Water Resources of Michigan

Contents of Sediment Characteristics and Configuration within Three Dam Impoundments on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan, 2000

US Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4098
Lansing, Michigan 2002

By: S. J. Rheaume, C. M. Rachol, D. L. Hubbell, and Andreanne Simard

Long Version available in Web (HTML) format at:
http://mi.water.usgs.gov/pubs/WRIR/WRIR02-4098/WRIR02-4098LW.php

Contents

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Purpose and scope
• Acknowledgments
• Hydrologic setting
• Methods of investigation
• Selection of transects and data points
• Collection of data points and sediment cores
• Estimation of sediment volume
• Sediment characteristics within the impoundments
• Pre-dam outwash and alluvium
• Dam lacustrine deposits
• Post-superstructure alluvium
• Sediment configuration within the impoundments
• Impoundment bathymetry and delineation of pre-dam river channel
• Sediment thickness and volume in the impoundments
• Summary
• References cited
• Appendixes

FIGURES
Maps showing:

• 1. Location of the Kalamazoo River Watershed and study sites in Michigan
• 2A. Location of data-collection points in the Plainwell impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 2B. Location of data-collection points in the Otsego impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 2C. Location of data-collection points in the Trowbridge impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 3A. Bathymetry of the Plainwell impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 3B. Bathymetry of the Otsego impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 3C. Bathymetry of the Trowbridge impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 4A. Depth to pre-dam alluvium in the Plainwell impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 4B. Depth to pre-dam alluvium in the Otsego impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 4C. Depth to pre-dam alluvium in the Trowbridge impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 5A. Combined thickness of post-dam lacustrine deposits and post-superstructure alluvium in the Plainwell impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 5B. Combined thickness of post-dam lacustrine deposits and post-superstructure alluvium in the Otsego impoundment on the Kalamazoo River
• 5C. Combined thickness of post-dam lacustrine deposits and post-superstructure alluvium in the Trowbridge impoundment on the Kalamazoo River

• 1. Characteristics of stream bottom and sediments at sediment-core sites in three impoundments on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan
• 2. Estimates of the instream-sediment volume and root mean squared error of sediment thickness in three impoundments on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan
• 3. Volume of sediment between transects in three impoundments on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan

Appendix A

Tables A1-A3. Date, location, water velocity, altitude of surfaces, and total thickness of sediment at transect data points in three impoundments on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan

Appendix B

Tables B1-B3. Lithologic descriptions of sediment cores collected in three impoundments on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan

Appendix C

Tables C1-C3. Particle size of selected sediment samples from cores collected in three impoundments on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan

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CONVERSION FACTORS AND ABBREVIATIONS

	Multiply	By	To obtain
Length	mile (mi)	1.609	kilometer
	foot (ft)	0.3048	meter
	inch (in.)	25.4	millimeter
Area	square mile (mi2)	2.59	square kilometer
	square foot (ft2)	0.0929	square meter
Volume	cubic yards (yd3)	0.7646	cubic meter
Flow	cubic foot per second (ft3/s)	0.02832	cubic meter per second
Mass	milligram (mg)	0.00003527	ounce, avoirdupois
	kilogram (kg)	2.205	pound, avoirdupois

Abbreviated water-quality units used in this report: Chemical concentrations for bed sediment are given in milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg), a unit expressing the concentration of chemical constituents in bed sediment (dry weight) for synthetic organic compounds and trace elements. Numerical values expressed as milligrams per kilogram are the same as concentrations in parts per million (ppm).

MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS

USEPA	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
PCB	Polychlorinated biphenyl
MDNR	Michigan Department of Natural Resources
CDM	Camp Dresser & McKee
USGS	U.S. Geological Survey
MDEQ	Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
GPS	Global Positioning System
SC	Sediment Core
RP	Reference Point
TL	Transect Location

 

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