SALTON SEA

1995 HYDROGRAPHIC GPS

SURVEY

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13. ABSTRACT (MaxImum 200 words)

The Bureau of Reclamation surveyed the underwater area of Salton Sea from November 1994 through February 1995 to compile

field data for developing a topographic map and computing a storage-elevation relationship (area-capacity tables). The

bathymetric survey used sonic depth recording equipment interfaced with a GPS (global positioning system) that gave continuous

sounding positions throughout the Salton Sea. The underwater topography was developed by a computer graphics program using

the collected data. The above-water topography was determined by digitizing contour lines from the United States Geological

Survey quadrangle (USGS quad) sheets that cover the Salton Sea area. The new topographic map of the Salton Sea is a

combination of the digitized contours and the underwater measured topography.

As of February 1995, at Salton Sea water surface elevation 220.0 feet below sea level, the surface area was 262,517 acres with a

total capacity of 9,420,566 acre-feet.

* The September 1995 version of the Salton Sea 1995 Hydrographic GPS Survey correctly reported 1-foot area and capacity values

and equations, but revisions were required to correctly list 0.1-foot increments.

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SALTON SEA

1995 HYDROGRAPHIC GPS SURVEY

by

Ronald L. Ferrari

Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group

Paul Weghorst

Water Supply, Use, and Conservation Group

Water Resources Services

Technical Service Center

Denver, Colorado

May 1997
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Bureau of Reclamation's Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group and Water Supply, Use, and

Conservation Group of the TSC (Technical Service Center) prepared and published this report. Ronald

Ferrari of the TSC conducted the hydrographic survey under the consultation of John Johnson and Hank

Kaplan of the LC (Lower Colorado) Regional Office. Special thanks to the many people who assisted

during the hydrographic survey- those who organized the volunteers, the field volunteers, and the local

people who provided information about the Salton Sea, which helped in the conclusion of the collection

in a safe and timely matter. Some of the volunteers included Jim Bohler, Bill Dungey, Lois Jean

Dungey, James Ferrari, Doris Ferrari, Patricia Hess, Ray Lukens, Henry Mata, Dennis McKee, Norm

Niver, and Richard Webster. Also, thanks for the assistance provided by the Bombay and Salton Sea

Beach Communities. Thanks to Les Hunt and Barbara Richardson of the LC Office for their assistance

during the hydrographic survey. Also, thanks to personnel of the Imperial Irrigation District and

Coachella Valley Water District for all their assistance.

Ronald Ferrari completed the underwater data processing and generated the area-capacity tables. Sharon

Nuanes of the TSC completed the USGS contour digitizing. Paul Weghorst of the TSC developed the

procedures for generating the new topographic maps and computing the surface areas. Jim Melena of

the TSC assisted in the hydrographic collection and provided the technical peer review. Tom Hoviand

was the publication editor for this report.

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Mission Statement

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Introduction

Summary and conclusions 2

Hydrographic survey method and equipment 2

GPS technology and equipment 3

Survey method and equipment 4

Reservoir area and capacity 6

Topography development 6

Development of 1995 contour areas 6

1995 storage capacity 7

References 7

Table

TABLES

1 Reservoir sediment data summary (page 1 of 2) 8

1 Reservoir sediment data summary (page 2 of 2) 9

2 1995 area and capacity tables 11

Figure

FIGURES

I Salton Sea location map 17

2 Salton Sea topographic map (page 1 of 2) 19

3 Salton Sea topographic map (page 2 of 2) 21

4 1995 area and capacity curves-Salton Sea 23

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INTRODUCTION

The present water body of the Salton Sea, produced by an error of man, occupies parts of Imperial and

Riverside Counties in California. The Salton Sea Basin (Basin), a below sea level topographic

depression, extends north to Palm Springs, California, and south to the Gulf of California (fig. 1). In

the geologic past, the depression was part of the Gulf of California and underwent historic cycles of

filling with water and emptying because of the radical course changes of the Colorado River. The last

natural filling, dated 300 to 500 years ago, to a surface elevation slightly above sea level, formed what

was then called Lake Cahuilla.

