GIS in Missouri
- Flood
Frequency project
AML software written to automatically extract watershed parameters such as
area, main channel length, main channel slope, mean basin elevation, and
percent forest given a minimum of input information
- Flood Inundation project
Heads up digitizing from scanned low altitude aerial photographs taken at
the peak of the 1993 flood to delineate the flooded area along the
Missouri River at Jefferson City and St. Louis
- Ozarks Stream Geomorphology
project
Analysis of channel changes of Ozark streams over multiple years using
aerial photography and sophisticated GIS techniques and models
- Weldon Spring Geologic Mapping project
GIS database of well log information that is used to create isopac and top
of formation maps for geologic interpretation at the Weldon Spring
Superfund site
- Springfield Karst Study
A GIS database of Karst features (sinkholes, caves, springs) was created
and integrated with standard 7.5' DLG data for Greene County, Missouri to
help the county manage its water resources more effectively
- Soil
Staining Experiments at MSEA project
Soil stain experiments analyzed with image processing and GIS techniques
to determine the affected area/volume of soil macropores
- Fort
Leonard Wood Geohydrology project
GIS database of hydrologic information including well logs, water
chemistry, and water quantity information integrated with surficial soil,
geology, and topographic information for the Fort Leonard Wood Military
Reservation will be used to support ground water modeling efforts
- Bridge Scour
GIS methods of rubbersheeting used to transform variable horizontal scale
fathometer traces to single scale traces for further analysis and
comparison
- Columbia/Eagle Bluffs Wetlands
Monitoring project
GIS database of base information (roads, streams, levees), surface
elevation, soils, integrated with ground-water chemistry and 1993 and 1995
flood data
- Wetland Bathymetry
Transects were surveyed across wetlands and triangular irregular networks
(TIN) were created using this elevation data. The TINs were contoured and
depth/area/volume calculations performed. The information will be used to
help make informed management decisions at the wetlands.
Contact address:
Joseph M. Richards, Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
1400 Independence Rd, Mail Stop 100
Rolla, MO 65401
PHONE: 573-308-3568
FAX: 573-308-3645
EMAIL: richards@usgs.gov
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