Topographic survey transect data along the Carmel River, central California, 2013 to 2021 (ver. 2.0, March 2022)

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Amy East
Originator: Lee R. Harrison
Originator: Douglas P. Smith
Originator: Rosealea Bond
Originator: Joshua Logan
Originator: Colin Nicol
Originator: Kaitlyn Chow
Publication_Date: 20220331
Title:

Topographic survey transect data along the Carmel River, central California, 2013 to 2021 (ver. 2.0, March 2022)

Edition: 2.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Comma-separated values
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9HG8UDS

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/P9HG8UDS
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/61ef2f19d34e8b818adb7ba7

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

River-channel topography, grain size, and turbidity records from the Carmel River, California, before, during, and after removal of San Clemente Dam (ver. 2.0, March 2022)

Edition: 2.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9HG8UDS

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/P9HG8UDS

Description:

Abstract:

Topographic surveys were completed during eight summer surveys (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021) at 10 sites along the Carmel River, CA: Berwick (BW), Control Reach (CR), Crossroads (CRO), DeDampierre Lower (DDL), DeDampierre Upper (DDU), Dam Reach (DM), Reservoir Reach (RS), San Carlos (SC), Sleepy Hollow (SH), and Schulte Road (SR)). Topographic measurements were made at multiple locations along four to six cross-section transects per site using a total station (at sites CR, RS, DM and SH) and with an auto level and survey rod (at sites DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC and CRO). This dataset contains the cross-sectional elevation measurements for each transect and survey year. The elevation measurement locations along each transect were located by measuring distances between corresponding endpoint coordinates, starting from river left (see accompanying file within this data release for topographic survey transect endpoint coordinates). For the transects measured with a total station (CR, RS, DM and SH), horizontal coordinates, elevation and distance from the left bank end point are provided. For the transects measured with an auto level (DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC and CRO), only elevation and distance from left bank end point are provided (horizontal coordinates are defined as NULL for these transects). Vertical coordinates are referenced to the NAVD88 vertical datum, in units of meters. Horizontal coordinates are referenced to the NAD83(2011) reference frame, projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates (zone 10N). These data supersede grain-size data originally published in 2017 at https://doi.org/10.5066/F74M93HF.

Purpose:

Data were collected to study changes to the Carmel River, central California, associated with the removal of the San Clemente Dam.

Supplemental_Information:

Additional information about the field activities from which these data were derived is available online at:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=L2513CA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-643-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2015-638-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2016-638-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-635-FA https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2019-631-FA
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 2013
Ending_Date: 2021

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.93733
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.70072
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.54163
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.42018

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: river reaches
Theme_Keyword: topography
Theme_Keyword: gravel deposits
Theme_Keyword: field inventory and monitoring
Theme_Keyword: inland fishery resources
Theme_Keyword: river systems

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: topographic mapping

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Bathymetry and Elevation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters

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:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:61ef2f19d34e8b818adb7ba7

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information Systems
Place_Keyword: Carmel River
Place_Keyword: Monterey County
Place_Keyword: Carmel Valley
Place_Keyword: San Clemente Dam

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 (USGS), California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the originators of the dataset and in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

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

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5a2ed8c2e4b08e6a89d3fc22?name=Carmel_2013to2021_TransectEndpointsMap.png&allowOpen=true

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Transect endpoint locations of topographic surveys (BW=Berwick, CR=Control Reach, CRO=Crossroads, DDL=DeDampierre Lower, DDU=DeDampierre Upper, DM=Dam Reach, RS=Reservoir Reach, SC=San Carlos, SH=Sleepy Hollow, SR=Schulte Road)

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: png

Data_Set_Credit:

Data collection was funded by U.S. Geological Survey, California State University Monterey Bay, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted

Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted
Completeness_Report:

Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. At most survey sites, there are six transects. However, there are only four transect at DeDampierre Lower (DDL) and Schulte Road (SR). Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Initial survey control for all topographic transects was established using static GPS occupations, which have an estimated horizontal accuracy of around 1.5 cm. For sites CR, RS, DM and SH control densification and transect horizontal measurements were conducted using a total station. Repeat check measurements conducted during the surveys on points with established coordinates suggest a horizontal precision of around 2 cm for measurements at these sites. For sites DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC and CRO control densification was completed using a total station and transect horizontal measurements were conducted using a fiberglass tape stretched along the transect and recorded to the nearest centimeter. The horizontal precision of these measurements is estimated to be around 3 cm.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Initial survey control for all topographic transects was established using static GPS occupations, which have an estimated vertical accuracy of less than 3 cm. For sites CR, RS, DM and SH control densification and transect measurements were conducted using a total station. Repeat check measurements conducted during the surveys on points with established coordinates suggest a vertical precision of less than 2 cm for measurements at these sites. For sites DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC and CRO control densification was completed using a total station. Transect elevation measurements for these sites were conducted using an auto level. The vertical precision of these measurements is estimated to be around 1 cm.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Topographic measurements were made at four to six transects per site along the Carmel River between water years 2013 and 2021 using a total station at sites CR, RS, DM, and SH, and with an auto level and survey rod at sites DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC, and CRO. This dataset contains the cross-sectional survey data for each site and year as distance from left end point vs elevation. All data were collected in NAD83 UTM10N horizontal coordinates and NAVD88 Geoid 12B vertical coordinates, in units of meters.

