| Abstract: | A sediment-transport model to simulate channel change was applied to a 1-mile reach of Cuchillo Negro Creek at the Interstate 25 crossing at Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, using the Bridge-Stream Tube model for Alluvial River Simulation (BRI-STARS). The 500-year flood discharge was estimated to be 10,700 cubic feet per second. The 100-year, 500-year, and regional maximum discharges were used to design synthetic and discretized hydrographs using a flood volume equation. The regional maximum discharge relation was developed for New Mexico based on 259 streamflow-gaging stations‘ maximum peak discharge. The regional maximum-peak discharge for the site was determined to be 81,700 cubic feet per second. Bed-material particle-size distribution was determined for six size classes ranging from 1 to 30 millimeters. The median diameter was 4.6 millimeters at the bed surface and 9.0 millimeters 13 feet below the bed surface. Bed-material discharge for use in the model was estimated to be 18,770 tons per day using hydraulic properties, water temperature, and Yang‘s gravel equation. Channel-change simulations showed a maximum channel degradation of 1.38 feet for the regional maximum-peak discharge hydrograph. |
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| Citation Author: | Waltemeyer, S. D. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 29 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [Water Resources Division, New Mexico District] ;
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 95-4050 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Bridge-scour analysis on Cuchillo Negro Creek at the Interstate 25 crossing near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; 1995; WRI; 95-4050; Waltemeyer, S. D. |
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| Text: | Bridge-scour analysis on Cuchillo Negro Creek at the Interstate 25 crossing near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; 1995; WRI; 95-4050; Waltemeyer, S. D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1995/4050/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1995/4050/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Nov 1995 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [Water Resources Division, New Mexico District] ;
Can be purchased from Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section, |
