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Rainfall and water-level data for a wetland area near Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, October 1996 through September 1997

Open-File Report 98-78
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9878

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Abstract

Rainfall amounts and water levels at a degraded wetland area near Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, were collected to assist the Tennessee Department of Transportation with a program designed to restore the wetland to a more natural condition. The site is located along a channelized reach of Big Creek Drainage Canal, east of State Route 240, and near the southeastern boundary of the Naval Support Activity Memphis, Millington. Rainfall amounts were recorded at 5-minute intervals using a tipping-bucket rain gage from October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997. Total rainfall for this period was 70.16 inches. In general, water levels at the wetland were above or near the ground surface during the 6-month period from the first of January through June 1997. For the remainder of the year, water levels generally subsided to several feet below land surface. However, some locations within the wetland were wet or highly saturated year round.

Suggested Citation

Knight, R., 1998, Rainfall and water-level data for a wetland area near Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, October 1996 through September 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-78, iii, 26 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9878.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Rainfall and water-level data for a wetland area near Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, October 1996 through September 1997
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 98-78
DOI 10.3133/ofr9878
Year Published 1998
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ; Branch of Information Services [distributor],
Description iii, 26 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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