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A photo of channel-bank failure.      A photo of streamside accumulation of large, woody debris.

Channel-Bank Conditions and Accumulations of Large Woody Debris along White River between Anderson and Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002

Study Objective

The objective of this study was to map channel-bank conditions and accumulations of LWD along a 58-mile reach of White River in Indiana. The study reach (see Index Map) began at Madison Avenue in Anderson, Indiana, and continued downstream to the 16th Street Dam in Indianapolis. Bank conditions were mapped in terms of erosion and stability along the entire study reach. The maps produced from this study show the location of accumulations of LWD and contain links to photographs that depict channel conditions at the time field observations were made (August-October 2002).

Acknowledgments

Members of the White River Citizens Advisory Council provided input regarding the direction and scope of this investigation. Leslie Arihood, of the USGS Indiana District, developed software tools to process the field observations and generate the bank-condition maps. Mark Hopkins, also of the USGS Indiana District, was instrumental in the development of this web site. The author thanks these individuals for their support of this investigation.

 

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