# lut_hydrometric_data_flags

Flag Description:
Ice present. Discharge measurement obtained.


Flag Description:
Poor channel conditions - not appropriate for discharge measurement


# lut_hydrometric_Qmeas_type

meas_desc:
Cross-sectional velocity using a current meter (swoffer or pygmy AA)


meas_desc:
Volumetric measurement obtained by filling a bucket at a culvert or pipe outlet


meas_desc:
Estimation - Orange or stick floated near surface to obtain velocity - requires average depth, width measurements


meas_type:
Mid Section Method - Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter

meas_desc:
Cross-sectional velocity using an ADV, mid-section method unless otherwise noted.


meas_desc:
Velocity profiler for velocity- area method


meas_desc:
Indirect method using High water mark in the slope-area calculation for estimating high discharges


meas_desc:
Dry Salt Slug - Mass based calculation (Moore XXXX)


meas_desc:
Brine Salt Constant Rate method (Moore 2004)


# lut_hydrometric_salt_method

Salt_Method_Description:
Dry Salt Slug - Mass based calculation (Moore XXXX)


Salt_Method_Description:
Brine Salt Constant Rate method (Moore 2004)


# lut_hydrometric_survey_flags

Survey_Flag_Description:
Outside measurement Accuracy (+/-0.003 m)


# lut_hydrometric_survey_points

Description:
Logger Rod elevation. Top of logger installation rod


Description:
Staff gauge direct reading (not elevation)


# tbl_hydrometric_station_history

hydrometric_name:
Victoria Creek Upstream of Minnesota Creek

location:
Victoria Creek upstream of Minnesota Creek and downstream of Dome Creek


location:
Downstream of mill site. Same as D1 water quality site


location:
Seepage pond outflow from tailings pond to Dome Creek upstream of the Middle Dome Hydrometric Site; Flow meters in seepage pond pumphouse


hydrometric_name:
Barometric Logger at Diversion Channel (2)

location:
In ABS pipe wired to willow trees on left bank crest above gauge. Approximately 5 m higher than previous location in channel

channel_description:
N/A - For barometric compensation of hydrometric loggers

comments:
(Winter1) Replaces ATM-DC lost in Nov. 2011 due to icing/bridge excavations


location:
Located east of Mt. Nansen Mine Camp on Mt. Nansen Access Road


hydrometric_name:
Victoria Creek at Road - Temporary Winter Logger

location:
Victoria Creek at the road crossing downstream of large culvert

installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks

channel_description:
Wide braided channel upstream; wide floodplain downstream; gravel-cobble bars


hydrometric_name:
Upper Victoria Creek - Temporary Winter Logger

location:
Victoria Creek upstream of the confluence with Back Creek

installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks

channel_description:
Wide channel with high width to depth ratio; large woody debris upstream and downstream of site; pool riffle sequences


hydrometric_name:
Middle Dome Creek  Temporary Winter Logger

location:
Dome Creek downstream of tailings pond near WQ sample site: Upper Dome Creek


hydrometric_name:
Barometric Logger at Diversion Channel (1)

location:
Diversion Channel at Bridge Hydrometric Station

channel_description:
N/A - For barometric compensation of hydrometric loggers (Attached to stilling well above water surface)

comments:
Unrecoverable in diversion channel icing and possibly lost in excavations. Replaced by ATM-DC2


location:
Located upstream of station 'Pony Creek D/S of Pit in Pony Creek headwaters

installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks; V-Notch weir located 15 m upstream of data logger at constriction

channel_description:
Channelized section of creek from previous mining activities; Boulder cascade flows into channel with 90 degree turns in the vicinity of the station.

comments:
SG correction = +2.110 m ; LL correction =


installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Stable Rock Weir; Benchmarks

channel_description:
Small, shallow channel with coarse gravels; stable rock weir installed to increase water surface level; high width to depth ratio


location:
Upstream of tailings pond at right bank side of channel valley

channel_description:
Small, deep channel meandering through hummocks; low width to depth ratio


location:
Upstream of tailings pond at left bank side of channel valley

channel_description:
Small meandering channel in the original channel;  variable geomorphology: shallow riffle sections; deep pool sections; sand and silt to coarse gravel beds


location:
Diversion channel/Dome Creek via diversion channel around tailings pond

installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks; Rock Weir

channel_description:
Narrow, channelized reach downstream of bridge with bed material ranging from fine gravel to cobbles; New stilling well located 3 m upstream of old location; new benchmarks established; installed stable rock weir to increase depth of flow at well.


