Suspended-Sediment and Suspended-Sand Concentrations and Loads for Selected Streams in the Mississippi River Basin, 1940–2009

Suspended-Sediment and Suspended-Sand Concentrations and Loads for Selected Streams in the Mississippi River Basin, 1940–2009

2011

This report presents suspended-sediment concentration and streamflow data, describes load-estimation techniques used in the computation of annual suspended-sediment loads, and presents annual suspended-sediment loads for 48 streamgaging stations within the Mississippi River Basin. Available published, unpublished, and computed annual total suspended-sediment and suspended-sand loads are presented for water years 1940 through 2009. When previously published annual loads were not available, total suspended-sediment and sand loads were computed using available data for water years 1949 through 2009. A table of suspended- sediment concentration and daily mean streamflow data used in the computation of annual loads is presented along with a table of compiled and computed annual suspended-sediment and suspended-sand loads, annual streamflows, and flow-weighted concentrations for the 48 stations.

Heimann, David C.
Cline, Teri L.
Glaspie, Lori M.

US Geological Survey
US Department of the Interior

15

Water Quality & Pollutants
Water Conveyance & Hydraulics

stream
streams
suspended solid
suspended solids
suspended sediment
suspended sediments
computational model
computational models
water quality & pollutants
water quality and pollutants
water monitoring & assessment
water monitoring and assessment
UMR
Upper Mississippi River

2010-2019

No

Public Domain

Minnesota Water Research Digital Library