Process_Date: 2021
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joshua Logan
Contact_Organization:

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

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7519
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-427-4748
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlogan@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Changes to version 2.0 of data release: -Added the following transect data: - RS transects surveyed in 2014 - Additional transects in RS (RS3B and RS5B) added in 2017 and 2019 after re-orientation of river channel. - DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC, and CRO transects surveyed in 2018 - CR, RS, DM, SH, DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC, and CRO transects surveyed in 2019 - DDU, DDL, BW, SR, and CRO transects surveyed in 2020 - DDU, DDL, transects surveyed in 2021 - Added horizontal UTM coordinates to all data points measured with a total station (reaches CR, RS, DM and SH). - Added a non-unique point ID field (PID). For reaches CR, RS, DM and SH, the PID values are the values assigned during the survey. For reaches DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC and CRO, the PID values were assigned sequentially. - Recalculated distance from left bank for some transects to account for movement of reference point in response to channel widening and reorientation. - Changed method of calculating distance measurement for reaches CR, RS, DM and SH to account for measurements taken slightly off the line. The revised method projects each point to its closest position along the transect before calculating the Euclidean distance along the transect to the left-bank mark. - Corrected survey-rod height error for 8 measurements on river-right side (SE side, DISTANCE > 16.5) of transect DM6 surveyed in 2017. The incorrect rod height used was 2.568 meters; the correct rod height was 1.519 meters. Elevations for these points were increased by 1.049 meters accordingly. - Corrected errors in measurements from transect SC1, measured in 2015.

Process_Date: 2022
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joshua Logan
Contact_Organization:

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

Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: US

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7519
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-427-4748
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlogan@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 10452

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 10
Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: NAD83 (National Spatial Reference System 2011) (EPSG:1116)
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980 (EPSG:7019)
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (EPSG:5703)
Altitude_Resolution: 0.001
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Carmel_2013to2021_TransectData.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:

Topographic measurements taken at 10 sites along 6 transects at each site on the Carmel River, from 2013 to 2021.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PID
Attribute_Definition:

Point ID. Not unique. For reaches CR, RS, DM and SH, the PID values are the values assigned during the survey and are only unique for each reach and year. For reaches DDU, DDL, BW, SR, SC and CRO, the PID values were assigned sequentially.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: A non-unique identification code for the point.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE
Attribute_Definition: Site and transect number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

A unique location identifier presented as an alpha-numeric code indicating the name of the survey site (BW=Berwick, CR=Control Reach, CRO=Crossroads, DDL=DeDampierre Lower, DDU=DeDampierre Upper, DM=Dam, RS=Reservoir, SC=San Carlos, SH=Sleepy Hollow, SR=Schulte Road) followed by a number indicating the survey transect.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RIVERKM
Attribute_Definition:

The distance in kilometers along the river to the measurement site from the river's mouth.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.08
Range_Domain_Maximum: 32.69
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: kilometers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YEAR
Attribute_Definition:

The water year (October 1 to September 30) in which the measurement was made.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2013
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2021
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: years

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE
Attribute_Definition:

The date on which the measurement was made, in ISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD). Note that San Carlos (SC), 2013 measurements were made on calendar day 2014-03-07. Due to low river flows during the preceding months, the measurements made during this survey were determined to be representative of water year 2013.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2013-06-18
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2021-06-16
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: YYYY-MM-DD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NORTHING
Attribute_Definition:

Northing coordinate of data point relative to the NAD83(2011) (North American Datum of 1983, National Spatial Reference System 2011) datum, projected in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 10 North coordinate system, meters (EPSG:6339). For measurements made using an auto level, the northing coordinate is set to "NULL" to denote that the horizontal UTM coordinates were not measured for this data point.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 4031573.861
Range_Domain_Maximum: 4034148.471
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EASTING
Attribute_Definition:

Easting coordinate of data point relative to the NAD83(2011) (North American Datum of 1983, National Spatial Reference System 2011) datum, projected in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 10 North coordinate system, meters (EPSG:6339). For measurements made using an auto level, the easting coordinate is set to "NULL" to denote that the horizontal UTM coordinates were not measured for this data point.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 615053.606
Range_Domain_Maximum: 615896.390
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ELEVATION
Attribute_Definition:

The elevation in meters at the point of measurement, relative to the NAVD88 (North American Vertical Datum of 1988) vertical datum.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2.907
Range_Domain_Maximum: 169.475
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DISTANCE
Attribute_Definition: Distance in meters from the left benchmark across the river.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 102.001
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
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
Country: United States

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

Resource_Description:

data are downloadable in .csv format (Carmel_2013to2019_TransectData.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: comma-delimited text
Format_Information_Content: CSV file contains the transect data
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied
Transfer_Size: 0.7

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/61ef2f19d34e8b818adb7ba7f

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/61ef2f19d34e8b818adb7ba7f

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HG8UDS

Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links. The first link is a direct link to download the zipped file of data, metadata and a browse image. The second link points to a landing page with the data, metadata and browse image. The third link points to the landing page for the entire data release.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

The downloadable data file is available in comma-separated values (CSV) spreadsheet format. Text editing software can be used to open the file, as well as spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20220401
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

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

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

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

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