USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5041 - Channel Change and Bed-Material Transport in the Umpqua River Basin, Oregon

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Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5041

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Channel Change and Bed-Material Transport in the Umpqua River Basin, Oregon

By J. Rose Wallick, Jim E. O’Connor, Scott Anderson, Mackenzie Keith, Charles Cannon, and John C. Risley

Tables

Table 1. U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations used in this study.

Table 2. U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in the Umpqua River, Oregon, used in peak flow analysis.

Table 3. Geomorphic and channel characteristics for reaches in the Umpqua River basin, Oregon.

Table 4. Channel trends and anthropogenic impacts for reaches in the Umpqua River basin, Oregon.

Table 5. Aerial photographs and orthophotographs used in the sediment transport study, Umpqua River basin, Oregon.

Table 6. Stream discharge for the aerial photography used in the sediment transport study of the Umpqua River basin, Oregon.

Table 7. Map and survey data reviewed in the Umpqua River, Oregon, sediment-transport study.

Table 8. Survey data for mined sites on the South Umpqua River, Oregon, 2001–2009.

Table 9. Bed-material data and transport rates in the Umpqua River basin, Oregon.

Table 10. Sources of sediment yield data for Oregon and California watersheds.

Table 11. Estimated bed-material flux values for the Umpqua and South Umpqua Rivers, Oregon, as calculated from surveys at mined sites, transport capacity equations, sediment yield analysis, and suspended sediment measurements.

Table 12. Reach-segregated bed-material flux values for the Umpqua and South Umpqua Rivers, as calculated from surveys at mined sites, transport capacity equations, sediment yield analysis, and suspended-sediment measurements.

First posted September 29, 2011

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