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Sedimentation of Williams Reservoir, Santa Clara County, California

Open-File Report 72-315
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice
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Abstract

Fifty-two acre-feet of sediment was ·deposited in Williams Reservoir between 1913 and 1971. From calculations of the sediment yields in other nearby drainage basins in Santa Clara County, it was determined that 24 to 38 acre-feet of sediment would have been transported to Williams Reservoir between 1961 and 1971 under natural conditions. The difference (14 to 28 acre-ft) is probably a consequence of increased sediment yield due to a fire that destroyed much of the vegetation in the drainage basin in 1961.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Sedimentation of Williams Reservoir, Santa Clara County, California
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 72-315
DOI 10.3133/ofr72315
Year Published 1972
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description iv, 26 p.
Country United States
State California
County Santa Clara County
Other Geospatial Williams Reservoir
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