comments:
Logger left in stilling well over winter. Froze to substrate.


location:
Back Creek upstream of the confluence with Victoria Creek

channel_description:
Narrow, straight, deeply incised channel with large woody debris upstream and downstream of site

comments:
Data logger removed over winter 2011/2012


location:
Located downstream of Mt. Nansen road culvert at Dome Creek crossing; Station located in deep pool upstream of channel constriction

channel_description:
Narrow channel and deep pool sequences; meandering channel; grass vegetation in channels; sand bed in pools; dune like deposition


hydrometric_name:
Barometric Logger at Camp (Mount Nansen Air Logger)

location:
Located at the camp HOBO weather station

channel_description:
N/A - For barometric compensation of data only; Attached to weather station mast.


location:
Approximately the same location as H-DC-B


channel_description:
N/A - For barometric compensation of data only


location:
Minnesota Creek upstream of the confluence with Victoria Creek

channel_description:
May require shifting upstream in spring to reduce backwater effects of Victoria Creek

comments:
Early winter gauge site prior to freezing to substrate.


location:
Victoria Creek upstream of the Back Creek confluence. Same location as the VC-REF water quality site.


installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks;


channel_description:
Narrow, channelized reach downstream of bridge with bed material ranging from fine gravel to cobbles

comments:
Old station destroyed by ice and heavy machinery.


comments:
Logger was submerged in unfrozen part of channel.


comments:
Instantaneous Q measurements taken over early winter.


comments:
Spring measurements, ice remains, can't install logger.


installation:
Solinst Gold Logger; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks; Rock Weir

comments:
Temporary station installed until re-grading of diversion channel.


installation:
Solinst Gold Logger; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks

channel_description:
Narrow channel; sand and silt substrate; heavy vegetation.

comments:
Station moved further downstream to more defined channel and downstream of influence of road. Logger removed over winter.


comments:
Re-installed logger in spring 2012. Logger removed on Dec 12, 2012. Frozen to bed prior to Dec. visit.


comments:
New station installed upstream of previous station.


comments:
No bolt, measure to bottom of v-notch. Installed logger for open water season. Logger removed Dec. 12, 2012, logger froze to bed prior to this date.


location:
Downstream of mill site, downstream of an old settling pond

channel_description:
Poorly defined, heavy veg, flows down cascade before going to ground.


channel_description:
Data logger was removed because channel was filled with sediment and avulsing.


location:
Located upstream of station H-PC-DSP in Pony Creek headwaters near active placer claim.

comments:
Station was frozen to substrate by Nov 15 visit. Data logger removed 10 Dec. 2012.


hydrometric_name:
Barometric Logger at Diversion Channel (3) Temporary Backup

location:
In ABS pipe wired to willow trees on left bank crest above gauge. Same location as ATM-DC2


hydrometric_name:
Barometric Logger at Diversion Channel (4) Backup


comments:
Stilling well still frozen, anchor ice on bed.


comments:
Station removed for re-grading, instantaneous measurements continued till freeze up.


comments:
Installed new station upstream of previous site.  Logger removed over winter.


location:
Staff gauge installed at the east end of the tailings pond.


installation:
Solinst Gold Logger; Direct Read Cable; Staff Gauge; Stilling well; Benchmarks

comments:
Winterized logger re-installed in stilling well.


installation:
Solinst Gold Logger; Direct Read Cable; Staff Gauge; Stilling Well; Benchmarks


installation:
Solinst Gold Logger; Direct Read Cable; Staff Gauge, Stilling Well; Benchmarks


location:
Pony Creek, Upstream. Downstream of weir.

installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Guage, Stilling Well, LoggerRod


location:
Pony Creek Downstream of pit, located downstream of road culvert.

installation:
HOBO Water level Logger U20-001; Staff Guage, Stilling Well, Logger Rod

channel_description:
Well defined channel, Q measurement site at station and culvert.


