Regression Models for Estimating Sediment and Nutrient Concentrations and Loads at the Kankakee River, Shelby, Indiana, December 2015 through May 2018
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- Document: Report (1.72 MB pdf)
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- USGS data release - Data and rloadest models for suspended sediment, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus for Kankakee River at Shelby, Indiana, January 5, 2016 to May 31, 2018
- USGS data release - Data and Surrogate Models for Suspended Sediment, Total Nitrogen, and Total Phosphorus for the Kankakee River at Shelby, Indiana, January 5, 2016 to May 31, 2018
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Abstract
The Kankakee River in northern Indiana flows through the area once known as the Grand Marsh. Beginning in the 1860s, anthropogenic changes to the river within Indiana resulted in downstream flooding and additional transport of sediment and nutrients. In 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, upgraded the gaging station Kankakee River at Shelby, Indiana, to include the collection of water-quality data. By relating continuously monitored water-quality data to discrete data collected from December 2015 through May 2018, linear regression was used to develop models for estimating concentrations of suspended sediment, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus. Developed regression models indicated a strong correlation between turbidity and specific conductance with suspended-sediment concentration (adjusted coefficient of determination equals 0.92, predicted residual error sum of squares equals 0.151), nitrate plus nitrite and specific conductance with total nitrogen (adjusted coefficient of determination equals 0.95, predicted residual error sum of squares equals 0.0248), and turbidity with total phosphorus (adjusted coefficient of determination equals 0.89, predicted residual error sum of squares equals 0.0103).
Daily loads of suspended sediment, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus were computed as the product of daily mean regression model concentrations and daily mean streamflow. Rloadest models were used to compute daily loads of each constituent during gaps in regression model loads. For 2016 and 2017, the estimated annual suspended-sediment loads were 105,000 and 91,000 tons; estimated total nitrogen loads were 8,690 and 8,890 tons; and estimated total phosphorus loads were 265 and 236 tons, respectively.
Suggested Citation
Lathrop, T.R., Bunch, A.R., and Downhour, M.S., 2019, Regression models for estimating sediment and nutrient concentrations and loads at the Kankakee River, Shelby, Indiana, December 2015 through May 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2019–5005, 13 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195005.
ISSN: 2328-0328 (online)
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Purpose and Scope
- Approach and Methods
- Results of Data Collection—Discrete and Continuous Water-Quality Data
- Regression Models
- Constituent Load Models
- Limitations
- Summary
- References Cited
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Regression models for estimating sediment and nutrient concentrations and loads at the Kankakee River, Shelby, Indiana, December 2015 through May 2018 |
| Series title | Scientific Investigations Report |
| Series number | 2019-5005 |
| DOI | 10.3133/sir20195005 |
| Year Published | 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center |
| Description | Report: v, 13 p.; 2 Data Releases |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| City | Shelby |
| Other Geospatial | Kankakee River Basin |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |