Project Number: 6408-13660-007-05
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Oct 01, 2008
End Date: Sep 30, 2013

Objective:
To collect field data of fluvial sediment deposition in the Tobitubby and Hurricane valleys in North Mississippi and to relate historic changes since the 1930s in fluvial sediment deposition to changes in land use.

Approach:
A re-survey will be made of valley cross sections in selected catchments of the Tobitubby (22 km2) and Hurricane (12 km2) watersheds in northern Mississippi which were first surveyed by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service between 1935 and 1941. Several (7) of the 1930's survey beginning and end markers were found in a February 2008 reconnaissance. These sites till be re-surveyed with an RTK-GPS and automatic leveling equipment. Data on historic land use change for both watersheds will be collected from topographic maps, air photographs, and census data. Changes between on-the-ground surveys will be related to land use changes.