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Water-quality and fluvial-sediment characteristics of selected streams in northeast Kansas

Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4005
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri824005

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Abstract

In cooperation with the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, an investigation was made of the water-quality and fluvial-sediment characteristics of selected streams in northeast Kansas for which the construction of floodwater-retarding and grade-stabilization structures to control soil erosion is being considered. The predominent chemical type of water in streams draining the study area is calcium bicarbonate. In-stream concentrations of chemical constituents generally decrease with increasing streamflow. Exceptions to this are nitrate and phosphorus, which enter the streams as components of surface runoff. Computed mean annual discharges of dissolved solids ranged from 512 tons for Pony CratkSabetha, Kansas, to 23,900 tons for the Wolf River near Sparks, Kansas. Sediment yields in the study area, predominently silt and clay, are among the largest in the State. Drainage basins in the northern part of the study area yielded the most suspended sediment, with Pony Creek at Sabetha and near Reserve, Kansas, yielding 5,100 tons per square mile per year. Drainage basins in the southern part of the study area yielded less suspended sediment, with Little Grasshopper Creek near Effingham, Kansas, yielding 493 tons per square mile per year and Little Delaware River near Horton, Kansas, yielding 557 tons per square mile per year. (USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water-quality and fluvial-sediment characteristics of selected streams in northeast Kansas
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 82-4005
DOI 10.3133/wri824005
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Year Published 1982
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description 53 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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