Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Elizabeth Hittle Ricardo Solis Publication_Date: 2008 Title: Baseline hydrologic data collection along the I-75 - State Road 29 corridor in the Big Cypress National Preserve Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map, tables Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/index.php?project_url=75_29_flows Description: Abstract: The objectives of this study are to develop and continue a program of surface water flow monitoring across I-75 and SR 29 in the I-75 corridor from Snake Road west to SR 29 and SR 29 from I-75 south to USGS site 02291000 Barron River near Everglades, Florida. Quarterly discharge measurements will be made along both reaches to assess hydrologic flow patterns and evaluate the feasibility of creating a stage-discharge/index-velocity relationship for this area. Data are presented as a Google Map for each station and a table of station information plus links to other data (if available) for the station. Purpose: Data collected in this project will provide baseline information about a major current barrier to sheetflow, I-75. The data are expected to support the research on the existing linkages among geologic, hydrologic, chemical, climatological, and biological processes that currently shape the Everglades and will provide insight into the predrainage Everglades. The baseline flow will contribute to the Southwest Florida Feasibility Study addressing the health of upland and aquatic ecosystems in the 4,300 square mile area. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 200511 Ending_Date: 200909 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: In Work Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.325 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.75 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.25 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.75 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: sheetflow Theme_Keyword: surface water Theme_Keyword: discharge Theme_Keyword: stage Theme_Keyword: velocity Theme_Keyword: hydrology Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme_Keyword: 012 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, NIST Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: FL Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: Collier County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve Place_Keyword: Barron River Place_Keyword: Everglades City Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress Place_Keyword: Interstate 75 Place_Keyword: State Road 29 Access_Constraints: none Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Rick Solis Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5948 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rsolis@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/bcnp_hydro/ Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Station Location Map Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Native_Data_Set_Environment: Google Map, tables Any use of trade, product, or firm name is for descriptive purposes only and does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Government Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: not available Completeness_Report: not available Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Literature review of historical USGS and other agency data Incorporate multi-agency/university and modeling contacts into a review of previous and/or current projects related to flow monitoring across I-75 bordering the Big Cypress Basin eastern boundary and SR 29 on the western perimeter of the Preserve. Collate this information together with available GIS coverages for development of a plan to coordinate future flow measurement team deployment for both boundaries of the study area. Process_Date: 2006 Process_Step: Process_Description: Discharge measurements Reconnaissance of each bridge, culvert and wildlife through-way for appropriate measurement locations and methods. This includes documentation of weed conditions affecting periodic flow shifting, water depth, and establishment of reference marks to do distance to water measurements for indications of significant east-west flow "short-circuting". Discharge at each bridge, culvert and wildlife throughway will be measured in one day. Stream-flow measurements will be accomplished by Price AA meter, flow rods, or acoustic doppler point and/or profiling velocity meters as conditions at the controls allow. As of the end of September, 2006 four synoptic discharge measurements have been accomplished in the I-75 corridor from the L-28 Interceptor Canal to SR 29 and SR 29 from I-75 south to USGS site 02291000 Barron River near Everglades, FL. Initial evaluation determined the need to move one culvert index site scheduled for August 31, 2006 Process_Date: 2006 Process_Step: Process_Description: Placement of stage and index gages Three index-velocity gages have been installed inside culverts running under I-75 and an additioal one may be installed in WY 2007. These gages collected stage and velocity data every 15 minutes, Additional measurements have been made at these culverts for discharge verification. USGS station 0229100 Barron River is now on telemetry so conditions can be looked at to better determine when discharge measurements are to be made. Process_Date: 2007 Process_Step: Process_Description: Data collection and feasibility of study continuation The development of a discharge relationship is directly related to the DOI Science plan by giving a continuous record of discharge into Big Cypress National Preserve. If a relationship can not be determined, specific recommendations will be prepared concerning the best methodology. In order to ensure the instrumentation is working well, data will be downloaded once a month as well performing a discharge measurement just at that particular culvert. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: Tying in bridge reference marks to existing benchmarks DOT benchmark placement close to the bridges will be researched. A team of personnel will then go and field-truth the placement of the benchmarks to assess the feasibility of running a set of optical levels from the benchmark to a predetermined reference mark on the bridge. These bridge reference marks will be fully documented and the information will be provided to Big Cypress personnel. Reference marks that are tied into existing benchmarks will lead to water level measurements at specific bridges that are tied to the same datum plane. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: The index-velocity meters are operating and discharge measurements are being made to develop the index-velocity to discharge relationship. Evaluation of the discharge measurements made has shown the need for fewer measurements during the dry periods. This has resulted in clustering more of the measurements during the summer months than making measurements on a strict quarterly basis. Process_Date: 2007 Process_Step: Process_Description: Placement of existing and future gages behind the I-75 fence to address safety concerns. This task is to work with the Florida DOT and their respective contractors to put gates in the existing fences so that the equipment that is currently located in the median of I-75 can be moved inside the fence. This will allow the potential to telemeter these sites in the future so conditions can be easily monitored. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Rick Solis Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5948 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954 377-5901 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rsolis@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: I 75/State Road 29 corridor Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.1 Longitude_Resolution: 0.1 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Information for each station includes: station Name, USGS NWIS ID, Latitude and Longitude in degrees, minutes, and decimal seconds, Location Area, Type of Structure, Flow measured, Data collected, Real-Time data availability, Index site for reach, and Reach number Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: USGS NWIS database Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather S.Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hhenkel@usgs.gov Resource_Description: Hydrologic data collected along Interstate 75/State Road 29 corridor in Big Cypress National Preserve Distribution_Liability: The data have no explicit or implied guarantees. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Google Map Format_Information_Content: Each data collection site has a Google Map with links to station information and data Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/bcnp_hydro/ Access_Instructions: Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website Fees: none Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20090304 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Access_Constraints: none Metadata_Use_Constraints: This metadata record may have been copied from the SOFIA website and may not be the most recent version. 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