8251

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8251
• Author: Rakowski, C. L. and J. C. Schmidt.
• Title: The Geomorphic Basis of Colorado Squawfish Nursery Habitat in the Green River Near Ouray, Utah.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: #93-1070,
• Copyright Material: NO

Draft Final Completion Report to UDWR for Contract #93-1070, Amendment 3

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Figure Page
I. General and detailed location maps for the study reaches. ............................................. 87
2. Longitudinal profile of the Green River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
3 . Average annual hydrographs for the Yampa River and the Green River near Jensen, Utah. ................... 87
4. Recurrence interval of instantaneous peaks for the Green River near Jensen, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 87
5. Annual peak discharge for the Green River near Jensen, Utah. ......................................... 87
6. Five-year moving average of September mean monthly discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 87
7. Five-year moving averages of mean monthly discharge for December (solid line), January (dashed line), and February

(+'s). .................................................................................. 87

8. Bank-attached compound bar withiIi the l.5-km reach in September 1992. Flow is from the top of the page. .... 87

9. For the period 1951 to 1965. water surface and thalweg elevation for the US Geological Survey stream gage Green

River near Ouray, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

10. Hydrograph of mean daily discharge for the study period showing dates of cross-section measurements (X's), and
Reclamation video overflights (filled X)'s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
II. Stage/Discharge relationship developed forthe 1.5-km study reach. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
12. GIS map of the lO-km study reach for July 1994. ........ . . .. .. .. . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. . . .... 87
13. Shoreline development index of Wetzel (1983). ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
14. Detailed topographic map of the bank-attached compound bar within the 1.5-kmreachduring 1993 and 1994. . 88
15. 1.5-km study reach in July 1994 from interpreted Reclamation video prints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
16. Detailed topographic maps of the bank-attached compound bar within the 1.5-km reach for 1993 and 1994 showing
the 3 units that compose the bar as determined by elevation. ...................................... 88
17. Comparison of psuedo-topographic units from the video prints to the detailed topographic maps (Fig. 16) ..... 88
18. Reach scale changes in sediment storage and its relation to the flood hydrograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
19. Average bed elevation for each cross section for three survey dates. November 1992 (filled X's), August 1993
(+'s). and July 1994 (X's) ................................................................. 88
20. Longitudial changes 'in sediment storage within the 1.5-km reach ...................................... 88

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