Seventeen typical pulsed rainstorms were observed in Zhifanggou Watershed from 1997–2010, to study rainfall, runoff and sediment relationships. The 17 rainstorms have their own local characteristics of short duration and high intensity, resulting in different interactions between runoff and sediment yield. In the 17 rainstorms, rainfall ranged from 13.4 mm on 4 May 1997 to 56.4 mm on 20 May 1998, with rainfall durations of 150 minutes and 330 minutes, respectively. In August 2010, two short high intensity rainfall events occurred, 50 and 60 minutes rainfall duration on 11 August 2010 and 18 August 2010 with 55.6 and 40.5 mm rainfall, respectively.