WATER MONITORING STATION ANALYSIS – CALENDAR YEAR 2013 to 2016
SITE NUMBER: 393937093090901
SITE NAME: Turkey Creek nr Sumner MO, Fulbright Rd
COOPERATION: Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
WATERSHED: 48.9 square miles
EQUIPMENT:
Sutron Satlink in metal gage housing in communication with a transducer mounted on a fencepost in the streambed. Instruments are powered by two solar panels run to a battery inside the gage housing. Stage data are collected at 15 minute intervals, and water temperature data are collected at hourly intervals. Prior to 09/29/2015, data logger was a Sutron Monitor 1.
SITE CHARACTERISTICS:
The site is located approximately one mile north of where Turkey joins Elk Creek just upstream of Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Silver Lake. The transducer is deployed throughout the year collecting water temperature and water level data. The bottom is mucky with a significant portion of clays and fine sediments. Water levels respond rapidly to rainfall, but low flows are typical where the control is often affected by Silver Lake water levels downstream.
GAGE RECORD:
The record from 2013 to 2016 has numerous gaps due to equipment malfunction at this site. Site visits were made by Region 3 Hydrologists or Refuge staff to download the data, take logger readings and record surface water levels. One stage reading per site visit was used for datum corrections(Table 1)....
