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Reconnaissance of surface-water resources in the Togiak River basin, southwestern Alaska, 1980 and 1982

Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4170
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834170

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Abstract

Data collected during August and September 1980 and March 1982 describe hydrologic characteristics of the Togiak River and its tributaries. Surface waters are generally cold and clear, have significant wilderness recreation values, and provide outstanding salmon habitat. Late summer unit runoff ranged from 2.3 to 8.1 cubic feet per second per square mile. Stream width increased with discharge from about 20 feet on the tributaries to more than 300 feet on the Togiak River near its mouth. Mean depth increased with discharge downstream direction from about 1 to more than 4 feet. Mean velocity ranged between 1 and 4 feet per second and bore little relation to discharge. Late winter unit discharge for sites having little or no upstream lake storage was about 0.5 cubic foot per second per square mile. For the remaining sites, values ranged from 0.8 to 1.4 cubic feet per second per square mile. Unit runoff of maximum evident floods ranged from 12.9 to 50 cubic feet per second per square mile. Field measurements of water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity and specific conductance indicated that water quality seems much the same throughout the basin and is influenced by the major lakes. Benthic invertebrates indicate a reasonably diverse fauna with midge larvae representing the largest percentage of all organisms found at most sites. (USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Reconnaissance of surface-water resources in the Togiak River basin, southwestern Alaska, 1980 and 1982
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 83-4170
DOI 10.3133/wri834170
Edition -
Year Published 1983
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iv, 28 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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