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has been only limited research about sediment transport and the geomorphic characteristics of this river system. Increased attention was focused on the hydrology and geomorphology of the White River in the mid-1970s due to oil shale exploration in the region. Between 1974 and 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established baseline discharge and water quality data in anticipation of widespread oil shale extraction in the region (Lindskov and Kimba11984). Suspended sediment transport measurements at the Watson gage were made on a daily basis for most of water year 1975, and these data are used in this study. Bedload transport was estimated from observed changes in mean channel depth during high flows at a gage temporarily located near the mouth of the White River (station 09306900) (Seiler and Tooley 1982). During a flood of 4, 100 cfs, the bed scoured roughly 1 m at this site. They estimated that approximately 1.3 x 106 m3 of bed material was scoured and filled in 18 rm upstream from the gage during this flood. Jurado and Fields (1978) used airphotos taken as early as 1936 to document long-term changes in channel position throughout the White River. They found that the White River is prone to channel migrations, and that the degree of channel migration is dependent on specific reach characteristics such as slope and degree of bedrock confinement. During the past century, the channel has migrated less in reaches of high slope and narrow bedrock 'confinement. The listing of four endemic fishes as endangered species, including the Colorado pikeminnow, has also increased attention on the hydrology and geomorphology of the White River. Changing hydraulic and geomorphic conditions influence physical habitat features such as the size and frequency of eddies (Orchard and Schmidt 1998), and the amount of fine-grained sediment located in the interstitial spaces in gravel bars (Kondo If 4