Use of Sediment Rating Curves and Optical Backscatter Data to Characterize Sediment Transport in the Upper Yuba River Watershed, California, 2001–03
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 identifier | Station identifier | Date | Time | Streamflow (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) |
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| MYG | 11410000 | 11/08/02 | 15:20 | 88 | 48 | 2 | 30 | 68 | 3 | 3 |
| | | 11/09/02 | 08:17 | 66 | 82 | 0 | 31 | 69 | 3 | 2 |
| | | 12/14/02 | 10:00 | 1,250 | 69 | 7 | 70 | 23 | 11 | 11 |
| | | 12/15/02 | 07:30 | 889 | 37 | 0 | 62 | 38 | 6 | 5 |
| | | 12/17/02 | 13:25 | 170 | 39 | 2 | 65 | 33 | 6 | 6 |
| | | 12/18/02 | 10:00 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 42 | 5 | 4 |
| | | 12/30/02 | 12:00 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 39 | 5 | 5 |
| | | 02/06/03 | 08:00 | 158 | 13 | 1 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 4 |
| | | 02/16/03 | 08:00 | 158 | 12 | 0 | 58 | 42 | 5 | 5 |
| | | 02/17/03 | 14:00 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 52 | 4 | 4 |
| | | 02/17/03 | 14:00 | 83 | 10 | 0 | 65 | 35 | 6 | 6 |
| | | 02/17/03 | 14:00 | 83 | 13 | 0 | 41 | 59 | 3 | 3 |
| | | 03/14/03 | 15:00 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 55 | 45 | 5 | 5 |
| | | 03/15/03 | 15:45 | 1,240 | 223 | 8 | 66 | 26 | 10 | 9 |
| | | 03/15/03 | 15:45 | 1,240 | 219 | 7 | 65 | 28 | 9 | 9 |
| | | 03/16/03 | 15:30 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 4 |
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| SYG | 11417500 | 11/08/02 | 10:22 | 279 | 105 | 0 | 59 | 41 | 5 | 5 |
| | | 12/13/02 | 14:22 | 123 | 18 | 0 | 48 | 52 | 4 | 4 |
| | | 12/14/02 | 08:00 | 1,970 | 128 | 9 | 56 | 35 | 6 | 8 |
| | | 12/15/02 | 14:15 | 1,270 | 49 | 6 | 62 | 32 | 7 | 7 |
| | | 12/16/02 | 14:35 | 3,060 | 87 | 18 | 60 | 22 | 10 | 15 |
| | | 12/18/02 | 09:40 | 605 | 9 | 17 | 56 | 27 | 9 | 11 |
| | | 12/30/02 | 16:00 | 750 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 33 | 7 | 8 |
| | | 12/31/02 | 11:30 | 1,190 | 208 | 1 | 58 | 41 | 5 | 5 |
| | | 02/16/03 | 07:00 | 661 | 36 | 7 | 59 | 34 | 7 | 7 |
| | | 02/17/03 | 13:00 | 419 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 33 | 7 | 7 |
| | | 03/14/03 | 16:00 | 409 | 90 | 1 | 54 | 45 | 4 | 4 |
| | | 03/14/03 | 16:00 | 409 | 83 | 0 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 4 |
| | | 03/15/03 | 11:30 | 2,790 | 411 | 22 | 50 | 28 | 9 | 15 |
| | | 03/15/03 | 11:30 | 2,790 | 415 | 24 | 49 | 27 | 9 | 15 |
| | | 03/16/03 | 12:30 | 974 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 35 | 7 | 6 |
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| YRE | 11418000 | 03/15/03 | 14:10 | 5,400 | 10 | 0 | 54 | 46 | 4 | 4 |
| | | 03/16/03 | 10:45 | 2,980 | 10 | 0 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 5 |