AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)
Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum, Jonathan Warrick
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry, beach topography, and grain size information on the Elwha River delta
Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
Start Date: 2017-07-20
End Date: 2017-07-24
Equipment Used: Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Waverunners, Ponar grab sampler
Information to be Derived: Nearshore Bathymetry, Beach Topography, Surface Grainsize
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: base, bathy, field notes, grainsize, grid, kayak, matlab, orthophotos, photos, planning svp and topo files submitted to FAD 2/2/2018 Nearshore bathymetry and beach topography data were collected between Freshwater Bay and Ediz Hook. A total of 120 grain-size samples were collected.
Staff: Timothy Elfers, Guy Gelfenbaum, Andrew Ritchie, Andrew Stevens, Jonathan Warrick
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-649-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-605-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-648-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-608-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-653-FA
Location:
Puget Sound
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 48.17624572 | South: 48.10493829 | West: -123.633 | East: -123.38360665 |
Platform(s):
 Waverunner 1 (SC) | Waverunner 2 (SC) |
Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G.R., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., and Weiner, H.M., 2019, Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grain-size data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, July 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble R7 GPS (AS) | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Waverunners | --- | Navigation Single Beam | |
| Ponar grab sampler | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology |
