Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content

Model Archive Data for Suspended-Sediment Regression at Station 07048550, West Fork White River East of Fayetteville, AR

Metadata Updated: November 21, 2025

Data from an optical turbidity sensor deployed at the stream station were recorded at 15-minute intervals by a data logger and uploaded every hour to the USGS database (Anderson, 2005; Wagner, 2006). Suspended-sediment samples were collected using equal width increments or grab sampling techniques (Edwards, 1999). The use of an optical sensor to continuously monitor turbidity provided an accurate estimate of sediment fluctuations without the collection and analysis costs associated with intensive sampling (OSW policy 2016.07; Rasmussen et al., 2009). Turbidity was used as a surrogate for suspended-sediment concentration (SSC), which is a measure of sedimentation and siltation. Regression models were developed between SSC and turbidity using turbidity data from the optical sensor and the SSC data collected from the suspended-sediment samples. For the West Fork of White River East of Fayetteville instantaneous turbidity measurements began on October 11, 2014 and ranged from 0.3 to 1480 Formazin Nephelometric Units (FNU). A total of 64 suspended-sediment samples were collected and ranged from 2 to 1780 milligrams per liter (mg/L) across a range of streamflow from 0.71 to 7770 cubic feet per second (cfs). There were 50 suspended-sediment samples used in the final model after removing quality assurance/quality control samples, samples corresponding with gaps in turbidity data, samples associated with sampling/fouling errors, and extraneous samples from the same storm event which would result in overfitting of the model.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

Downloads & Resources

Dates

Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 21, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date November 21, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-61b24066d34eb8f5312570af
Data Last Modified 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id e5dd9083-4d95-4e2e-b04e-b4b7aafcc9c0
Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
Metadata Type geospatial
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash ea4de9533d8bc19c9346bb9d1b2900b1525ce167203862018fb0bfe9cba55cfa
Source Schema Version 1.1

Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.