Estimating Field-Scale Runoff and Sediment Delivery. Seth M. Dabney, USDA-ARS Dalmo A. N. Vieira, USDA-ARS Daniel C. Yoder, Univ.

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1 Estimating Field-Scale Runoff and Sediment Delivery Seth M. Dabney, USDA-ARS Dalmo A. N. Vieira, USDA-ARS Daniel C. Yoder, Univ. of Tennessee

2 Organization Buffers for concentrated flow control Distributed erosion estimation A reality check

3 NRCS practices to control concentrated flow erosion Buffer Practice NRCS code Purpose Field Border Riparian Forest Buffer Grassed Waterway Vegetative Barrier 61 + Related Practices With Buffering Attributes Channel Vegetation Farm-ponds/in-stream wetlands 378 * Grade Stabilization Structure 41 + Terrace 6 + Water and Sediment Cont. Basin indicates a purpose for which practice may be designed; * reflects an area of potential impact, but not a design purpose

4 Narrow stiff-grass barriers can cause backwaters over a foot deep, spreading runoff

5 Here sediment deposited 1-15 ft upslope of grass. How wide is this.5 ft buffer?

6 Elevation (cm) Distance Above Barrier (cm)

7 Manning s Equation V = 2/3 1 R s n 1/ 2 V = average velocity (m s -1 ) n = a hydraulic resistance parameter (s m -1/3 ) R = hydraulic radius (m) s = ground slope

8 1 Filter Strip Vegetative Barrier Grassed Waterway (s m -1/3 ) n 1 Vetiver D C B Switchgrass with residues A.1 1, m -2 E Bristle bunches 2,5 m VR ~ q (m 2 s -1 )

9 Tillage Erosion Tillage operations cause more soil to be moved downslope than upslope Progressive erosion of hilltops and accumulation of soil near slope bottoms Erosion of hilltops may lead to exposure of unproductive subsoil

10 Deep Hollow Lake, Mississippi Delta an oxbow of the Yazoo River Riparian Ephemeral.5 m Contours

11 Filter Strip without traffic

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13 Slotted-Inlet pipe and pad grade control structures slow surface runoff and limit gully formation Soil/pad surface

14 Slotted-inlet on pipes are resistant to fouling with crop residues carried in runoff and drains hydrograph tails faster than a square cut pipe.

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18 Pipe reduces peak flow from 7 ha cotton, increases ponded depth; could create sheet flow over broad buffer/spillway

19 Distributed erosion estimation

20 RUSLE2 computes sheet and rill erosion, not concentrated flow erosion

21 Ephemeral gully channels end RUSLE hillslopes (AH 73)

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26 Example: Treynor, IA, WS ; Hedges starting 1992 HISTORY CT Hedges established starting 1992 NT

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28 Example: Treynor, IA, WS 11 Flow measurement and sampling

29 Treynor, IA, WS ; plowed corn averaging 121 bu/a; RUSLE2 profile 2 Observed RUSLE2 Simulated Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) CT - No Hedge A Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) CT - No Hedge B Rainfall (mm)

30 Uncalibrated Runoff Event Depths, Treynor Iowa epy=18, α=.31, σ=1.3 epy=15,α=.5, σ=9.1

31 Uncalibrated Monthly Runoff and Erosion, Treynor Iowa Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) Observed RUSLE2 Simulated CT - No Hedge A Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) CT - No Hedge B Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) CT - Hedge C Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) CT - Hedge D Rainfall (mm)

32 Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) Observed CT - No Hedge A Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) RUSLE2 Simulated CT - No Hedge B Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) CT - Hedge C Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) CT - Hedge D Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) NT - Hedge E Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) or Sediment Yield (Mg ha- 1 ) Runoff Sed. Yield Rain NT - Hedge F Rainfall (mm) Month Month

33 Flow measurement and sampling

34 Distributed erosion using high resolution topographic data (e.g. LiDAR) GIS tools to identify flow network and channel locations API RUSLE2 calls with slope length calculated from runoff ratios RUSLE2 runoff event sequence linkage with a concentrated flow (ephemeral gully) erosion model

35 Terrain Analysis Define areas of concentrated flow (channels) Define cell connectivity and catchments

36 Slope length calculated as ratio of runoff leaving to runoff generated within cell

37 2D-RUSLE2 API example Distributed soil loss (3 m cells) 35 Mg ha -1 y -1

38 EphGEE Ephemeral Gully Erosion Estimator

39 A reality check

40 Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) roots contribute to soil cohesion, but need time to grow.

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44 Summary RUSLE2 is being optimized to use LiDAR data. The representative runoff event sequence allows distributed sheet and rill erosion estimation and outputs are suitable for linkage with an ephemeral gully model. Buffers and structural conservation practices can control concentrated-flow erosion but maintenance is necessary.

45 Questions? 1

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