Scour and fill in a stream channel, East Fork River, western Wyoming
Open-File Report
78-928
By: Edmund D. Andrews
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Abstract
Frequent soundings of 11 cross sections located on the East Fork River, western Wyoming, during a spring flood revealed two sequences of channel scour and fill. All sections either scoured or filled at the flood crests relative to their low-flow condition. The sections which scoured at high flow (called scouring sections) generally tended to fill at low flow. Conversely, the sections which filled at high flow (called filling sections) generally tended to scour at low flow. The critical discharge at which the character of a section changed from scouring to filling or vice versa was approximately the bankfull discharge. Therefore, at any discharge except bankfull, some sections were accumulating bed material (fill), while others were being depleted of bed material (scour). (Woodard-USGS)
Suggested Citation
Andrews, E.D., 1978, Scour and fill in a stream channel, East Fork River, western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-928, iv, 73 p. , https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr78928.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Scour and fill in a stream channel, East Fork River, western Wyoming |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 78-928 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr78928 |
| Year Published | 1978 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Description | iv, 73 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| Other Geospatial | East Fork River |