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Data Base for Assessment of Streambed Scour and Channel Instability at Selected Bridges in Indiana, 1991–95

Open-File Report 1997–0419
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97419

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation, has collected data at 5,587 bridges in Indiana built with federal aid. These data, which can be useful for assessing Streambed scour and channel instability, are maintained in a computerized data base at the U.S. Geological Survey in Indianapolis, Indiana. The data elements are grouped under one of five headings: General Site Characteristics, Observed and Calculated Scour Characteristics, Bridge Characteristics, Stream Characteristics, and Debris Characteristics. The description of the data in each group includes the element name; examples of the data from bridge number 89-54 crossing Lick Creek in Wayne County, Indiana; and a brief description of each element. The data already have been used in Indiana to produce an observed-scour index and a potential-scour index and may be useful in other applications as well.

Suggested Citation

Hopkins, M.S., and Robinson, B.A., 1997, Data base for assessment of streambed scour and channel instability at selected bridges in Indiana, 1991–95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 1997–0419, 21 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97419.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Streambed-Scour and Channel-Instability Data Base
  • Data-Collection Techniques
  • Data-Base Nomenclature Conventions
  • Archived Photographs
  • General Limitations of the Data Base
  • References Cited
  • Supplemental Data
  • Tables
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Data Base for Assessment of Streambed Scour and Channel Instability at Selected Bridges in Indiana, 1991–95
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 1997–0419
DOI 10.3133/ofr97419
Year Published 1997
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Indianapolis, IN
Contributing office(s) Indiana Water Science Center
Description Report: iv, 17 p.
Country United States
State Indiana
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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