Summary of stream flow conditions at five riverine parks in the Southeast Coast Network, 2011
Jones CD and Gregory MB. 2012. Summary of stream flow conditions at five riverine parks in the Southeast Coast Network, 2011. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2012/368. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The NPS Vital Signs Monitoring Program evaluated stream flow variability and the magnitude and timing of specific flow events at five parks within the Network during 2011. The streams and rivers of these parks ranged in size from small creeks to smalland medium-sized rivers that make up significant park acreage along the Chattahoochee, Congaree, Wateree and Tallapoosa Rivers. Flow patterns were characterized and put in historical context using U.S. Geological Survey stream flow data, The Nature Conservancy’s Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration software, and Flow software (Dowd 2011), which generates graphical representations of annual stream flow data. Across all parks, high flow pulses were more frequent at the five gages in the metropolitan Atlanta area at CHAT and KEMO; the highest frequency of extreme low flow pulses was observed at the downstream-most gage at CHAT. The average length of both event types was similar; ranging 2 days for extreme low flow pulse length and 2–4 days for high flow pulse length.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jones, Clark; Gregory, M.
- Date of Issue
- 2012-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CHAT , CONG , HOBE , KEMO , NRSS , OCMU , SECN
- Keywords
- Discharge, flow metrics, gage height, Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration, low flow, peak flow, Southeast Coast Network, Stream Flow, Stream Flow Monitoring