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Digital elevation model (DEM) of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, derived from 2015 terrain dataset.

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: May 05, 2026 at 10:15 PM | Dataset Last Updated: August 21, 2020 at 12:00 AM
The dataset is a digital elevation model (DEM) of the bathymetry of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, below a pool elevation of 580 ft above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). The DEM was derived from a terrain (digital terrain model, or DTM) created from a feature dataset of point (XYZ) data collected during an aerial LiDAR survey conducted in March, 2008, and a bathymetric survey conducted in September-October, 2015. References: Lee, 2013, Estimation of reservoir storage capacity using multibeam sonar and terrestrial LiDAR, Randy Poynter Lake, Rockdale County, Georgia, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3265, 1 sheet, https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3265/; Huizinga, 2016, Bathymetric and velocimetric surveys at highway bridges crossing the Missouri River near Kansas City, Missouri, June 2–4, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016–5061, 93 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165061.

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