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Bathymetric Map, Surface Area, and Capacity of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, Northeastern Oklahoma, 2019

Scientific Investigations Map 3467
Prepared in cooperation with the Grand River Dam Authority
By: , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3467

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Grand River Dam Authority, completed a high-resolution multibeam bathymetric survey to compute a new area and capacity table for Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees in northeastern Oklahoma. Area and capacity tables identify the relation between the elevation of the water surface and the volume of water that can be impounded at each water-surface elevation. The area and capacity of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees were computed from a triangular irregular network surface created in Global Mapper Version 21.0.1. The triangular irregular network surface was created from three datasets: (1) a multibeam mapping system bathymetric survey of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees completed during April–July 2019, (2) a previous bathymetric survey of the Neosho, Spring, and Elk Rivers, and (3) a 2010 USGS lidar-derived digital elevation model. The digital elevation model data were used in areas with land-surface elevations greater than 744 feet above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 where the multibeam sonar data could not be collected. The 2019 multibeam sonar data were the predominant data used to compute the new area and capacity table for Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees.

Suggested Citation

Hunter, S.L., Trevisan, A.R., Villa, J., and Smith, K.A., 2020, Bathymetric map, surface area, and capacity of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, northeastern Oklahoma, 2019: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3467, 2 sheets, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim3467.

ISSN: 2329-132X (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Purpose and Scope
  • Description of the Study Area
  • Methods of Bathymetric Survey and Data Analysis
  • Bathymetric Data-Collection Quality Assurance
  • Bathymetric Surface and Contour Quality Assurance
  • Bathymetry, Surface Area, and Capacity Results
  • References
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Bathymetric map, surface area, and capacity of Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees, northeastern Oklahoma, 2019
Series title Scientific Investigations Map
Series number 3467
DOI 10.3133/sim3467
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Description 2 Sheets: 36.00 x 42.00 inches; Data Release
Country United States
State Oklahoma
Other Geospatial Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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