SAND CREEK THE FOOT OF KANOPOLIS DAM KANSAS
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SAND CREEK @ THE FOOT OF KANOPOLIS DAM, KANSAS Let’s build Engineered Rocked Riffle #5 the most upstream of the five riffles that will be constructed.
Key stones Stone bank protection Glide stones Dig pool Flow Key stones Engineered Rocked Riffle stones in end-to-end compression
Building the downstream sloped section of the ERR. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
STONE ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE FOR GRADE & HEADCUT STABILIZATION Flow Profile view 10 1 The stream was not dewatered during construction as we only had a trickle of flow. Regulatory approved this of course. ERR has a swale in the center to help fish passage during low flow
Digging the DS keyway approx. 2 ft deep. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Looking DS. Stone in place but loose (not in compression) CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Track walking so that stone is in end-to-end compression CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Close-up of sloped section of ERR #5 -stones in compression CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Engineered Rocked Riffle #5 completed. Let’s see how it looks!!
Looking DS @ a completed ERR #5. Water from ERR #4 is creating a tailwater on the DS end of ERR #5. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Flow left to right, looking @ completed ERR #5. ERR is has a swale in the center to help fish passage during low flow CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Close-up of sloped section of ERR #5 -stones in compression CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Looking US @ great deep pool where trout can be stocked. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Looking US @ instant marshland. Some flooded plants will die (that’s OK) & other plants will become established. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Looking US @ at old channel & flooded old overbank areas. Great habitat for a herps, smaller fish, insects, etc. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Looking DS @ smooth transition from ERR to DS pool. CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
Looking DS from ERR #5. Backwater from ERR #4 is flooding the old channel & creating hemi wetlands CONSTRUCTION-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 7 -14 -2008
7 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Garold Sneegas February 3, 2009
Happy fish in Sand Creek!! 7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2 -3 -09
Several sections of the stream were only a couple of inches deep before we installed the Engineered Rocked Riffles 7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2 -3 -09
More happy fish in Sand Creek!! 7 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY GAROLD SNEEGAS 2 -3 -09
8 MONTHS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick APRIL 11, 2009
8 MONTHS LATER-Looking @ ERR #5. 8 MONTHS LATER-SAND CREEK-KANOPOLIS, KS. PIX BY DERRICK 4 -11 -09