A Guide to Identification of Bankfull Stage in the Northeastern U.S. |
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Consistent identification of bankfull stage is essential for stream evaluations, stream restoration, fish habitat assessments, and stream-related design and construction. To help with this critical task, the Stream System Technology Center has issued new training material presented in a series of learning modules on four CD-ROM disks. The Guide to Identification of Bankfull Stage in the Northeastern United States is available from the Rocky Mountain Research Station as General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-133-CD. |
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The 4-disc NE Bankfull Training CDs are now available from the Stream Systems Technology Center.
Principal Technical Presenter:
Elon S. (Sandy) Verry, PhD
Consulting Hydrologist
USDA Forest Service (Retired)
North Central Research Station
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| A Guide for Field Identification of
Bankfull Stage in the Western United States
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Bankfull discharge is important because the bankfull stage is the level at which water begins to flow over the floodplain. When water flows over the floodplain, then it is by definition a flood. Bankfull discharge is also important because of its role in forming the physical dimensions of the channel. Flows near bankfull stage move the most sediment over the long-term and the processes of sediment transport and deposition are most active in forming the channel.
Bankfull stage is often difficult to identify in the field. This video discusses key steps and demonstrates techniques that can be used to consistently identify bankfull levels for a variety of different streams and rivers in the western United States. |
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Technical presenters include:
- Luna B. Leopold - Emeritus Professor of Geology,
University of California, Berkeley
- William W. Emmett - Research Hydrologist (Retired),
U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
- Hilton L. Silvey - Consulting Hydrologist,
Western Hydrology
- David L. Rosgen - Consulting Hydrologist,
Wildland Hydrology Consultants
Copies of the video are available upon request from the Stream
Systems Technology Center.
Identifying Bankfull Stage in Forested
Streams in the Eastern United States
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This program focuses on one important stage in the flow pattern of a river or stream: the bankfull stage. This video demonstrates how to consistently identify bankfull stage for a variety of stream types located in five physiographic provinces of the eastern United States. The program focuses primarily on streams located in forested areas and provides a systematic, reproducible procedure for determining and verifying that bankfull stage has been properly identified.Technical presenters include:
- M. Gordon Wolman - The Johns Hopkins University
- William W. Emmett - U.S. Geological Survey (retired)
- Elon S. Verry - USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station
- Daniel A. Marion and Lloyd W. Swift, Jr. - USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
- Gary B. Kappesser - USDA Forest Service, George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
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Copies of the video are available upon request from the Stream
Systems Technology Center.
Identifying Bankfull Stage in the Eastern and Western United States
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A Guide for Field Identification of Bankfull Stage in the Western United States (31 minutes, closed captioned, 1995) and Identifying Bankfull Stage in Forested Streams in the Eastern United States (46 minutes, closed captioned, 2003) are both available on one DVD from the Stream Systems Technology Center. |
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