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1938 Bathymetric surface of lower Sixmile Creek reservoir, Ithaca, NY

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Start Date
1938
End Date
1938

Citation

Wernly, J.F., Zajd, H.J., Jr., and Coon, W.F., 2016, Geospatial dataset of bathymetric survey of lower Sixmile Creek reservoir, Ithaca, New York, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7G15Z0S.

Summary

Water depths for the lower Sixmile Creek reservoir in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. that were measured during 1938 were found in the files of the GIS Program, City of Ithaca. This agency computed bathymetric elevations and created a bathymetric surface (TIN) of the reservoir.

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prj.adf 520 Bytes text/plain
tdenv9.adf 104 Bytes application/unknown
tedg.adf 2.75 MB application/unknown
teval.adf 16.16 KB application/unknown
thul.adf 2.04 KB application/unknown
tmsk.adf 29.49 KB x-gis/x-shapefile
tmsx.adf 116 Bytes x-gis/x-shapefile
tnod.adf 2.75 MB application/unknown
tnodinfo.adf 234.87 KB application/unknown
tnxy.adf 1.83 MB application/unknown
tnz.adf 469.75 KB application/unknown

Purpose

Data were used to estimate the storage capacity of the reservoir in 1938 and provide a basis for estimating (1) the amount of sediment that had accumulated in the reservoir since its construction in 1903 and (2) the additional amount that had accumulated between 1938 and 2015.

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