Sedimentation in Lake Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1982-86
Water-Resources Investigations Report
87-4256
By: L. J. Slack and J.L. Pritchett
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Abstract
Lake Tuscaloosa, created in 1969 by the impoundment of North River, provides the primary water supply for Tuscaloosa, Alabama , and surrounding areas. This report describes the rate of sedimentation in the lake from its principal tributaries. The rate of sediment deposition in the lake is low. The maximum sediment deposition from 1982 to 1986 at 17 lake cross sections was about 3.5 feet (or 0.9 foot per year) at a cross section that received drainage from Brush Creek basin. Brush Creek is an unmined basin with steep overland and channel slopes. At 15 of the 17 cross sections, the maximum sediment deposition was less than 2 feet (or 0.5 foot per year). Scour and fill processes (redistribution of the sediment) appear to be taking place at many of the cross sections. (Author 's abstract)
Suggested Citation
Slack, L.J., Pritchett, J., 1988, Sedimentation in Lake Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1982-86: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4256, v, 24 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri874256.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Sedimentation in Lake Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1982-86 |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 87-4256 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri874256 |
| Year Published | 1988 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | v, 24 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |