Lower Indian Bend Wash tour and 2/14/03 flooding

Lower IBW tour--2/10/03

Near Tempe Town Lake (TTL): entering an "undeveloped area..."	Near Tempe Town Lake: entering an "undeveloped area..."	IBW and TTL	IBW and TTL
Lowermost IBW	Old mesquite along lowermost IBW	Lower IBW just below Curry	Storm drain near Curry
Curry gage	Golf Course just above Curry	Road as part of storm drain system	Debris in drain
Golf Course above Curry (Rio Salado GC--Lake and umphouse).	Channel at McKellips	Channel at McKellips	Shells from channle at McKellips
Leakage at lower end of McKellips Lake	Lower end of McKellips Lake	McKellips Lake	McKellips Lake
McKellips North (lake B) from the north	Channel wall above McKellips N.	Softball field that was a lake (McKellips B west)	Channel wall and bank erosion above McKellips N
Groundwater input at Roosevelt	Lake C lower end from below	Lake D with Egret from south	Lake E from south
Lake F wetland	Urban runoff input area at lake F wetland

Nancy's favorite urban stream phot (@McDowell)	Lake G with mesquite bosque	Lake H (low with intake)	Lake H with input from urban runoff zone produces small clastic delta that is a contrast with the silts and clays of lake floor that provides a nice substrate for clams.
Mudcrack with trash sedimented in	Lake H wall erosion	Message about dry out of Lake H.

Here is gage data from the Flood Control District for IBW at McDonald:
showflow.txt
Data come from: http://156.42.96.39/showflow.html

Here is rain information:

From Maricopa County Flood Control District. Shows 5 day total (really 1-2 days of the storm across the valley). Source is: http://156.42.96.39/xrainmaps.html
Here is ppt data from IBW at McKellips: showdata2.txt (source is http://156.42.96.39/showrain.html)

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