High Frequency Turbidity, Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC), Water Level and Discharge data from Potash Brook an Urban Watershed in South Burlington, Vermont (June 2024 - July 2025)
The dataset contains timeseries of turbidity, suspended sediment concentration, water level and discharge data collected from Potash Brook (16.4 Km²), an urban watershed in South Burlington, Vermont to investigate the influence of urbanization on suspended sediment transport dynamics. Turbidity data were collected from June 2024 to July 2025 at a frequency of 10 minutes using in-situ Cyclops-7 turbidimeter designed by Turner Designs and integrated with a Cyclops-7 logger by Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. Turbidity was then related to suspended sediment concentration (SSC) through a power regression built using 158 discrete samples. SSC was determined using a modified US EPA method 160.2, from 200 mL storm events samples collected with an automatic ISCO 6712C compact sampler. Water level data were collected using MX2001-S pressure transducer (Onset, HOBO). A stage-discharge rating curve was developed using six discharge measurements obtained with a FlowTracker2 handheld acoustic Doppler velocimeter (SonTek) and Marsh-McBirney flow meter.
The data were collected at Station 6, the most downstream site on Potash Brook (44°26'47.9"N 73°12'13.3"W), and is part of a distributed sensor network.
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| accessLevel | public |
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| contactPoint |
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| description | The dataset contains timeseries of turbidity, suspended sediment concentration, water level and discharge data collected from Potash Brook (16.4 Km²), an urban watershed in South Burlington, Vermont to investigate the influence of urbanization on suspended sediment transport dynamics. Turbidity data were collected from June 2024 to July 2025 at a frequency of 10 minutes using in-situ Cyclops-7 turbidimeter designed by Turner Designs and integrated with a Cyclops-7 logger by Precision Measurement Engineering, Inc. Turbidity was then related to suspended sediment concentration (SSC) through a power regression built using 158 discrete samples. SSC was determined using a modified US EPA method 160.2, from 200 mL storm events samples collected with an automatic ISCO 6712C compact sampler. Water level data were collected using MX2001-S pressure transducer (Onset, HOBO). A stage-discharge rating curve was developed using six discharge measurements obtained with a FlowTracker2 handheld acoustic Doppler velocimeter (SonTek) and Marsh-McBirney flow meter. The data were collected at Station 6, the most downstream site on Potash Brook (44°26'47.9"N 73°12'13.3"W), and is part of a distributed sensor network. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_6a0b2c7bb66b0131d1d7ca51 |
| keyword |
[ "Potash Brook", "South Burlington", "USGS:6a0b2c7bb66b0131d1d7ca51", "Vermont", "environment", "land use change", "stream discharge", "suspended material (water)", "suspended sediment concentration", "turbidity", "urban", "water level", "water quality" ] |
| modified | 2026-05-27T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -73.20454, 44.42566, -73.13912, 44.47104 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | High Frequency Turbidity, Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC), Water Level and Discharge data from Potash Brook an Urban Watershed in South Burlington, Vermont (June 2024 - July 2025) |