installation:
HOBO water level logger U20-001; Staff Guage, Stilling Well, Logger Rod

channel_description:
Well defiend channel, installed when substrate was no longer frozen.


installation:
HOBO Water level logger U20-001; Staff Guage, Stilling Well, Logger Rod

channel_description:
Logger re-deployed at existing station, retrofitted with a logger rod apparatus.


installation:
HOBO Water Level Logger U20-001; Staff Guage, Stilling Well, Logger Rod.

channel_description:
Logger re-deployed at existing BC location.  Stilling well retrofitted with logger rod.


hydrometric_name:
Victoria Creek, upstream of minnesota creek.

installation:
HOBO water level logger U20-001; Staff Guage, Stilling Well, Logger Rod.

channel_description:
Logger re-deployed at existing location. Stilling well retrofitted with logger rod.


location:
Minnesota Creek upstream of Victoria Creek

channel_description:
Logger re-deployed at existing station.  Stilling well retrofitted with logger rod.


# tbl_site_visit_MID

Comments:
Salt tracer input site at culvert where channel is defined and not braided. Ice present in flooplain upstream and downstream of road. Unable to install station and logger due to ice.


Comments:
High flow, high suspended sediment. Ice chunks floating down channel. Downloaded logger and removed winter protection.


Comments:
Ice chunks floating down channel. High suspended sediment. YSI Sontek malfuntioning during measurements (shut off twice). Final measurement appears ok. Downloaded logger and removed winter protection.


Comments:
High flows. Evidence of overbank flows that occurred prior to this trip. Logger not yet deployed. Survey Note: Flagging worn out, review BM elevations with last survey | MISSING SURVEY TIME


Comments:
High flows observed. Channel is ice free (minor ice near well) Well was damaged by ice and requires maitenance. Install pounded T-post or logs into bank to stabilize. DAMAGED WELL SURVEYED.


Comments:
High suspended sediment. Logger removed at 12:38 for reprogramming. Redeployed 8-May-2014 at 08:00. Direct read cable damaged.


Comments:
Pumphouse flow meter: 298.251 L/min (Note: Units on lower screen not annotated, assumed to be L/min).


Comments:
Ice cover present. Water level below zero point on upper staff gauge. Water level reading from lower staff gauge. Reading estimated from photograph.


Comments:
Barologger would not download correctly.


Comments:
Data downloaded. Real time logger: -0.5218 m.


Comments:
Water level high. Submerged grasses and willows. Approximately 2 cm of fresh snow. Weir leaking around right bank side. 80% of flow in avulsion channel. Requires repair.


Comments:
Water levels high. Submerged grass, clear water. Approximately 2 cm of snow. Real time logger reading -0.6210 m.


Comments:
Flow level is moderately high. Tracer plot indicates channel conditions were non-ideal.


Comments:
Water flowing though ice layers. No single thread channel appropriate for measurement.


Comments:
High water level. Organic debris and high suspended sediment in water. No ice or snow.


Comments:
High water levels. Submerged grasses and willows. No ice. Moderate turbidity. Some sediment accumulation in well. Stilling well cleaned out.


Comments:
Salt tracer input upstream of culvert to facilitate mixing. Flow levels high.


Comments:
Logger deployed at 11:49. Water moderately turbid. Solinst Serial #: 1049528.


Comments:
Real time logger reading: -0.2524 m. Water levels moderate. Clear water. No ice and snow on ground is gone.


Comments:
Water levels moderate. Clear water. No ice or snow at station.


Comments:
Flow level moderate. Some submerged moss and grass. Stabilized stilling well after logger downloaded.  Solinst Logger # 1049534 Real Time: -0.3764 m. New survey; rating curve shift.


Comments:
Water levels still high but not at bankfull. Some submerged grasses and willows. Well had sediment - removed. Ice still present on left bank none in creek. New rating period due to channel changes.


Comments:
Flow appears to be less than usual. Pumphouse flow meter reading: 51.422 L/min.(Note: Units on lower screen not annotated, assumed to be L/min).


Comments:
Staff gauge reading on lower staff gauge. The two staff gauges were installed by ELR with unknown offest between gauges.


