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Prepared in cooperation with the Navajo Nation’s Department of Water Resources, Water Management Branch

Field Manual for the Collection of Navajo Nation Streamflow-Gage Data

By Robert J. Hart and Gregory G. Fisk

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The Field Manual for the Collection of Navajo Nation Streamflow-Gage Data (Navajo Field Manual) is based on established (standard) U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging methods and provides guidelines specifically designed for the Navajo Department of Water Resources personnel who establish and maintain streamflow gages. The Navajo Field Manual addresses field visits, including essential field equipment and the selection of and routine visits to streamflow-gaging stations, examines surveying methods for determining peak flows (indirect measurements), discusses safety considerations, and defines basic terms.

First posted February 14, 2014

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Suggested citation:

Hart, R.J., and Fisk, G.G., 2014, Field manual for the collection of Navajo Nation streamflow-gage data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1107, 43 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131107.

ISSN 2231–1258


Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Determining the Purpose, Need, and Site Suitability of a Streamflow Gage

Section I: Steps for Selecting Location of New Streamflow-Gaging Stations

Section II: Field Visit Preparation

Section III: Steps for Routine Streamflow-Gage V

Section IV: Measurements of Peak-Flow Discharge Using Surveying Methods

Section V: Safety

Section VI: Selected Streamflow-Gaging Terms

Section VII: Additional Resources by Category.

Acknowledgments

References


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