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Hydrology and sedimentation of Bixler Run Basin, central Pennsylvania

Water Supply Paper 1798-N
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1798N

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Abstract

Rainfall, streamflow, stream chemical, and sediment discharge data were collected from Bixler Run near Loysville, Pa., during the period from February 1954 to September 1969 as part of a project to evaluate sediment discharge from an agricultural area in which soil-conservation techniques were being adopted at a moderate rate. The study was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, State Conservation Commission. Sediment yields from the basin averaged 64 tons per square mile (22 tonnes per square kilometre) per year, approximately 25 percent less than yields from the surrounding area. The relation between water discharge and suspended-sediment discharge remained constant during the study. Suspended-sediment concentrations in the streamflow were less than 10 milligrams per litre 70 percent of the time. The concentration of chloride ions in the streamflow increased from 1959 to 1969. Ground water maintained flows at the gaging location at a rate of 1.9 cubic feet per second (0.054 cubic metres per second) during the period of data collection.

Suggested Citation

Reed, L.A., 1976, Hydrology and sedimentation of Bixler Run Basin, central Pennsylvania: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1798, v, 20 p. :ill., maps ;24 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1798N.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrology and sedimentation of Bixler Run Basin, central Pennsylvania
Series title Water Supply Paper
Series number 1798
Chapter N
DOI 10.3133/wsp1798N
Year Published 1976
Language English
Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office
Contributing office(s) Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Description v, 20 p. :ill., maps ;24 cm.
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