Development of an Interactive Shoreline Management Tool for the Lower Wood River Valley, Oregon - Phase I: Stage-Volume and Stage-Area Relations

Haluska, Tana L.; Snyder, Daniel T.

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This report presents the parcel and inundation area geographic information system (GIS) layers for various surface-water stages. It also presents data tables containing the water stage, inundation area, and water volume relations developed from analysis of detailed land surface elevation derived from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data recently collected for the Wood River Valley at the northern margin of Agency Lake in Klamath County, Oregon. Former shoreline wetlands that have been cut off from Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes by dikes might in the future be reconnected to Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes by breaching the dikes. Issues of interest associated with restoring wetlands in this way include the area that will be inundated, the volume of water that may be stored, the change in wetland habitat, and the variation in these characteristics as surface-water stage is changed. Products from this analysis can assist water managers in assessing the effect of breaching dikes and changing surface-water stage. The study area is in the approximate former northern margins of Upper Klamath and Agency Lakes in the Wood River Valley.

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USGS Numbered Series

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80915

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Haluska, Tana L.; Snyder, Daniel T.

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USGS Oregon Water Science Center

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ENGLISH

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0424200

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0423100

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-1215400

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vi, 8 p.

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Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management

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Geological Survey (U.S.)

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Open-File Report

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OFR

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2007-1364

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Development of an Interactive Shoreline Management Tool for the Lower Wood River Valley, Oregon - Phase I: Stage-Volume and Stage-Area Relations; 2007; OFR; 2007-1364; Haluska, Tana L.; Snyder, Daniel T.