Bathymetry and Storage Capacity of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, 2015.
Dates
Publication Date
2017-09-18
Begin LiDAR survey
2008-03-09
End LiDAR survey
2008-03-12
Begin bathymetric survey
2015-09-23
End bathymetric survey
2015-10-11
Citation
Wagner, D.M., and Lee, K.G., 2017, Bathymetry and storage capacity of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F73B5XC0.
Summary
A bathymetric survey of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, was conducted in September-October, 2015, by the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) using methodologies for multi-beam sonar surveys similar to those described by Lee (2013) and Huizinga (2016). Data from the bathymetric survey were merged with data collected during a March 2008 aerial LiDAR survey provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District. Using Esri ArcGIS version 10.3.1, a feature dataset of the XYZ points from the merged LiDAR and bathymetry data was created within a file geodatabase and an associated terrain (digital terrain model, or DTM) created from the XYZ feature dataset. Products derived from the [...]
Summary
A bathymetric survey of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, was conducted in September-October, 2015, by the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) using methodologies for multi-beam sonar surveys similar to those described by Lee (2013) and Huizinga (2016). Data from the bathymetric survey were merged with data collected during a March 2008 aerial LiDAR survey provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District. Using Esri ArcGIS version 10.3.1, a feature dataset of the XYZ points from the merged LiDAR and bathymetry data was created within a file geodatabase and an associated terrain (digital terrain model, or DTM) created from the XYZ feature dataset. Products derived from the DTM include a digital elevation model (DEM), bathymetric contours at 10-ft intervals, and surface area and storage capacity (volume) of the lake at 1-ft intervals in the range of elevation from 349-580 ft above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). References: Lee, 2013, Estimation of reservoir storage capacity using multibeam sonar and terrestrial LiDAR, Randy Poynter Lake, Rockdale County, Georgia, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3265, 1 sheet, https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3265/; Huizinga, 2016, Bathymetric and velocimetric surveys at highway bridges crossing the Missouri River near Kansas City, Missouri, June 2–4, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016–5061, 93 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165061.
Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.
NorforkLake_bathymetry_FGDC.xml Original FGDC Metadata
View
33.83 KB
application/fgdc+xml
Purpose
The DTM in the Esri file geodatabase associated with this data product and products derived from it are intended to be used to update the published storage capacity and bathymetric maps of Norfork Lake and provide a foundation for interpretive work. The DTM can be used to create DEMs at various resolutions and bathymetric contours at various intervals.