For many years, the depression was a dry lake bed until irrigation water was diverted to the Imperial

Valley in 1901 from the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona. The current body of water was formed

during a 16-month period during 1905 to 1907, when the Colorado River breached a temporary manmade diversion facility and discharged into the Basin. The water filled the Basin to a maximum

elevation of 195.9 feet below sea level before it was diverted back into its original channel. The

maximum depth of water was about 76 feet, and the water boundaries extended 45 miles in length and

25 miles in width.

Today, the Salton Sea is the largest body of water in California. It is about 35 miles long, 15 miles wide

at its widest point, and has maximum depths of about 51 feet at water surface elevation 227 feet below

sea level. The primary use of the Sea is to serve as a repository for storage of agricultural drainage from

the Imperial Valley to the south and Coachella Valley to the north. The drainage area of the Basin is

about 8,360 square miles, but the greatest inflow is produced by agricultural drainage. For many years,

a near balance of inflow and evaporation effectively stabilized the Sea's water surface elevation. With

the Sea no longer increasing in volume to dilute the continuous inflow of salt, its salinity increased to

a current concentration of about 44,000 milligrams per liter. As the Sea has become more saline, many

of the fish and wildlife, recreation, aesthetic, and economic benefits of the Sea have been reduced or

threatened.

Recently, an imbalance between inflows and evaporation has caused rising water levels that have

adversely affected public and private property. The flood water damage caused by the rise of the Sea,

although countered by numerous constructed dikes, has resulted in multi-million-dollar law suits. The

rise of the Salton Sea because of inflow increases has slightly diluted the salinity level.

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is participating in studies with the State of California and the

Salton Sea Authority, whose members include the Coachella Valley Irrigation District, the Imperial

Irrigation District, Imperial County, and Riverside County. The studies include methods to manage the

salinity and water surface elevation of the Sea. Many of the proposals being considered for stabilizing

and reducing salinity involve construction of facilities in the Sea such as dikes and intake structures.

The analysis, design, and cost estimates of these and other proposals depend upon a knowledge of the

bottom elevation contours and the water capacity, thus the purpose of this study.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

This Reclamation report presents the 1995 results of the first extensive survey of the Salton Sea. The

primary objectives of the survey were to gather data needed to:

• develop underwater topography

• compute area-capacity relationships

• develop detailed topography for design analysis

The bathymetric survey was run using sonic depth recording equipment interfaced with a DGPS

(differential global positioning system) capable of determining sounding locations within the reservoir.

The system continuously recorded depth and horizontal coordinates of the survey boat as it was

navigated along gridlines covering the Sea. The positioning system provided information to allow the

boat operator to maintain course along these gridlines. Water surface elevations recorded by a USGS

gage during the time of collection were used to convert the sonic depth measurements to true Sea bottom

elevations.

The 1995 underwater surface areas at predetermined 1-foot contour intervals were generated by a

computer graphics program using the collected data. The above-water areas were measured from

digitized USGS quad maps of the Sea. The new topographic map of the Sea is a combination of the

digitized and underwater measured topography (figs. 2 and 3). The area and capacity tables were

produced by a computer program that uses measured contour surface areas and a curve-fitting technique

to compute area and capacity at prescribed elevation increments.

Table 1 contains a summary of the Salton Sea's watershed characteristics for the 1995 survey. The 1995

survey determined that the Salton Sea has a storage capacity of 9,420,566 acre-feet and a surface area

of 262,517 acres at water surface elevation 220.0 feet below sea level.

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY METHOD AND EQUIPMENT

The hydrographic survey equipment was mounted in the cabin of a 24-foot tn-hull aluminum vessel

equipped with twin inboard motors. The hydrographic system contained on the survey vessel consisted

of a GPS (global positioning system) receiver with a built-in radio and an omnidirectional antenna, a

dual frequency depth sounder, a helmsman display for navigation, a plotter, a computer, and

hydrographic system software for collecting the underwater data. Power to the equipment was supplied

by an on-board generator.

The shore equipment included a second GPS receiver with a built-in radio and an omnidirectional

antenna. The GPS receiver and antenna were mounted on a survey tripod over a known datum point.

