Gary R. Wall and Timothy F. Hoffman U.S. Geological Survey

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Hudson River Watershed Sediment Transport following Tropical Storms Irene and Lee Gary R. Wall and Timothy F. Hoffman U.S. Geological Survey New York Water Science Center In cooperation with: Mohawk River @ Cohoes 8/29/11 101,000 ft3/sec 2,200 mg/L

USGS Suspended-Sediment Monitoring Stations Kinderhook Catskill Mohawk Upper Hudson Normanskill RoJan Rondout USGS Suspended-Sediment Monitoring Stations Name Watershed Area (mi2) % Above Poughkeepsie Upper Hudson 4,616 39.4 Mohawk 3,450 29.4 Rondout 1,185 10.1 Catskill 405 3.4 Kinderhook 329 2.8 Roeliff Jansen 212 1.8 Normanskill 168 1.4 Total 10,365 88.3% Poughkeepsie

USGS Suspended-Sediment Monitoring Stations Kinderhook Catskill Mohawk Upper Hudson Normanskill RoJan Rondout USGS Suspended-Sediment Monitoring Stations Name Watershed Area (mi2) % Above Poughkeepsie Upper Hudson 4,616 39.4 Mohawk 3,450 29.4 Rondout 1,185 10.1 Catskill 405 3.4 Kinderhook 329 2.8 Roeliff Jansen 212 1.8 Normanskill 168 1.4 Esopus (NYCDEP) 425 3.6 Total 10,790 91.9% Esopus Poughkeepsie

Methodology River Discharge x Sediment Concentration = Mass of sediment per unit time (Tons/day) Need a continuous record of both USGS stream gages provide continuous discharge High frequency sampling or a continuous surrogate provide sediment concentration

Methodology High-frequency sampling

Log10 Suspended Sediment Concentration Methodology Surrogate Catskill Rondout Log10 Suspended Sediment Concentration Kinderhook Roeliff Jansen Log10 Turbidity

Head-of-Tide Results Schoharie Creek Mohawk River

Head-of-Tide Results

How much is 1.75 million tons of sediment? This truck can carry 400 tons…

Cary Institute 4,375 trucks Bumper-to-bumper Both directions

Lower Hudson Tributary Results Catskill Creek near Catskill 9/7/11 – 29,000 ft3/sec ~1,700 mg/L

Lower Hudson Tributary Loads * Irene only

Tributary Yields * Irene only

Upper Hudson Mohawk Normanskill Kinderhook Catskill National Weather Service Radar-Based Precipitation Estimates for TS Irene RoJan Esopus Rondout Poughkeepsie Gage

Poughkeepsie Results

Institute

Poughkeepsie Results Concentration x Discharge = 1 million tons of suspended sediment through mid-October 2011

Green Island Dam 1.75 million tons West-of-Hudson tributaries 95,000 tons ~1.75 million tons trapped 900,000 tons East-of-Hudson tributaries Poughkeepsie 1 million tons

Acknowledgements: DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Div. of Water Hudson River near Poughkeepsie 8/30/11 Net Discharge = 170,000 ft3/sec , 248mg/L Acknowledgements: DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Div. of Water EPA Harbor Estuary Program NEIWPCC Stuart Findlay – Cary Institute Randy Alstadt – City of Poughkeepsie Hudson River Foundation HRECOS National Weather Service