Bathymetric and Sediment Survey of Atchison County Lake, Atchison County, Kansas Kansas Biological Survey Applied Science and Technology for Reservoir Assessment (ASTRA) Program Report 2010-04 (November 2010)
This work was funded by the Kansas Water Office through the State Water Plan Fund in support of the Reservoir Sustainability Initiative.
SUMMARY Summary Data: Bathymetric Survey: Reservoir Statistics: Elevation Benchmark (if applicable) Sediment Survey:
TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES LAKE HISTORY AND PERTINENT INFORMATION BATHYMETRIC SURVEYING PROCEDURE BATHYMETRIC SURVEY RESULTS SEDIMENT SAMPLING ii
LIST OF FIGURES iii
LIST OF TABLES iv
LAKE HISTORY AND PERTINENT INFORMATION Figure 1. Atchison County Lake, Atchison County, Kansas. 1
Atchison County, Kansas Atchison County Lake Horton Huron Muscotah Lancaster Atchison Effingham Nortonville Ü Miles 0 2.5 5 10 Figure 2. Location of Atchison County Lake in Atchison County, Kansas. 2
Reservoir Bathymetric (Depth) Surveying Procedures Pre-survey preparation: Geospatial reference data: Survey procedures: Calibration (Temperature and ball check): On-lake survey procedures: 3
Establishment Of Lake Level On Survey Dates: Atchison County Lake: 4
Location of Lake Elevation Benchmark: 5
USGS Home Contact USGS Search USGS National Water Information System: Web Interface USGS Water Resources Data Category: Site Information Geographic Area: United States GO News New Real-Time and Site Web Services! - updated August 26, 2010 USGS 393806095273700 ATCHISON CO LK NR HORTON, KS Lake Site Available data for this site SUMMARY OF ALL AVAILABLE DATA DESCRIPTION: Latitude 39 38'06", Longitude 95 27'37" NAD83 Atchison County, Kansas, Hydrologic Unit 10270103 Drainage area: 9.35 square miles Datum of gage: 1,050.00 feet above sea level NAVD88. AVAILABLE DATA: Data Type Begin Date End Date Count Real-time -- Previous 120 days -- Field measurements 2009-03-24 2010-09-22 16 Field/Lab water-quality samples 2009-03-24 2010-09-22 20 OPERATION: Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Kansas Water Science Center Email questions about this site to Kansas Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries GO Questions about sites/data? Feedback on this web site Automated retrievals Help Top Explanation of terms Subscribe for system changes News Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Title: ** USGS 393806095273700 ATCHISON CO LK NR HORTON, KS URL: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwisman? Page Contact Information: Kansas Water Data Support Team Page Last Modified: 2010-11-15 14:08:52 EST 0.68 0.67 caww02 6
0 0.2 0.4 Miles Ü Figure 4. Bathymetric survey lines for Atchison County Lake 7
Post-processing (Visual Bottom Typer) The BioSonics, Inc. bottom tracker is an end_up" algorithm, in that it begins searching for the bottom echo portion of a ping from the last sample toward the first sample. The bottom tracker tracks the bottom echo by isolating the region(s) where the data exceeds a peak threshold for N consecutive samples, then drops below a surface threshold for M samples. Once a bottom echo has been identified, a bottom sampling window is used to find the next echo. The bottom echo is first isolated by user_defined threshold values that indicate (1) the lowest energy to include in the bottom echo (bottom detection threshold) and (2) the lowest energy to start looking for a bottom peak (peak threshold). The bottom detection threshold allows the user to filter out noise caused by a low data acquisition threshold. The peak threshold prevents the algorithm from identifying the small energy echoes (due to fish, sediment or plant life) as a bottom echo. Post-processing (Excel) 8
NOT Post-processing (ArcGIS): 9
Depth in Feet 0.00-1 1.01-2 2.01-3 3.01-4 4.01-5 5.01-6 6.01-7 1 ft Contours 0 0.2 0.4 Miles Ü Figure 5. Water depth based on November 12, 2009 bathymetric surveys for Atchison County Lake. Depths are based on a pool elevation of 1055.48 ft. 10
Table 1 Cumulative area in acres by tenth foot elevation increments Elevation (ft NGVD) 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1049 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 1050 1.0 2.6 4.6 6.9 9.2 10.9 12.3 13.4 14.6 15.4 1051 16.3 17.1 18.0 18.8 19.6 20.4 21.3 22.2 22.9 23.7 1052 24.4 25.1 25.8 26.5 27.2 28.1 29.0 29.9 30.8 31.9 1053 33.3 34.7 36.6 38.6 41.0 43.5 44.8 45.8 46.8 47.9 1054 48.8 49.8 50.9 51.9 52.7 53.6 54.5 55.4 56.3 57.2 1055 58.1 59.0 60.0 61.1 62.5 64.3 Table 2 Cumulative volume in acre-feet by tenth foot elevation increments Elevation (ft NGVD) 0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1049 0.1 0.1 1050 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.2 2.0 3.0 4.2 5.5 6.9 8.4 1051 10.0 11.7 13.4 15.2 17.2 19.2 21.3 23.4 25.7 28.0 1052 30.4 32.9 35.4 38.1 40.7 43.5 46.4 49.3 52.3 55.5 1053 58.7 62.1 65.7 69.5 73.4 77.7 82.1 86.6 91.3 96.0 1054 100.8 105.8 110.8 116.0 121.2 126.5 131.9 137.4 143.0 148.7 1055 154.5 160.3 166.3 172.4 178.6 184.9
Cumulative Area (acres) Elevation (feet) Figure 6. Cumulative area-elevation curve Cumulative Volume (acre-feet) Figure 7. Cumulative volume-elevation curve Elevation (feet) 12
SEDIMENT SAMPLING PROCEDURES Sediment samples were collected from three sites within the reservoir using a Wildco drop-corer (Wildlife Supply Company, Buffalo, NY). One sample is taken near the dam; a second at mid-lake; and a third in the upper end/transitional area. Sampling was performed on the same day as the bathymetric survey, following completion of the survey. As the drop-corer samples only the upper sediment, the entire sample in each case was collected and sealed in a sampling container. The samples were then shipped to the Kansas State University Soil Testing Laboratory (Manhattan, KS), for texture analysis. SEDIMENT SAMPLING RESULTS: Sampling sites were distributed across the length of the reservoir (Figure 8). Silt percentages were highest at the inflow end (ATCH-2, 70%), decreasing to 12% at the dam end (Table 3; Figure 9; Figure 10). Table 3 Atchison County Lake Sediment Sampling Site Data CODE UTMX UTMY %Sand % Silt % Clay ATCH-1 289114.6875 4390501.632 0 38 62 ATCH-2 289401.9626 4390673.731 2 70 28 ATCH-3 288869.7353 4390150.646 16 12 72 Coordinates are Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), NAD83, Zone 15 North
!. ATCH-2!. ATCH-1!. ATCH-3 0 0.2 0.4 Miles Ü Figure 8. Location of sediment samples in Atchinson County Lake 14
Atchison County Lake 2010 Sediment Particle Size Analysis Sample Site 15
ATCH-2 ATCH-1 ATCH-3 Particle Size Distribution Sand Silt Clay 0 0.2 0.4 Miles Ü Figure 10. Particle size distribution of sediment samples in Atchison County Lake 16