A radio booster was used for this survey because of the massive area of the Sea. The power for the shore

units was provided by two 12-volt batteries. Depending on conditions, the radio data link between the

two GPS units ranged from 10 to 15 miles. To obtain the maximum radio transmission range, known

datum points near the Sea and high above the water surface were selected.

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GPS Technology and Equipment

The positioning system used at the Salton Sea was NAVSTAR (NAVigation Satellite Timing and

Ranging) GPS, an all weather, radio based, satellite navigation system that enables users to accurately

determine three-dimensional position. The NAVSTAR system's primary mission is to provide passive

global positioning and navigation for land, air, and sea based strategic and tactical forces and is operated

and maintained by the DOD (Department of Defense). The GPS receiver measures distances between

satellites and itself and determines the receiver's position from intersections of the multiple range

vectors. Distances are determined by accurately measuring the time a signal pulse takes to travel from

the satellite to the receiver.

The NAVSTAR system consists of three segments:

• The space segment is a network of 24 satellites that are maintained in precise orbits, about 10,900

nautical miles above the earth, each completing an orbit every 12 hours.

• The ground control segment tracks the satellites, determining their precise orbits. Periodically, the

ground control transmits correction and other system data to all the satellites, which is then

retransmitted to the user segment.

• The user segment is the GPS receivers, which measure the broadcasts from the satellites and

calculate the position of the receiver.

The GPS receivers use the satellites as reference points for triangulating their position on earth. The

position is calculated from distance measurements to the satellites that are determined by how long a

radio signal takes to reach the receiver from the satellite. To calculate the receiver's position on earth,

the satellite distance and the satellite's position in space are needed. The satellites transmit signals to

the GPS receivers for distance measurements along with the data messages about their exact orbital

location and operational status. The satellites transmit two "L" band frequencies for the distance

measurement signals called LI and L2. A minimum of four satellite observations are required to

mathematically solve for the four unknown receiver parameters (latitude, longitude, altitude, and time).

The time unknown is caused by the clock error between the expensive satellite atomic clocks and the

imperfect clocks in the GPS receivers. For hydrographic surveying the altitude, the Salton Sea water

surface elevation parameter was known, which realistically meant only three satellite observations were

needed to track the survey vessel. During the Salton Sea survey, a minimum of five satellites were used

for position calculations, but the majority of the time, the best six available satellites were used.

The GPS receiver's absolute position is not as accurate as it appears in theory because of the function

of range measurement precision and geometric position of the satellites. Precision is affected by several

factors-time, because of the clock differences, and atmospheric delays caused by the effect on the radio

signal by the ionosphere. GDOP (geometric dilution of precision) describes the geometrical uncertainty

and is a function of the relative geometry of the satellites and the user. Generally, the closer together

in angle two satellites are from the receiver, the greater the GDOP. GDOP is broken into components:

PDOP is position dilution of precision (x,y,z), and HDOP is horizontal dilution of precision (x,y). The

components are based only on the geometry of the satellites. The PDOP and HDOP were monitored

during the Salton Sea Survey, and for the majority of the time, they were less than 3. which is well

within the acceptable limits of horizontal accuracy for Class I and 2 level surveys.
An additional and larger error source of GPS collection is caused by false signal projection, called S/A

(selective availability). The DOD implements S/A to discourage the use of the satellite system as a

guidance tool by hostile forces. Positions determined by a single receiver when S/A is active can have

errors of up to 100 meters.

A method to resolve or cancel GPS errors (satellite position or S/A, clock differences, atmospheric

delay, etc.) is called DGPS (differential GPS). DGPS was used during this survey to determine positions

of the moving survey vessel in real time. DGPS determines the relative position of one receiver to

another and can increase position accuracies by eliminating or minimizing uncertainties. Differential

positioning is not concerned with the absolute position of each unit but with the relative difference

between the positions of the two units, which are simultaneously observing the same satellites. Inherent

errors are mostly canceled because satellite transmission is essentially the same at both receivers.

