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New Mexico Water Science Center

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Automated Crest-Stage Gage Application in Ephemeral Streams in New Mexico

By Scott D. Waltemeyer

U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet 2005–3136

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Traditional Crest-Stage Gage and Automated Crest-Stage Gage

Traditional Crest-Stage Gage in Comparison to Automated Crest-Stage Gage

Traditional Crest-Stage Gage

Automated Crest-Stage Gage

Comparison of Data

Selected References

 

Figures

 

1–3.   Photographs showing:
  1.   Near peak flow in an ephemeral stream near Variadero, N. Mex. (Garita Creek at Highway 104 Bridge), September 9, 2002
  2.   The 2-inch-diameter steel casing of a traditional crest-stage gage in which a transducer is installed
  3.   Example of a differential-pressure transducer
4.   Hydrograph showing peak flow and a smaller peak during one streamflow event at the crest-stage gage site Yeso Creek near Fort Sumner, N. Mex., July 3, 2002
5.   Photograph showing USGS hydrologist attaching an absolute-pressure transducer to a bridge piling at Arroyo Hondo near Santa Fe, N. Mex.


Table



1.   Comparison of traditional and automated crest-stage gage data in New Mexico

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