INTERAGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WATER DATA NOTES ON SEDIMENTATION ACTIVITIES CALENDAR YEAR 1991 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water Resources Division Office of Water Data Coordination 417 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 ARKANSAS-WHITE-RED (11) SOUTH ATLANTIC-GULF (03) 1 Water Resources Regions Water Resources Regions of the United States NOTES ON SEDIMENTATION ACTIVITIES CALENDAR YEAR 1«91 the Subcommittee on Sedimentation of the INTERAGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WATER DATA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water Resources Division Office of Water Data Coordination 417 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092 August 1992 PREFACE This report is a digest of information furnished by Federal agencies conducting sedimentation investigations. The decision to publish the report was made in 1946, from a proposal by the Chairman of the Federal Interagency River Basin Committee, Subcommittee on Sedimentation. The subcommittee approved the proposal and agreed to issue this report as a means of effecting better coordination of the work of various Federal agencies in the field of sedimentatior. The report was issued on a quarterly basis in 1946 and 1947, from 1948 to 1953 reports were issued every 6 months, and from 1954 to the present, the report has been issued annually. Descriptions of work in progress or planned are included in the report, as well as nmortant findings, new methods, new publications, information relating to laboratory and research activities, and other pertinent information. The material is organized by major drainage regions in the conterminous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. Until 1979, each issue of this publication contained a list of stations where sediment data are collected giving the station location, drainage area, and other related information. Because the station list did not change significantly from year to year, it was eventually deleted from the publication. Also, because most users of the station list were only interested in the stations in a certain geographic area, it was felt that their needs could be served more efficiently by acquiring the necessary information through the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX). Therefore, locations and addresses of NAWDEX assistance centers are included in this report. Information for this report was contributed by the representatives of participating Federal agencies. Suggestions for improving the report are welcome. Preface iv Notes on Sedimentation Activities Calendar Year 1991 CONTENTS Page Preface ............................................... iii Subcommittee on Sedimentation ................................ ix Locations of NAWDEX Assistance Centers ......................... xiii Annual Report ........................................... xxvii New England Region (Ol)1 Geological Survey ....................................... 1 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 3 Mid-Atlantic Region (02) Corps of Engineers ...................................... 5 Geological Survey ....................................... 6 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 10 South Atlantic-Gulf Region (03) Corps of Engineers ...................................... 11 Geological Survey ....................................... 17 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 22 Great Lakes Region (04) Corps of Engineers ...................................... 23 Geological Survey ....................................... 28 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 31 Ohio Region (05) Corps of Engineers ...................................... 33 Geological Survey ....................................... 35 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 38 Tennessee Region (06) Geological Survey ....................................... 39 Upper Mississippi Region (07) Corps of Engineers ...................................... 41 Geological Survey ....................................... 43 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 48 Lower Mississippi Region (08) Corps of Engineers ...................................... 49 Geological Survey ....................................... 55 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 58 'Numbers in parentheses refer to Water Resources Regions shown on the map on the inside of the front cover. Con*«nts Page Souris-Red-Rainy Region (09) Geological Survey ....................................... 59 Missouri Region (10) Bureau of Reclamation .................................... 61 Corps of Engineers ...................................... 62 Geological Survey ....................................... 69 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 77 Arkansas-White-Red Region (11) Bureau of Reclamation .................................... 79 Corps of Engineers ...................................... 80 Geological Survey ....................................... 82 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 87 Texas-Gulf Region (12) Bureau of Reclamation .................................... 89 Corps of Engineers ...................................... 90 Geological Survey ....................................... 91 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 93 Rio Grande Region (13) Bureau of Reclamation .................................... 95 Corps of Engineers ...................................... 96 Geological Survey ....................................... 97 Upper Colorado Region (14) Bureau of Reclamation ........ ; ........................... 101 Geological Survey ....................................... 102 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 105 Lower Colorado Region (15) Geological Survey ....................................... 107 Soil Conservation Service .................................. Ill Great Basin Region (16) Geological Survey ....................................... 113 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 116 Pacific Northwest Region (17) Bureau of Reclamation .................................... 117 Corps of Engineers ...................................... 118 Geological Survey ....................................... 120 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 127 vi Notes on Sedimentation Activities Calendar Year 1991 Page California Region (18) Bureau of Reclamation .................................... 129 Corps of Engineers ...................................... 130 Geological Survey ....................................... 134 Soil Conservation Service .................................. 137 Alaska Region (19) Geological Survey ....................................... 139 Hawaii Region (20) Geological Survey ....................................... 141 Caribbean Region (21) Corps of Engineers ...................................... 143 Geological Survey ....................................... 144 Laboratory and Other Research Activities .......................... 147 Agricultural Research Service ............................... 149 Corps of Engineers ...................................... 173 Federal Highway Administration .............................. 179 Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project ........................ 185 U.S. Geological Survey ................................... 187 ILLUSTRATIONS: Water Resources Regions of the United States ............... Inside front cover Contents vii viii Notes on Sedimentation Activities Calendar Year 1991 SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEDIMENTATION Chair FY 1991 Alternate Chair FY 1991 David A. Farrell Richard B. Perry Agricultural Research Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Representatives Alternates Department of Agriculture David A. Farrell Agricultural Research Service Warren C. Harper Forest Service Jerry Bernard Soil Conservation Service Department of Commerce Richard B. Perry David B. Duane National Oceanic and Atmospheric National Oceanic and Atmospher' Administration Administration Department of Defense Yung H. Kuo Lewis A. Smith Army Corps of Engineers Army Corps of Engineers Subcommittee on Sedimentation ix SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEDIMENTATION-Continued Representatives Alternates Department of Housing and Urban Development Truman Coins Office of Environment and Energy Department of the Interior Charles R. Smith Bureau of Indian Affairs Ron Huntsinger Bureau of Land Management James Cook Alien Perry Bureau of Mines Bureau of Mines Robert Strand Roy Rush Bureau of Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation Charles W. Boning U.S. Geological Survey William L. Jackson National Park Service Ranvir Singh Office of Surface Mining Department of Transportation B.C. Woo Federal Highway Administration x Notes on Sedimentation Activities Calendar Year 1991 SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEDIMENTATION-Continued Representatives Alternates Independent Agencies Francis R. Skidmore Council on Environmental Quality Christopher F. Zabawa Environmental Protection Agency Shou-shan Fan Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Andrew Seiger Paul Storing International Boundary and Water International Boundary and Water Commission Commission Terry (Ted) L. Johnson Fred Ross Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Robert T. Joyce Tennessee Valley Authority OWDC Liaison: G. Douglas Glysson Working Group Technical Committee on Sedimentation Working Groups Chair: James Fagg, Bureau of Land Management Subcommittee on Sedimentation xi xii Notes on Sedimentation Activities Calendar Year 1991 LOCATIONS OF NAWDEX