Mill
Creek Project
Stream Gaging
As part of
a larger project examining relationships between precipitation, runoff,
and water quality, six continuously recording streamflow gage sites were
established from 1997 to 1999 on a small watershed near Columbia, SC.
Watersheds in the study range from approximately 1 to 34 km2
. The east branch is urban while the west branch is on Fort Jackson,
an Army base which is rural in nature; that is, forested but cut by numerous
roads and firebreaks. This contrast has allowed us to examine hydrologic
processes is a paired-watershed context; urban vs rural.
Streamflow
gaging has generated hydrographs, flood frequency
graphs, and other analytical tools for evaluating runoff responses in the
basins. These data have allowed us to begin developing rainfall-runoff
models and to examine other processes within the basin.
Funding:
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U.S. EPA and S.C.
Dept. Health and Environmental Control. $98,840; PIs: G. Carbone,
J.M. Dean, A. James, and H. McKellar. Rainfall-runoff relationships
in the Mills Creek watershed. Section 319 Watersheds Grant. 1997-99.
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South Carolina
National Guard. $30,000; PIs: G. Carbone, J.M. Dean, A. James,
and H. McKellar, Heavy metals in sediments of the Mill Creek and Colonel
Creek watersheds; 1996-98.
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U.S. EPA and S.C.
Dept. Health and Environmental Control. $104,000; PIs: G. Carbone,
J.M. Dean, A. James, and H. McKellar, Rainfall-runoff relationships in
the Mill Creek watershed. Section 319 Watersheds Grant. 1996-97.
Theses on Mill
Creek advised by A. James:
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Randall Wheeler,
M.S. Masters in Earth and Environmental Management (MEERM) program,
Soil erosion and sediment yields in Mill Creek basin, Fort Jackson, South
Carolina; April, 2000.
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Sonja Jamilla,
M.S. Spatial variability of soil infiltration: The effect of soil type,
topography, and land cover on infiltration rates. May, 1998.