of water. Given these amounts we can detect that during a 2 inch rain storm on the Willet Science Center parking lot the rain fall induced would be enough to fill nearly 8 common swimming pools. Below you will find a picture of the study site via Google Earth.