At a known geographical benchmark, one GPS receiver is programmed with the known coordinates and

stationed over the geographical benchmark. This receiver, known as the master or reference unit,

remains over the known benchmark, monitors the movement of the satellites, and calculates its apparent

geographical position by direct reception from the satellites. The inherent errors in the satellite position

are determined relative to the master receiver's programmed position and the necessary corrections or

differences are transmitted to the mobile GPS receiver on the survey vessel. For the Salton Sea Survey,

position corrections were determined by the master receiver and transmitted via a UI-IF radio link every

3 seconds to the survey vessel mobile receiver. The survey vessel's GPS receiver used the corrections

along with the satellite information it received to determine the vessel's differential location. Using

DGPS resulted in positional accuracies of 1 to 2 meters for the moving vessel compared to positional

accuracies of 100 meters with a single receiver.

The TSC (Technical Service Center) mobile and reference GPS units are identical in construction and

consist of a 6-channel LI C/A code continuous parallel tracking receiver, an internal modem, and a UHF

radio transceiver. The differential corrections from the reference station to the mobile station are

transmitted using the industry standard RTCM (Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services)

message protocol via the UHF radio link. The programming to the mobile or reference GPS unit is

accomplished by entering necessary information via a notebook computer. The TSC's GPS system has

the capability of establishing or confirming the land base control points by using notebook computers

for logging data and post-processing software. The GPS collection system has the capability of

collecting the data in 1927 or 1983 NAD (North American Datums) in the surveyed area's state plane

coordinate system's zone, which for the Salton Sea was California Zone 6.

Survey Method and Equipment

The Salton Sea hydrographic survey collection took a total of 22 days, starting on November 4, 1994,

and concluding on February 3, 1995. During this time the water surface elevations of the Sea ranged

from 227.8 to 227.2 feet below sea level. The bathymetric survey was run using sonic depth recording

equipment interfaced with a DGPS capable of determining sounding locations within the Sea. The

survey system software was capable of recording depths and horizontal coordinates on 1-second

increments as the survey boat moved along the predetermined gridlines or transects covering the Salton

Sea. Because of the constant sloping underwater terrain of the Salton Sea, the data were recorded every

2 to 3 seconds; the average width between the transects was 2000 feet. The majority of the transects

were run in a mostly east-west direction. Data were also collected along the shore as the boat traversed

to the next transect. Transects were also run in a mostly north-south direction to provide additional data

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for complete contour development. The survey vessel's guidance system gave directions to the boat

operator to assist in maintaining course along these predetermined gridlines. During each run, the depth

and position data were recorded on the notebook computer hard drive for subsequent processing by TSC

personnel. The underwater data set includes about 133,400 data points. A graph plotter was used in the

field to track the boat and ensure adequate coverage during the collection process. Water surface

elevations recorded by the USGS gage (near Westmorland, California) during the time of collection

were used to convert the sonic depth measurements to true lake bottom elevations. Little to no wind

occurred during the majority of the underwater collection, and the Sea's water surface was very calm.

The hydrographic survey crew used benchmarks as control points for shore station sites that were

previously established and verified by other Federal, State, and county agencies. The hydrographic

survey crew obtained additional verification by performing a static survey using the GPS receivers.

Because of the size of the Sea, four master shore station locations were used for relaying correction

information to the survey vessel (DGPS). Shore unit locations were Desert Shores, the Navy Base, and

Travertine Rock on the west shore of the Sea and at Red Island on the south shore of the Sea. These

points were selected because they had known coordinates, were accessible, were located near the Sea,

and were high above the water surface. These locations allowed for good radio transmission range from

the known reference survey points to the mobile survey vessel. For this survey, range varied from 10

to 15 miles between the reference and mobile GPS units. At times, the signal between the reference and

mobile receivers was broken; thus, the mobile GPS receiver did not receive position corrections (DGPS).

Trouble shooting determined the problem was a faulty antenna at the master GPS unit. During post

processing of the collected data, all points without differential correction were removed.

The TSC's depth sounder is a dual frequency sounder with 41- and 208-kilohertz transducers available.

