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U.S. Geological SurveyScience-Support Tools for Indiana’sFEH-Mitigation ProgramBret A. Robinson, Ph.D.U.S. Geological SurveyIndiana Water Science CenterIn cooperation withIndiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs
Indiana’s FEH ProgramFEH Study TeamIndiana Univ. / Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis (IUPUI)Center for Earth andEnvironmental ScienceEducation / OutreachU.S. Geological SurveyScience ToolsThe Polis CenterFEH Mapping Bridge screening StreamStats updates Bankfull dimensions Migration rates Vulnerable assets
Barnett Creek at Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Fla.WidthChannel Dimensions f (Drainage area)Drainage Area
Physiographic Divisionsof IndianaHenry Gray, 2000Indiana Geological SurveySpecial Report 61Northern Indiana StreamsSouthern Indiana Streams
82 Data-collection sites(25)(31)(26)
Data ElementsBankfull WidthCross-sectionalareaMeanDepth
RC-314 Unnamed tributary to Anderson River
Regional CurvesPlotsRegression equationsTable 5. Regression equations for estimating bankfull-channel dimensions of non-urbanwadeable streams in Indiana.[WBF, bankfull width, in feet; DBF, mean bankfull depth, in feet; ABF, bankfull crosssectional area, in square feet; DA, drainage area, in square miles]EquationnumberEquationCoefficient ofdetermination(r-squared)Northern Moraine and Lake region1WBFn 13.4 DA 0.3180.922DBFn 1.3 DA 0.1760.753ABFn 17.0 DA 0.4950.92Central Till Plain region4WBFc 18.2 DA 0.3270.945DBFc 1.6 DA 0.1590.566ABFc 28.8 DA 0.4870.88Southern Hills and Lowlands region7WBFs 27.2 DA 0.2860.948DBFs 1.9 DA 0.1830.589ABFs 50.9 DA 0.4680.87South
Report available atUSGSPublications WarehouseResults available inStreamStats
Indiana Streams Actively Migrating . Raw and failing cutbanks Non-vegetated point barsRecently Stationary . Both banks stable With mature trees
Channel-migrationrates?
Coal CreekfromMouth to VeedersburgCoal-1Coal-2Coal-3Coal-20
At each selected meander .White Lick Creek at Mooresville, Ind.(WHITELICK—17)Historical imagery: 1998 to 201212(865 ft – 620 ft172 months) 17 ft/yr( over the past 14 yrs)865ftApril, 1998Aug, 2012620ft
Some meanders are relatively stationary Tippecanoe River(TIPPY-2)Rate 1 ft/yrMarch, 1992Feb, 2012( 20 yrs)
Within IndianaInvestigating 38 largest streams970 meanders measured
Summary Statistics700Distribution of Migration Rates600Number of Sites50040030020010000-11-55 - 1010 - 1515 - 2020 - 2525 - 3030 - 35 35Migration-Rate Classes (Feet/Year) 65% of measured sites are stationary 3% of measured sites migrating 20 ft/yr
Determine 75th PercentileSiteRate OAL-41.2COAL-12 1.0COAL-13 1.0COAL-14 1.0COAL-16 1.0(25% are greater than )Coal Creek 4.6 ft/yr75% are less than
Anderson RiverBig Pine CreekBlue RiverEast Fork White River (middle)Eel River (north)Elkhart RiverFawn RiverIndian CreekIroquois RiverKankakee RiverLaughery CreekLost RiverMaumee RiverMississinewa RiverMuscatatuck RiverPatoka RiverPigeon RiverSalamonie RiverSalt CreekSt Joseph River (Ft Wayne)St Joseph River (South Bend)St Marys RiverTippecanoe RiverVernon Fork Muscatatuck RiverWabash River (upper)White River (upper)Big Blue RiverCoal CreekWildcat CreekEel River (south)Driftwood RiverBig Raccoon CreekSugar CreekEast Fork White River (lower)South Fork Wildcat CreekWabash River (lower)Flatrock RiverBig Walnut CreekEast Fork White River (upper)White Lick CreekWhite River (lower)Whitewater RiverMigration Rate (Ft/Yr)75th Percentile Channel-Migration Rates35.030.025.020.015.010.05.00.0
Distribution ofstationary andactively-migratingstreams
White River near Centerton, Ind.Identification ofMeander-Vulnerable AssetsTransportation Assets Bridges Roads Railroads Railroad BridgesUtility Assets Power Lines Pipelines Dams Water-treatment PlantsGoogle EarthTM
Questions? Bankfull-Channel Dimensions Channel-Migration RatesPhotograph: Terri Cooper, USGS
Barnett Creek at Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Fla. Width. Drainage Area . Physiographic Divisions of Indiana . Henry Gray, 2000 Indiana Geological Survey Special Report 61 . Northern Indiana Streams . Southern Indiana Streams . 82 Data-collec
Indiana State University 2 5.0% University of Southern Indiana 0 0.0% Indiana University-Bloomington 6 15.0% Indiana University-East 0 0.0% Indiana University-Kokomo 1 2.5% Indiana University-Northwest 0 0.0% Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 4 10.0% Indiana University-South Bend 0 0.0% Indiana University-Southeast 1 2.5%
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AER/AGS Special Report 101 (October 2015) 1 Introduction K.E. Maccormack1, L.H.Thorleifson2, R.C. Berg3, and H.A.J. Russell4 1 Alberta Geological Survey 2 Minnesota Geological Survey 3 Illinois State Geological Survey 4 Geological Survey of Canada Abstract The objective of this year’s 3D workshop is to
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