Monthly bedload estimates, Elwha River, Washington, October 2015 to September 2016

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Robert C Hilldale
Publication_Date: 2018
Title:

Monthly bedload estimates, Elwha River, Washington, October 2015 to September 2016

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: comma-delimited text
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7PG1QWC

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PG1QWC
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5a205e6de4b09fc93ddbaeb1

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Andrew C Ritchie
Originator: Christopher A Curran
Originator: Christopher S Magirl
Originator: Jennifer A Bountry
Originator: Robert C Hilldale
Originator: Timothy J Randle
Originator: Jefferey J Duda
Publication_Date: 2018
Title:

Data in support of 5-year sediment budget and morphodynamic analysis of Elwha River following dam removals

Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7PG1QWC

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PG1QWC

Description:

Abstract:

Bedload sediment transport was calculated on the Elwha River, Washington to measure the amount of sediment transported along the riverbed during the 2016 water year. Bedload was measured using the Elwha bedload impact plate system (Hilldale and others, 2015). Physical bedload sampling by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for system calibration took place during November, 2012; March, May, and June 2013; and April 2014 at the Diversion Weir gauge (Magirl and others, 2015). Early in water year 2016 (year 5) the river formed an avulsion channel across the floodplain on river left, preventing a complete measurement of bedload passing the Diversion Weir gauge. As a result, bedload for water year 2016 (year 5 of the larger study) was estimated using a discharge rating curve to obtain monthly values.

Purpose:

Data were obtained to assess the morphodynamic and sediment budget responses following the removal of two dams in the Elwha River. These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. These data can be used with geographic information systems or other software to identify topographic features.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 201510
Ending_Date: 201609

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.601338
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.548927
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.151755
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.001990

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:5a205e6de4b09fc93ddbaeb1

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Substrate

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: field inventory and monitoring
Theme_Keyword: time series datasets
Theme_Keyword: river systems
Theme_Keyword: river reaches
Theme_Keyword: sedimentology
Theme_Keyword: sediment transport
Theme_Keyword: sedimentation
Theme_Keyword: suspended material (water)

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: river channel
Theme_Keyword: river bank
Theme_Keyword: sediment deposition

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Theme_Keyword: USBR

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Elwha River
Place_Keyword: State of Washington
Place_Keyword: Lake Mills (historical)
Place_Keyword: Lake Aldwell (historical)
Place_Keyword: Elwha Dam (historical)
Place_Keyword: Glines Canyon Dam (historical)

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:

USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Robert C Hilldale
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Sedimentation and River Hydraulics

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 6th and Kipling, Building 67
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: United States of America

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-445-3135
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhilldale@usbr.gov

Data_Set_Credit: Data collection was funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Robert C. Hilldale
Originator: Wayne O. Carpenter
Originator: Bradley Goodwiller
Originator: James P. Chambers
Originator: Timothy J. Randle
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:

Installation of Impact Plates to Continuously Measure Bed Load: Elwha River, Washington, USA.

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: online
Publisher: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 141(3)

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000975

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Christopher S. Magirl
Originator: Robert C. Hilldale
Originator: Christopher A. Curran
Originator: Jeffrey J. Duda
Originator: Timothy D. Straub
Originator: Marian Domanski
Originator: James R. Foreman
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:

Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: Fluvial sediment load

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: http://www.sciencedirect.com
Publisher: Geomorphology, v. 246, p. 669-686

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.032

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Data values fall within expected ranges

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data values fall within expected ranges
Completeness_Report:

Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Bedload sediment transport was calculated using the Elwha bedload impact plate system (Hilldale and others, 2015). Physical bedload sampling for system calibration took place during November, 2012; March, May, and June 2013; and April 2014 at the Diversion Weir gauge (Magirl and others, 2015). Early in water year 2016 (year 5) the river formed an avulsion channel across the floodplain on river left, preventing a complete measurement of bedload passing the Diversion Weir gauge. As a result, bedload for water year 2016 (year 5) was estimated using a discharge rating curve to obtain monthly values. The formula for the discharge rating curve was: BL16 = 2.325 * 10^-7 * Q^5.644, where BL16 = bedload > 16mm in tonnes, Q = discharge at the diversion weir in ft3/s. These techniques did not capture bedload transport of particles smaller than 2 mm, which were estimated from a combination of regional and comparative studies in high-sediment load rivers--including other dam removal studies--using constant ratios of measured bedload to total sediment discharge estimate of 25 percent.

Process_Date: 2017

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Corrected spelling of author’s last name in Larger Work section from Magril to Magirl.

Process_Date: 20180314
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission St.
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

Data were collected at USGS gaging station 12046260, on Elwha River, northern Washington State, on the right bank 3.5 miles upstream from the river mouth (latitude: 48.11172, longitude: -123.55151).

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Elwha_MonthlyBedloads_WY2016.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:

Monthly bedload calculations from the Elwha River for water year (WY) 2016

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date
Attribute_Definition: Month and year of measurement, in "YYYY Mon" format
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2015 Oct
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2016 Sep

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: monthly BL > 16mm (tonnes)
Attribute_Definition: Bedload measurement for specified month, in tonnes.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.192629228
Range_Domain_Maximum: 29771.48251 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: tonnes

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

data are downloadable in .csv format (Elwha_MonthlyBedloads_WY2016.csv) along with CMGDS FGDC-compliant metadata.

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: csv
Format_Version_Number: Microsoft Excel 2016 MSO (16.0.4549.1000) 64-bit
Format_Information_Content: zip file contains the csv table and associated metadata
Transfer_Size: 0.008

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5a205e6de4b09fc93ddbaeb1

Access_Instructions: Data can be downloaded via the Internet

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

This dataset is presented in comma-separated values (CSV) format and can be opened with text-editing software or spreadsheet software (for example, Microsoft Excel).

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20201019
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Robert C Hilldale
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Sedimentation and River Hydraulics

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 6th and Kipling, Building 67
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: United States of America

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-445-3135
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rhilldale@usbr.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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