Use of Sediment Rating Curves and Optical Backscatter Data to Characterize Sediment Transport in the Upper Yuba River Watershed, California, 2001–03
By Jennifer A. Curtis1, Lorraine E. Flint1, Charles N. Alpers1, Scott A. Wright2 and Noah P. Snyder3
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report  2005–5246 , published 2006.
Table 3
Summary of streamflow, suspended-sediment concentrations, and grain sizes of suspended sediment collected at gaging stations in the upper Yuba River watershed, California.
[See figure 1 for station locations. Grain-size material measured at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. ft3/s, cubic foot per second; mg/L, milligram per liter; mm, millimeter; µm, micrometer]
Map identifierStation identifierDateTimeStreamflow (ft³/s)Suspended sediment concentration (mg/L)Sand (greater than 0.063 mm) (%)Silt (0.004 to 0.063 mm) (%)Clay (less than 0.004 to 0.063 mm) (%) Grain size, median (µm)Grain size, mean (µm)
MYG11410000        11/08/0215:2088        48        2        30        68        3        3        
  11/09/0208:1766        82        0        31        69        3        2        
  12/14/0210:001,250        69        7        70        23        11        11        
  12/15/0207:30889        37        0        62        38        6        5        
  12/17/0213:25170        39        2        65        33        6        6        
  12/18/0210:00100        9        0        58        42        5        4        
  12/30/0212:00153        4        0        61        39        5        5        
  02/06/0308:00158        13        1        54        45        5        4        
  02/16/0308:00158        12        0        58        42        5        5        
  02/17/0314:0083        5        0        48        52        4        4        
  02/17/0314:0083        10        0        65        35        6        6        
  02/17/0314:0083        13        0        41        59        3        3        
  03/14/0315:0070        12        0        55        45        5        5        
  03/15/0315:451,240        223        8        66        26        10        9        
  03/15/0315:451,240        219        7        65        28        9        9        
  03/16/0315:30105        8        0        54        46        5        4        
           
SYG11417500        11/08/0210:22279        105        0        59        41        5        5        
  12/13/0214:22123        18        0        48        52        4        4        
  12/14/0208:001,970        128        9        56        35        6        8        
  12/15/0214:151,270        49        6        62        32        7        7        
  12/16/0214:353,060        87        18        60        22        10        15        
  12/18/0209:40605        9        17        56        27        9        11        
  12/30/0216:00750        11        10        57        33        7        8        
  12/31/0211:301,190        208        1        58        41        5        5        
  02/16/0307:00661        36        7        59        34        7        7        
  02/17/0313:00419        5        9        58        33        7        7        
  03/14/0316:00409        90        1        54        45        4        4        
  03/14/0316:00409        83        0        52        48        4        4        
  03/15/0311:302,790        411        22        50        28        9        15        
  03/15/0311:302,790        415        24        49        27        9        15        
  03/16/0312:30974        11        2        63        35        7        6        
           
YRE11418000        03/15/0314:105,400        10        0        54        46        4        4        
  03/16/0310:452,980        10        0        56        44        5        5