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Digital Elevation Model of Oxbow Reservoir, Placer County, California, October 2022

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2022-10-26

Citation

Logan, J.B., and East, A.E., 2023, Topographic survey data and digital elevation model of Oxbow Reservoir, Placer County, California, October 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B39W4J.

Summary

This portion of the data release presents a digital elevation model (DEM) of portions of Oxbow Reservoir in Placer County, California. The DEM was created using topographic survey data collected on 26 October 2022, when the reservoir was partially de-watered to allow repairs to the dam infrastructure following the Mosquito Fire. Although the gates of the dam were open during this time, significant portions of the reservoir site remained inaccessible to surveyors due to the continued flow of the Middle Fork American River. Consequently, this DEM covers approximately 50 percent of the total surface area of the reservoir at full pool. The raw topographic data for the DEM were collected using two RTK GNSS backpack rovers which were referenced [...]

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OxbowReservoir_2022-10-26_DEM_1m.tif 432.1 KB image/geotiff
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“Color-shaded relief image of the Oxbow Reservoir DEM.”
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Purpose

These data are intended to be used as a record of baseline bottom sediment elevation in Oxbow Reservoir immediately after the Mosquito Fire, prior to the first post-fire runoff of the winter of 2022-2023.

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