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Abstract
Finding Lost Reservoirs: Using AML to Automate Reservoir Geolocation
Track: Water Resources
Author(s): David Mixon, David Kinner, Robert Stallard
The Reservoir Sedimentation Survey Information System (RESIS) is the most comprehensive database of reservoir sedimentation rates in the world, comprising nearly 6,000 surveys for 1,819 reservoirs across the United States. The utilization of this database has largely been limited by the lack of precise coordinates for the reservoirs. Many of the reservoirs postdate current USGS topographic maps and have only township and range coordinates. This paper presents a method scripted in ARC Macro Language (AML) to locate the reservoirs on 30-meter digital elevation models using available reservoir information. The script then delineates the contributing watersheds and compiles several hydrologically important parameters for each reservoir.
David Mixon
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
3215 Marine Street
Suite E127
Boulder , CO 80303-1066
USA
Phone: 303-735-5485
Fax: 303-492-3287
E-mail: mixon@colorado.edu
David Kinner
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
3215 Marine Street
Suite E127
Boulder 80303-1066
USA
Phone: 303-735-5484
Fax: 303-492-3287
E-mail: kinnerd@ucsu.colorado.edu
Robert Stallard
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
3215 Marine Street
Suite E127
Boulder 80303-1066
USA
Phone: 303-541-3022
Fax: 303-447-2505
E-mail: stallard@usgs.gov