Comments:
Data logger for ATM-DC2 producing corrupt files replaced with HOBO logger (S/N# 9896522)


Comments:
Completed construction on new v-notch weir (plate installation and sandbagging still required). Hydrometric station subsequently destroyed by placer mining operations in July.


Comments:
Algal growth in channel. Salt tracer measurement conducted, results are low but acceptable despite algal growth.


Comments:
Streamflow goes to ground upstream of location in previous year. Approximately 30 cm upstream of 2013 water quality site. Unstable background conductivity.


Comments:
Flow changed during visit. Flow meter: 34.281 to 154.138 L/min. Units have changed at pumphouse flow meter top screen m^3.


Comments:
Channel conditions not suitable for hydrometric gauging. Typically salt tracers are used. Channel is filled with substantial algal growth and flows are very low.


Comments:
Ice covered 95% of channel with small open lead upstream of gauge. Ice thickness: <=10 cm. Stilling well frozen to bed. Swoffer current meter (Prop. 635) used for discharge measurement.


Comments:
Swoffer current meter (Prop. 635) used for discharge measurement. Ice covered channel; frozen to bed at RB/LB shore. Ice thickness = 5 -6 cm  in channel.


Comments:
Swoffer current meter (Prop. 635) used for discharge measurement. Ice covered stream, low flow. Ice thickness = 4-5 cm. Frozen to bed at both banks. No level logger.


Comments:
Direct read cable damaged while obtaining water level reading; cable no longer functioning, but logger operating.


Comments:
Water level logger did not download due to cable error.


Comments:
Pumphouse flow meter: 147.771 L/min = 2.46L/s. (Note: Units on lower screen not annotated, assumed to be L/min).


Comments:
Downloaded barologger. File corrupt. Replace redundant barologger.


Comments:
Frozen to bed/dry. Channel conditions not appropriate for discharge measurement. Culvert has zero flow.


Comments:
Frozen to bed. No discharge measurement obtained.


Comments:
Frozen to bed/dry. Channel conditions not appropriate for discharge measurement.


Comments:
Discharge not measured due to water flowing through layers of ice and road run off at bridge.


Comments:
Overflow ice present. Channel conditons not appropriate for measurement


Comments:
Ice cover present.  Water level measurement not applicable.


Comments:
High flow but suspended sediment is low. Good place for weir location is 10 m downstream of old stilling well. Advancing placer mining activities near station.


Comments:
Deployed Solinst logger (Serial # 0021045354) at 15:27. Site name on logger = PCDSPIT


Comments:
Moderate flow. Saturated floodplain. Mixing length shortened to accommodate only channelized flow. Discharge too high for volumetric measurement.


Comments:
Channel conditions not appropriate for discharge measurement.


Comments:
Solinst logger cable broken. Removed logger and re-installed @ 13:59. Removed winter protection from logger. Bankfull discharge observed.


Comments:
Some mud build-up on well (removed). Staff gauge is rusty/dirty. New staff gauge/well/logger installed in weir head pond at 15:28.


Comments:
New hydrometric station installed on H-DC-M weir pond. Data will be concurrent with H-DC-M until relationship established.


Comments:
HOBO Logger (Serial # 9908154) installed without stilling well or staff gauge at 10:40. BM1 pin is slighty bent (ice damage) but appears stable.


Comments:
Water levels dropped at staff gauge due to weir contruction. Staff gauge reading was obtained before the drop in water level. Water level survey corresponds with pre-construction water level.


Comments:
Volumetric measurement obtained after weir was installed. Final contruction elements to be colpleted on next trip in July (v-notch plate, sealant). Head pond logger, staff gauge not yet installed.


Comments:
Continuous water level monitoring equipment re-installed at site. HOBO Serial #: 9908152. Logger rod to line = 1.766 m.


Comments:
Zero flow in channel. Lack of flow may be related to placer mining activity higher in the watershed.


Comments:
No surface water flow contributions from Back Creek. Back Creek channel is dry except for minor contrubutions from pumphouse well overflow.


Comments:
Sedimentation in well.  Maitenance conducted. Raised logger 19 mm out of sediment. Surveyed downstream hydraulic control (riffle) that has shifted after freshet.


