A dataset containing the floodplain habitat area in acres as a function of flow in cubic feet per second

calaveras_river_floodplain

Format

dataframe with 33 rows and 3 variables:

flow_cfs

integer flow value in cubic feet per second

FR_floodplain_acres

fall run floodplain acreage

ST_floodplain_acres

steelhead floodplain acreage

watershed

name of watershed

Source

Scaled TUFLOW hydraulic model with 1D channel and 2D overbank components

Fall Run and Steelhead Modeling

No site-specific hydraulic modeling was available for this watershed. A flow to floodplain area relationship was generated for this watershed by scaling the flow to floodplain area relationship for the Tuolumne River based on hydrologic and geomorphic analyses. Flows and corresponding floodplain areas per unit length were calculated for this watershed as 0.20 percent of the Tuolumne River values based on the ratio of mean flow from December to June between this watershed and the Tuolumne River. Of the entire mapped 18.48 mile rearing extent in this watershed, 18.48 miles were classifiedas low gradient and 0.00 miles were classified as high gradient based on a geomorphic analysis. A scaling factor of 0.1 was applied to the area per unit length for the high gradient extent. No scaling factor was applied to the low gradient extent.

Examples

calaveras_river_floodplain
#> flow_cfs FR_floodplain_acres ST_floodplain_acres watershed #> 1 20.04956 0.000000 0.000000 Calaveras River #> 2 50.12390 0.000000 0.000000 Calaveras River #> 3 100.24780 0.000000 0.000000 Calaveras River #> 4 150.37170 0.000000 0.000000 Calaveras River #> 5 200.49561 0.000000 0.000000 Calaveras River #> 6 250.61951 2.452816 2.452816 Calaveras River #> 7 300.74341 5.230114 5.230114 Calaveras River #> 8 350.86731 7.971828 7.971828 Calaveras River #> 9 400.99121 10.699097 10.699097 Calaveras River #> 10 451.11511 13.426719 13.426719 Calaveras River #> 11 501.23901 16.877290 16.877290 Calaveras River #> 12 551.36292 20.242601 20.242601 Calaveras River #> 13 601.48682 23.176327 23.176327 Calaveras River #> 14 651.61072 26.564715 26.564715 Calaveras River #> 15 701.73462 29.953103 29.953103 Calaveras River #> 16 751.85852 33.302913 33.302913 Calaveras River #> 17 801.98242 36.652722 36.652722 Calaveras River #> 18 852.10633 39.963248 39.963248 Calaveras River #> 19 902.23023 43.273775 43.273775 Calaveras River #> 20 952.35413 46.374322 46.374322 Calaveras River #> 21 1002.47803 49.474868 49.474868 Calaveras River #> 22 1052.60193 53.141585 53.141585 Calaveras River #> 23 1102.72583 56.808302 56.808302 Calaveras River #> 24 1152.84973 60.286706 60.286706 Calaveras River #> 25 1202.97364 63.765111 63.765111 Calaveras River #> 26 1253.09754 67.379156 67.379156 Calaveras River #> 27 1303.22144 70.993202 70.993202 Calaveras River #> 28 1353.34534 74.022933 74.022933 Calaveras River #> 29 1403.46924 77.052665 77.052665 Calaveras River #> 30 1453.59314 80.274408 80.274408 Calaveras River #> 31 1503.71704 83.496151 83.496151 Calaveras River #> 32 1553.84095 86.899865 86.899865 Calaveras River #> 33 1603.96485 90.303578 90.303578 Calaveras River #> 34 1654.08875 101.885576 101.885576 Calaveras River #> 35 1704.21265 113.467574 113.467574 Calaveras River #> 36 1754.33655 118.350482 118.350482 Calaveras River #> 37 1804.46045 123.233389 123.233389 Calaveras River