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Sediment Transport in the Lower Yampa River, Northwestern Colorado

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Author	Elliott, John M. Kircher, James E. Guerard, Paul Von
Copyright Year	1984
Abstract	Discharge measurements and sediment samples were taken at streamflowgaging station 09260050 Yampa River at Deer lodge Park in 1982 and 1983 to determine the average annual sediment supply to the Yampa Canyon in Dinosaur National Monument. Daily mean discharge recorded at the Deerlodge Park gage correlated well with the sum of daily mean discharges recorded at two streamflow-gaging stations in the drainage basin upstream: Station 09251000 Yampa River near Maybell, and station 09260000 Little Snake River near Lily. Because of good correlation of discharges recorded during the study period (R2=0.98), 43 years of discharge records at the two tributary sites were combined to determine the historic discharge of the Yampa River at Deerlodge Park. An historic average hydrograph and a flow-duration curve were derived from the combined discharge data. Sediment-transport equations were derived for total sediment discharge, suspended-sediment discharge, bedload discharge, and the discharge of sediment in several particle-size ranges. Annual sediment discharges were determined by the flow-duration, sediment-rating-curve method. These computations indicated that mean annual total sediment discharge was approximately 2.0 million tons per year of which 0.8 million tons per year was sand-size material. Bedload was almost entirely sand, and mean annual bedload discharge was 0.1 million tons per year. Development of water resources in the Yampa River basin could have considerable effect on the geomorphic and biological character of the Yampa River at Deerlodge Park and through the Yampa Canyon. In this report, several scenarios of altered streamflow frequency distribution, reduced streamflow volume, and reduced sediment supply are examined to estimate the effect on the sediment budget at Deerlodge Park.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.3133/wri844141
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1984/4141/report.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844141
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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