The Desert Laboratory

The Vigil Network
Big Spring Creek: Excerpt from Sedimentation Report

Data Files:


Range No. Cross Section Area of Sediment (sq. ft.) Floodplain Width (ft.) Average Depth Sediment (ft.) Area of Segment Above Range (Acres) Average Depth Sediment Segment (ft.) Volume Sediment Segment (Acre ft.)
1 5045 881 5.73 188.8 2.87 541.7
2 9518 1242 7.66 388.4 6.70 2602.0
3 4148 886 4.68 467.4 6.17 2884.0
4 1905 770 2.47 375.0 3.58 1342.4
5 2933 952 3.08 267.8 2.78 744.6
6 4860 1540 3.16 508.2 3.12 1585.7
7 3045 1460 2.09 620.5 2.63 1631.8
X** 2.09 243.0 2.09 507.8
A1 1503 575 2.61 119.3 1.31 156.2
B1 4898 910 5.38 155.6 2.69 418.6
C1 7665 1122 6.83 225.1 3.42 769.8
C2 1835 600 3.06 352.0 4.95 1742.4
C3 2643 1000 2.64 126.3 2.85 359.8
D1 2678 720 3.72 139.0 1.86 258.6
Total 4176.4 15545.4

**Imaginary Range at confluence with Little Tallahatchie flood plain, average depth sediment assumed same as on Range #7.

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