The depth sounder determines the bottom by measuring the elapsed time between the transmission of

the sound pulse from the transducer to the waterway bottom and the reception of its echo back to the

transducer. The dual frequencies can be operated alone or simultaneously. The high frequency reflects

off the first bottom surface and the low frequency penetrates and perhaps traces the harder sub-bottom

information. After consulting with the manufacturer, it was determined that a 24-kilohertz low

frequency transducer would have the best success in penetrating and tracing the harder sub-bottom.

Because this information was of interest to the study team, a lease of the 24-kilohertz equipment was

obtained. The collection with the 24-kilohertz equipment was conducted in areas of concern in the

southern and northern portions of the Sea where soft bottom conditions were expected. Results of this

collection yielded little evidence of soft bottom conditions, but no general conclusions can be made from

this information because this was the first extensive use of this equipment by the TSC operator.

Periodically, the depth sounder was calibrated by lowering a deflector plate below the boat by cables

with known depths marked by beads. The depth sounder was calibrated by adjusting the speed of sound,

which can vary with density, salinity, temperature, turbidity, and other conditions. The accuracy of an

instantaneous reading from the depth finder is estimated to be ±0.5 feet, but errors are minimized over

the entire survey. The estimated accuracy takes into consideration calibration error and the collection

of depth data when the boat is moving. The collected data were digitally transmitted to the computer

collection system via an RS-232 port. The TSC collection system only allows one of the frequencies

at a time to be stored by the computer. The high frequency data were recorded for the Salton Sea

Survey. The depth sounder also produces an analog hard copy chart of the measured depths. These

graphed analog charts were printed for all survey lines as the data were collected and recorded by the

computer. The charts were analyzed during post processing, and when the analog charted depths

indicated a difference from the recorded computer bottom depths, the computer data files were modified.

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RESERVOIR AREA AND CAPACITY

Topography Development

The topography of the Salton Sea was developed from collected undetwater data and from USGS 7.5

Minute Quadrangle Maps (USGS quad). The upper contours of Salton Sea were developed by digitizing

the elevation -220 feet and elevation -230 feet contour lines from the seventeen USGS quad maps that

cover the Salton Sea area. These USGS quad maps were dated 1956; many of them were photorevised

in the 1970s. ARC/iNFO V7.0.2 Geographic Information System software was used to digitize the

USGS quad contours. The digitized contours were transformed to State Plane Coordinates, NAD 1927

(North American Datum of 1927), using the ARC/INFO PROJECT command.

Contours for elevations lower than -230 feet were computed from collected underwater data using the

TIN (triangular irregular network) surface modeling package within ARC/INFO. The underwater survey

data were collected in the California Zone 6 State Plane Coordinates in NAD 1927. The collected

underwater data ranged in elevation from -278.4 feet to -230.9 feet. A TIN is a set of adjacent, nonoverlapping triangles computed from irregularly spaced points with x, y coordinates and z values. TIN

was designed to deal with continuous data such as elevations.

The TIN software uses a method know as Delaunay's criteria for triangulation. Triangles are formed

between all data points including all boundary points. This method preserves all collected survey points.

The method requires that a circle drawn through the three nodes of a triangle will contain no other point.

This requirement means that sample points are connected to their nearest neighbors to form triangles.

Elevation contours are then interpolated along the triangle elements. The TIN method is discussed in

great detail in the ARC/INFO V7.0.2 Users Documentation.

The elevation -230-foot contour digitized from USGS quad maps was used to clip the Salton Sea TIN

such that interpolation was not allowed outside of the -230-foot contour. The clip also incorporated the

vertices of the -220-foot contour as additional points to be considered in the development of the Salton

Sea TIN. This clip was performed using the hardclip option of the ARC/INFO CREATETIN command.

In creating the TIN, points that fell within a set distance of each other were weeded out to eliminate flat

triangular elements. Flat triangles occur where all three points making up a triangle have the same

elevation. Elimination of redundant points helped to improve the performance of the contouring process

as well as helped to create more continuous contours in the lower elevations of the reservoir.

The linear interpolation option of the ARC/INFO TINCONTOUR command was used to interpolate

contours from the Salton Sea TIN. In addition, contours were generalized by weeding out vertices along

the contours. This process improved the presentability of the resulting contours by removing small

contour line variations. This generalization had no bearing on surface area and volume computations

for the Salton Sea. The contour topography at 5-foot intervals is presented on figures 2 and 3.

