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U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Prepared in cooperation with the Johnson County Stormwater Management Program
Casey J. LeeU.S. Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas
Sediment Transport from Urban, Urbanizing, and Rural Areas in Johnson County, Kansas, 2006-2008
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Background Increased erosion
and sediment transport from construction sites is well documented
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Background Increased erosion
and sediment transport from construction sites is well documented
Sediment deposition and stream-channel erosion complicate relations between urbanization and sediment transport in larger basins
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ObjectiveCharacterize how urbanization affects suspended-sediment transport across basin scales
Small (5-11 mi2) and large (45-65 mi2) basins with similar natural features, but varied stages of urbanization were monitored
Turbidity sensors were used as a surrogate for suspended-sediment concentration and were coupled with stage to compute sediment loads across space and time
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Continuous turbidity monitoring
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Study area
Range of land-use and watershed sizes
Similar topography and soils across county
Urban construction quantified using annual changes in impervious surface
Lee and others, 2009; Rasmussen and others, 2008)
Monitoring site
Urban
Rural
Rural
Rural
Rural
Urban
Urbanizing
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Turbidity is an effective surrogate for suspended sediment
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Stormflow hydrograph at small urban and construction-affected basins
More stormflow, and larger peak-flows at urban site
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Sediment transport limited by available supply in urban basin
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Typical construction-affected turbidigraph – transport limited
Larger, extended, turbidity conditions at construction-
affected site
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Relatively dry year, small stormflow and sediment yields
n = 1 n = 2 n = 3
Mean precipitation – 40.2 in.
Stormflow yield
Sediment yieldMore flow from urban basin, Similar sediment yields
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Wet year, more flow/sediment
n = 1 n = 2 n = 3
Mean precipitation - 40.2 in.
Mean precipitation - 40.2 in.
Stormflow yield
Sediment yield
Construction results in larger downstream sediment loads
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2nd wet year, less sediment at urbanizing sites
n = 1 n = 2 n = 3
Mean precipitation - 40.2 in.
Stormflow yield
Sediment yield
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Mean annual yield from 2006-2008Large urban basin transports most flow and
sediment
n = 1n = 3 n = 1n = 1 n = 3n = 2
Stormflow yield
Sediment yield
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General conclusions Construction activity was a substantial source of
suspended-sediment in small (5-11 mi2) basins Despite improved management practice and dilution
from intermediate basin Sediment concentrations at construction-affected
sites were larger among both stormflow and low-flow conditions
Among larger (45-65 mi2) basins, the oldest urban basin had 2-10 times larger sediment yields than urbanizing or rural basins Sediment deposition, resuspension, and channel
erosion have more influence on sediment transport
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Report/Contact Info
Report available onlinehttp://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5001
Casey Lee – USGS
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Extra slides
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Reservoirs trap suspended sediment
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Sediment concentrations at construction-affected site throughout observed streamflow conditions
Site downstream from most construction activity (5.5 mi2)
Median turbidity-computed sediment concentrations compared relative to streamflow exceedance
Site downstream from stable urban land (8.8 mi2)
~1,500 turbidity-computed SSCvalues for each percentage of streamflow exceedance
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Sediment concentrations at construction-affected site also larger during low-flow conditions
Median, 10th percentile, and 90th percentile of turbidity-computed sediment concentrations compared relative to streamflow exceedance
10th percentile
90th percentile
Median
Site downstream of most construction activity (5.5 mi2)
Site downstream of stableurban land (8.8 mi2)
~1,500 turbidity-computed SSCvalues for each percentage of streamflow exceedance
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Construction an immediate source of sediment in smaller basins
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Relation more complicated with increasing basin size