spatial production(ronald and rao)

8/13/2019 Spatial Production(Ronald and Rao)

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Skunk River Watershed.

Ronald Reyes

Soumya Rao


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The area that we are focusing on


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The overlay-map that shows

Intersection of the grid

With the watershed.


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The situation

In 1930.

The 1930-present

Overlay.

(black line depictsThe 1930 form of

The skunk river.)

The blue line

Behind it is the

Present day form

Of the skunk river.


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As Europeans arrived and settled this area,

described as miles wide and taking days to

Frog Ponds made travel slow and difficul

1900s, the river was dredged below Ames,

were tiled and drained to make land more

As a result, The river levels fluctuate quickl

High to low, with substantial resulting soil l


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The 1904-

railroad

Map

overlaid

With our

main

Base map.

The shift in

form of the

skunk can be

observed

here as well.


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A baptis

Skunk R

time bef

built in A

Meads,

p. 7.)

Sopers mill bridge that was washed away in the floods & Sopers mill that once existed


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Sunday afternoon small boat maneuvers on the Skunk

River east of Ames in the 1890's. Looking south from thewest river bank. Carr Pool was later constructed at the

right just west of the river. From the collection of Ames

native Galen Tilden (1874-1958).

The water level can be noted visually to be quite low and theslope that conveys towards the river to be gradual.

The 1918 flood water. A partially washed-out bridg

background. The location is probably on the Skun

13th Street. All of the Skunk River and Squaw Cre

destroyed or severely damaged by the 1918 flood.


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Flowing tile line in story county, IA. Photo by

dick schultzAsh trees in a young buffer planting

by tom schultz

John deeres at work with the farmer..

Clicked just at the entrance of Story county.


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rescribed solutions

A stabilized streambank complete with fiber mat, sand bag toe control,

and planted willow stake vegetation on the Harold Albers farm. Story

County, IA. Photo by Tom Schultz

Stabilizing streambank with fiber mat, rock toe

cuttings. Photo by Tom Schultz


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A wide-angle view of several miles of the Risdal and Strum buffers in Story County, IA. June 2001. Photo by To

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