Development of 1995 Contour Areas

The 1995 contour surface areas for the Salton Sea were computed in 1-foot intervals from elevation -278

to -230 using the Salton Sea TIN discussed above. These calculations were performed using the

ARC/INFO VOLUME command. This command computes areas at user specified elevations directly

from the TIN and takes into consideration all regions of equal elevation. This method was also used to

compute the -220 contour that was digitized from the USGS quad sheets.

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1995 Storage Capacity

The storage-elevation relationships based on the measured surface areas were developed using the areacapacity computer program ACAP85 (Reclamation, 1985). Surface areas at 1 -foot contour intervals

from elevation -278 to -230 and contour elevation -220, computed from the digitized and underwater

survey data, were used as the control parameters for computing the Salton Sea capacity. The program

can compute an area and capacity at elevation increments of 0.01 to 1.0 foot by linear interpolation

between the given contour surface areas. The program begins by testing the initial capacity equation

over successive intervals to ensure that the equation fits within an allowable error limit, which was set

at 0.000001 for the Salton Sea. This capacity equation is then used over the full range of intervals fitting

within this allowable error limit. For the first interval at which the initial allowable error limit is

exceeded, a new capacity equation (integrated from the basic area curve over that interval) tests the fit

until it also exceeds the error limit. Thus, the capacity curve is defined by a series of curves, each fitting

a certain region of data. Final area equations are derived by differentiating the capacity equations, which

are of second order polynomial form:

y = a + a,x + a3x2

where: y = capacity

x = elevation above a reference base

a intercept

a2 and a3 = coefficients

Results of the 1995 Salton Sea area and capacity computations are listed in tables 1 and 2. Table 2 is

a separate set of the 1995 area and capacity table at 0.1-foot elevation increments. A description of the

computations and coefficients output from the ACAP85 program is included. The 1995 area-capacity

curves are plotted on figure 4. As of February 1995, at elevation 220.0 feet below sea level, the surface

area was 262,517 acres with a total capacity of 9,420,566 acre-feet.

REFERENCES

Blanton, J.O. III, Procedures for Monitoring Reservofr Sedimentation: Technical Guideline for Bureau

of Reclamation, Denver Office, Denver, CO, October 1982.

Bureau of Reclamation, Surface Water Branch, AAP85 User's Manual, Denver Office, Denver,

Colorado, 1985.

de Stanley, Mildred, The Salton Sea Yesterday and Today, 1966, Triumph Press, Inc.

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., ARC Command References, 1992.

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrographic Survey Techniques, 1991.

United States Department of the Interior and The Resources Agency of California, Salton Sea Project

california, April 1974.

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RESERVOIR SEDIMENT

DATA SUMMARY SALTON SEA

NAME OF RESERVOIR

DATA SHEET NO.

D I OWNER California 2. STREAM -

3. STATE California

A 4, SEC. 21 TWP. 115 RANGE I IE 5. NEAREST P.O. Indio, Ca 6. COUNTY Imperial/Riverside

M 7,LAT33" 1133" LONGI1Y49'59" 8.TOPOFDAM 2 9.SPILLWAYCREST2 ___________

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10. STORAGE

ALLOCATION

11. ELEVATION TOP

OF POOL

12, ORIGINAL

SURFACE AREA, Ac

13. ORIGINAL

CAPACITY, AF

14. GROSS STORAGE

ACRE- FEET

15. DATE

STORAGE

a SURCHARGE

BEGAN

b.FLOODCONTROL _____________ _______________

V c. POWER

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O d. WATER SUPPLY

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16. DATE

e. IRRIGATION

NORMAL

R OPERATION

f. CONSERVATION __________________ ________________ __________________ BEGAN

g. INACTIVE

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17. LENGTh OF RESERVOIR 35 MILES AVG. WIDTh OF RESERVOIR 10- 15 MILES

B 18. TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA 8,360 SQUARE MILES 22. MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 2.5 INCHES

19. NET SEDIMENT CONTRIBUTING AREA 8,360 SQUARE MILES 23. MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFF INCHES

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20. LENGTh MILES AV. WIDTh MILES 24. MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFF ' ACRE-FEET

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21. MAX. ELEVATION 1 1,50V MIN. ELEVATION -278 25. ANNUAL TEMP. MEAN 73"F RANGE I I8"F to 28"F

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ACRE-FEET

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b. MAX. ANN.

