8259

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8259
• Author: Kircher, J. E.
• Title: Sediment Transport and Source Areas of Sediment and Runoff, Big Sandy River Basin, Wyoming.
• USFW Year: 1982.
• USFW - Doc Type: Water-Resources Investigations 81-72,
• Copyright Material: NO

ILLUSTRATIONS--Continued
Page
Figures 19-24. Graphs showing monthly mean suspended-
sediment transport rate at:
19. Streamflow-gaging station 09212500, Big Sandy
River at Leckie Ranch, near Big Sandy-------- 28
20. Streamflow-gaging station 09213500, Big
Sandy River near Farson---------------------- 29
21. Streamflow-gaging station 09214500, Little
Sandy Creek above Eden----------------------- 30
22. Streamflow-gaging station 09215000, Pacific
Creek near Farson---------------------------- 31
23. Streamflow-gaging station 09216000, Big
Sandy River below Eden----------------------- 32
24. Streamflow-gaging station 09216050, Big
Sandy River at Gasson Bridge, near Eden------ 33
25. Photograph showing bedload sampling with the
Helley-Smith bedload sampler------------------------- 34
26. Graph showing comparison of Helley-Smith bedload
data with the Einstein bedload function-------------- 38
27. Graph showing comparison of Helley-Smith bedload
data with the Einstein bedload function using
Colby's modification of the bedload intensity-------- 40
28-30. Maps showing:
28. Relative contributions of sediment and runoff
at selected streamflow-gaging stations---------- 43
29. Instantaneous discharges and suspended-
sediment transport rates measured during
reconnaissance trip of October 1977------------- 44
30. Instantaneous discharges and suspended-
sediment transport rates measured during
reconnaissance trip of March 1978--------------- 45
31. Photograph showing bank mass wasting along
the Big Sandy River upstream from Big Sandy
Reservoir-------------------------------------------- 47
TABLES
Table 1. Generalized description of geologic units----------------- 9
2. Monthly and annual precipitation normals, in
inches, 1941-70----------------------------------------- 11
3. Mean monthly and mean annual temperatures, in
degrees Fahrenheit, 1941-70----------------------------- 11
4. Streamflow characteristics at gaging stations------------- 19
5. Hydraulic characteristics at streamflow-gaging stations--- 20
6. Summary of regression relations for suspended-
sediment data------------------------------------------- 26
7. Results of Helly-Smith bedload sampling, June-July 1978--- 35
8. Summary of total transport rate computations-------------- 42
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