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U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4048
Prepared in cooperation with the
KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Table 8. Estimated bottom-sediment volume, representative bulk density, and computed bottom-sediment
mass in out-of-channel components of Tuttle Creek Lake, northeast Kansas, 1999

[all values rounded to three significant figures]

 

Out-of-channel
lake component
(fig. 2)		 Estimated
bottom-sediment
volume
(cubic feet)		 Representative
bulk density
(pounds per
cubic foot)		 Computed
bottom-
sediment mass—
(pounds)
Big Blue River
Dam to range line 1   20,200,000 30.2     610,000,000
Range line 1 to 2 204,000,000 30.2   6,160,000,000
Range line 2 to 3 399,000,000 26.8 10,700,000,000
Range line 3 to 4 200,000,000 26.2   5,240,000,000
Range line 4 to 5 226,000,000 30.3   6,850,000,000
Range line 5 to 6 289,000,000 31.6   9,130,000,000
Range line 6 to 7 430,000,000 33.9 14,600,000,000
Range line 7 to 8 560,000,000 36.3 20,300,000,000
Range line 8 to 9 to 13 471,000,000 48.4 22,800,000,000
Range line 13 to 14 279,000,000 64.3 17,900,000,000
Range line 14 to 15 328,000,000 64.3 21,000,000,000
Range line 15 to 16 340,000,000 64.3 21,900,000,000
Range line 16 to 17 225,000,000 64.3 14,500,000,000
Range line 17 to 18 225,000,000 64.3 14,500,000,000
Range line 18 to 19   79,600,000 64.3   5,120,000,000
Range line 19 to 20   45,800,000 64.3   2,940,000,000
Range line 20 to 21 116,000,000 64.3   7,460,000,000
Fancy Creek
Range line 9 to 10 183,000,000 56.8 10,400,000,000
Total for lake 212,000,000,000  

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