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c. TOTAL a. MEAN ANN. b. TOTAL

26. DATE OF

SURVEY

37. PERIOD CAPACITY LOSS, ACRE-FEET 38. TOTAL SEDIMENT DEPOSITS TO DATE, AF

______________ _____________________________________________

a. TOTAL

_______________

I,. AV. ANN.

_______________

c. /MI.2-YR. a. TOTAL b. AV. ANNUAL c. /MI.2-YR.

26. DATE OF

SURVEY

39. AV. DRY WT.

(#/FT)

40. SED. DEP. TONS/MI.2-YR. 41. STORAGE LOSS, P0'.

__________________________________

42, SEDIMENT

_________________ ________________

a. PERIOD

________________

b. TOTAL TO a. AV. ANNUAL b TOTAL TO DATE a.PER. b.

26 DATE 43. DEPTH DESIGNATION RANGE [N FEET BELOW, AND ABOVE, SPILL WAY CREST ELEVATION

RVEY I I I I I I I

PERCENT OF TOTAL SEDIMENT LOCATED WITHIN DEPTH DESIGNATION

26 DATE 44. REACH DESIGNATION PERCENT OF TOTAL ORIGINAL LENGTH OF RESERVOIR

SURVEY 0-10 10-

20

20-

30

30-

40

40-

50

50-

60

60-

70

70-

80

80-

90

90-

100

100-

105

lOSlIE

110-

115

115-

120

120-

125

PERCENT OF TOTAL SEDIMENT LOCATED WITHIN REACt'! DESIGNATION

N/A

Table 1. - Reservoir sediment data summary (page 1 Of 2).
45, RANGE EN RESERVOIR OPERATION'

