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Bed-Material Transport in the Upper Esopus Creek Watershed, Ulster and Greene Counties, New York, 2017–20

Data Report 1151
Prepared in cooperation with the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program
By: , , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1151

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program, investigated the feasibility of bedload monitoring in the upper Esopus Creek watershed, Ulster and Greene Counties, New York, from 2017 to 2020. Traditional bedload samples were collected at two locations: Birch Creek at Big Indian, New York (station 013621955), and Stony Clove Creek at Jansen Road at Lanesville, New York (station 01362336), during two storms. Measured bedload-transport rates ranged from less than 1 to 37.2 short tons per day during the study period. Active and passive tracers were deployed in Stony Clove Creek at Jansen Road to measure bed-material displacement during storms. Accelerometers in the active tracers provided data on the initiation and duration of motion of bed material in the 128- to 190-millimeter size class (B-axis measurement of 175 millimeters). The active tracers were loosely placed on the streambed and were generally mobilized at streamflows of 130–375 cubic feet per second. Displacement of the passive tracers was measured five times and provided data on the variability of displacement of multiple-size classes of bed material by different streamflows. Passive-tracer data also indicated that particles larger than the opening of the Elwha sampler deployed for traditional sampling may have been in transport during sampling. Sediment-generated noise was not distinguishable from background stream noise in hydrophone recordings.

Suggested Citation

Siemion, J., Antidormi, M.R., Bonville, D.B., Finkelstein, J., and Marineau, M., 2022, Bed-material transport in the upper Esopus Creek watershed, Ulster and Greene Counties, New York, 2017–20: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1151, 20 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1151.

ISSN: 2771-9448 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Objectives
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Summary
  • References Cited
  • Appendix 1. Passive Tracer Location Maps
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Bed-material transport in the upper Esopus Creek watershed, Ulster and Greene Counties, New York, 2017–20
Series title Data Report
Series number 1151
DOI 10.3133/dr1151
Year Published 2022
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) New York Water Science Center
Description Report: vi, 20 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State New York
County Greene County, Ulster County
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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