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

elder_creek_floodplain

Format

dataframe with 31 rows and 4 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

Central Valley Floodplain Evaluation and Delineation (CVFED) HEC-RAS hydraulic model

Fall Run and Steelhead Modeling

A 5.40 mile portion of the entire mapped rearing extent of 7.10 miles was modeled using Central Valley Floodplain Evaluation and Delineation (CVFED) HEC-RAS hydraulic model. Of the entire mapped rearing extent, 7.10 miles were classified as low gradient and 0.00 miles were classified as high gradient based on a geomorphic analysis. Floodplain area per unit length was determined for the modeled extent and applied to determine areas for the non-modeled extent. 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

elder_creek_floodplain
#> flow_cfs FR_floodplain_acres ST_floodplain_acres watershed #> 1 10 0.000000 0.000000 Elder Creek #> 2 50 0.000000 0.000000 Elder Creek #> 3 90 0.000000 0.000000 Elder Creek #> 4 130 5.115882 5.115882 Elder Creek #> 5 170 13.912115 13.912115 Elder Creek #> 6 196 16.602674 16.602674 Elder Creek #> 7 210 18.051436 18.051436 Elder Creek #> 8 250 21.356318 21.356318 Elder Creek #> 9 290 24.463110 24.463110 Elder Creek #> 10 330 27.105953 27.105953 Elder Creek #> 11 370 29.462529 29.462529 Elder Creek #> 12 410 31.227916 31.227916 Elder Creek #> 13 450 32.860780 32.860780 Elder Creek #> 14 490 34.447035 34.447035 Elder Creek #> 15 530 35.778358 35.778358 Elder Creek #> 16 570 37.057487 37.057487 Elder Creek #> 17 610 38.333899 38.333899 Elder Creek #> 18 650 39.491765 39.491765 Elder Creek #> 19 690 40.634296 40.634296 Elder Creek #> 20 730 41.751410 41.751410 Elder Creek #> 21 770 42.763713 42.763713 Elder Creek #> 22 810 43.923964 43.923964 Elder Creek #> 23 850 44.829917 44.829917 Elder Creek #> 24 890 45.665593 45.665593 Elder Creek #> 25 930 46.468486 46.468486 Elder Creek #> 26 970 47.389231 47.389231 Elder Creek #> 27 1010 48.145183 48.145183 Elder Creek #> 28 1050 48.967275 48.967275 Elder Creek #> 29 1090 49.635563 49.635563 Elder Creek #> 30 1130 50.389794 50.389794 Elder Creek #> 31 1170 51.063666 51.063666 Elder Creek