Use of Sediment Rating Curves and Optical Backscatter Data to Characterize Sediment Transport in the Upper Yuba River Watershed, California, 2001–03
Table 5
Measured bed load and predicted bed-load transport rates for two sites along Shady Creek in the upper Yuba River watershed, California.
[See
figure 6 for location of sampling sites.
ft3/s, cubic feet per second; tons/day, tons per day]
| | | | | | | Predicted bed-load transport rates (tons/day) | |
|---|
| Sampling location | Sample number | Date | Time | Streamflow (ft³/s) | Measured bed-load transport (tons/day) | Rust Pit rating curve | Shady Road rating curve | Ratio (predicted/measured)¹ |
|---|
| Rust Pit | RP-1a | 02/17/02 | 09:00 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.2 | | 29 |
| | RP-1b | 02/17/02 | 09:10 | 13 | 0.8 | 0.5 | | 63 |
| | RP-2a | 04/28/03 | 11:20 | 22 | 14.3 | 2.3 | | 16 |
| | RP-2b | 04/28/03 | 11:30 | 28 | 16.8 | 4.6 | | 27 |
| Above Old Hwy 49 Bridge | H49-1a | 02/25/04 | 11:15 | 191 | 289.9 | | 817.3 | 282 |
| | H49-1b | 02/25/04 | 11:50 | 196 | 480.5 | | 817.3 | 170 |
| | H49-2a | 02/25/04 | 14:40 | 201 | 487.9 | | 980.2 | 201 |
| | H49-2b | 02/25/04 | 15:09 | 207 | 267.7 | | 980.2 | 366 |
| | H49-3a | 02/26/04 | 15:40 | 66 | 94.2 | | 134.4 | 143 |
| | H49-3b | 02/26/04 | 16:16 | 72 | 214.4 | | 134.4 | 63 |
| | H49-4a | 02/26/04 | 10:01 | 77 | 126.3 | | 224.5 | 178 |
| | H49-4b | 02/26/04 | 10:19 | 80 | 89.2 | | 224.5 | 252 |