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Bathymetric Map and Surface Area and Capacity Table for Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, 2020

Scientific Investigations Map 3499
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Division, Little Rock District
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3499

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Abstract

Table Rock Lake was completed in 1958 on the White River in southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas for flood control, hydroelectric power, public water supply, and recreation. The surface area of Table Rock Lake is about 42,400 acres, and about 715 miles of shoreline are at the conservation pool level (915 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988). Sedimentation in reservoirs can result in reduced water storage capacity and a reduction in usable aquatic habitat; therefore, accurate and up-to-date estimates of reservoir water capacity are important for managing pool levels, power generation, recreation, and downstream aquatic habitat. Many of the lakes operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are periodically surveyed to monitor bathymetric changes that affect water capacity. In October and November 2020, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, completed one such survey of Table Rock Lake using a multibeam echosounder. The echosounder data were combined with U.S. Geological Survey 1/3 arc-second digital elevation model data and light detection and ranging (lidar) data, where present, to prepare a bathymetric map and a surface area and capacity table up to the flood pool elevation of 931 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

Suggested Citation

Huizinga, R.J., Rivers, B.C., and Richards, J.M., 2022, Bathymetric map and surface area and capacity table for Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, 2020: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3499, 3 sheets, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3499.

ISSN: 2329-132X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Bathymetric Data-Collection Quality Assurance
  • Bathymetric Surface and Contour Quality Assurance
  • Bathymetry and Surface Area and Capacity
  • Acknowledgments
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Bathymetric map and surface area and capacity table for Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri, 2020
Series title Scientific Investigations Map
Series number 3499
DOI 10.3133/sim3499
Year Published 2022
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Midwest Water Science Center
Description 3 Sheets: 40.00 × 48.00 inches or smaller; Data Release
Country United States
State Missouri
City Branson
Other Geospatial Table Rock Lake
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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