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Delineations of channel and floodplain features mapped on aerial photographs within Echo and Island Parks, including distances along the channel centerline downstream from Flaming Gorge Dam

Data for U.S. Geological Survey - Scientific-Investigations Report ###: Channel and Floodplain Cross-Section and Bed-Elevation Analyses in Echo, Island, and Rainbow Parks, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah

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Publication Date
Start Date
2021
End Date
2022

Citation

Dean, D.J., Grams, P.E., Griffiths, R.E., Unema, J.A., Sartain, S.L., and Topping, D.J., 2024, Channel and floodplain cross-section and bed-elevation data for Echo, Island, and Rainbow Parks, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13MZCVJ.

Summary

These data were compiled to determine the rate and magnitude of channel-planform change, and the topographic change of the channel and floodplain in Echo, Island, and Rainbow Parks within Dinosaur National Monument between the 1990s and 2019. The objective(s) of our study were to analyze geomorphic change within Echo, Island, and Rainbow Parks to determine the magnitude and style of channel change with respect to the past two decades of combined streamflow from Flaming Gorge Dam and the relatively unregulated Yampa River. These data represent river channel planform delineations made within a geographic information system, and topographic channel and floodplain data collected using total stations, depth sounders, Real-Time Kinematic [...]

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Purpose

The purpose of these data are to determine the amount of change to the channel and floodplain. Researchers in the future could use our data to measure continued channel and floodplain change.

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This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). The author(s) of these data request that data users contact them regarding intended use and to assist with understanding limitations and interpretation. Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

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