WATER YEAR MAX. ELEV. MEN. ELEV. INFLOW, AF WATER YEAR MAX. ELEV. MEN. ELEV. INFLOW, AF

1961 -233.8 -235.0

1962 -233.3 -234.6 1963 -232.4 -233.9

1964 -231.3 -232.6 1965 -232.1 -233.3

1966 -232.1 -233.3 1967 -232.0 -233.0

1968 -231.7 -232.7 1969 -231.7 -232.8

1970 -231.7 -232.9 1971 -231.7 -232.8

1972 -231.4 -232.6 1973 -231.1 -232.3

1974 -230.8 -232.0 1975 -230.2 -231.6

1976 -229.5 -231.1 1977 -2286 -229.5

1978 -228.1 -229.1 1979 -227.9 -229.4

1980 -227.2 -228.7 1981 -227.1 -228.2

1982 -227,4 -228.5 1983 -227.1 -228.7

1984 -226.8 -227.7 1985 -226.9 -228,0

1986 -226.9 -228.1 1987 -227.1 -228.3

1988 -227.1 -228.2 1989 -227.3 -228.6

1990 -227.7 -228.7 1991 -227.8 -228.8

1992 -227.3 -228.7 1993 -226.9 -228.6

1994 1995 -227.2 -2279

46. ELEVATION - AREA - CAPACITY DATA FOR 1995 TOTAL CAPACITY (below aea level)

ELEV., FT AREA, AC CAP., AF ELEV., FT AREA. AC

________

CAP., AF

___ _________

ELEV., yr

__ ___________

AREA, AC

___________

CAP., AF

-278.6 0 0 -260.0 135,213 1.416,238 -240.0 202,308 4,768,194

-278.0 432 130 -258.0 141,845 1,693,360 -238.0 208,424 5,178,926

-276.0 13,073 12,526 -256.0 148,347 1,983,551 -236.0 214,542 5,602,108

-274.0 34,395 58,593 -254.0 154,609 2,286,530 -234.0 219,690 6,036,321

-272.0 57,079 149,950 -252.0 160,491 2,601,713 -232.0 226,249 6,482,138

-270.0 80,641 287,921 -250.0 166,302 2,928,466 -230.0 233,277 6,941,595

-268.0 98,334 468,618 -248.0 172,553 3,267,194 -228.0 239,125 7,413,997

-266.0 109,581 676,899 -246.0 179,821 3,619,490 -226.0 244,973 7,898,096

-264.0 119,237 905,824 -244.0 187,711 3,986,856 -224.0 250,82! 8,393,890

-262.0 .. 127,812 1,153,139 -242.0 195,524 4.370,319 -222.0 256,669 8,901,380

-220.0 262,517 9,420,566

47. REMARKS AND REFERENCES

Primary use is a repository for storage of agrtcultural drainage from Coachella and Imperial Valley, Inflow from Whitewater, Alamo, and New Rivers, and from

San Felipe and Salt Creeks.

Natural topographic depression filled in 1905-07 when Colorado River breached a man-made diversion structure.

Summit of San Gorgonio Mountain.

Multiple records available from USGS for Salton Sea water surface elevations starting in November 1904, USGS discharge data available on the creeks and

rivers listed on Remark No. I. Discharge records do not account for all drainage inflow.

Surface area and capacity at elevation 220.0 feet below sea level,

48. AGENCY MAKING SURVEY Bureau of Reclamation

49 AGENCY SUPPLYING DATA Bureau of Reclamation DATE May 1995

Table 1. - Reservoir sediment data summary (page 2 of 2).

UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

LOWER COLORADO REGION

SALTON SEA

CALIFORNIA

TABLE 2

AREA AND CAPACITY TABLES

FEBRUARY 1995
Salton Sea tables were generated by the area-capacity program ACAP85, using the least squares method of curve fitting developed

by the Bureau of Reclamation Technical Service Center. This program computes area at 1.0-, 0.1-, and 0.01-foot increments by linear

interpolation between basic data contours. Respective capacities and capacity equations are then obtained by integration of area

equations. The initial capacity equation is tested over successive intervals to check whether it fits within an allowable error term.

At the next interval beyond, a new capacity equation (integrated from the basic area equation over that interval) begins testing the

fit until it too exceeds the error term. The capacity curve thus becomes a series of curves, each fitting a certain region of data. Final

area equations are obtained by differentiation of the capacity equations. Capacity equations are of the form y = a1 + ax +a3x2, where

y is capacity and x is the elevation above an elevation base. The capacity equation coefficients for the Salton Sea are shown below

= 0.00000 1). All elevations are below sea level.

SALTON SEA - CALIFORNIA

1995 AREA-CAPACITY TABLES

Equation

Number

Elevation

Base

Capacity

Base

Coefficient

Al (Intercept)

Coefficient

A2 (1st Term)

Coefficient

A3 (2nd Term)

1 -278.60 0 .0000 .0000 360.4167

2 -278.00 129 129.7500 432.5000 2605.5000

3 -277.00 3167 3167.7500 5643.5000 3714.6500

4 -276.00 12525 12525.9000 13072.8000 4630.0000

5 -275.00 30228 30228.7000 22332.8000 6031.3000

6 -274.00 58592 58592.8000 34395.4000 5612.2500

7 -273.00 98600 98600.4500 45619.9000 5729.3000

8 -272.00 149949 149949.6500 57078.5000 6016.4000

9 -271.00 213044 213044.5500 69111.3000 5764.8000

10 -270.00 287920 287920.6500 80640.9000 5284.2500

11 -269.00 373845 373845.8000 91209.4000 3562.4500

12 -268.00 468617 468617.6500 98334.3000 2994.7000

13 -267.00 569946 569946.6500 104323.7000 2628.7500

14 -266.00 676899 676899.1000 109581.2000 2467.4000

15 -265.00 788947 788947.7000 114516.0000 2360.3000

16 -264.00 905823 905824.0000 119236.6000 2276.8500

17 -263.00 1027337 1027337.4500 123790.3000 2010.9500

18 -262.00 1153138 1153138.7000 127812.2000 1887.1000

19 -261.00 1282837 1282838.0000 131586.4000 1813.2000

20 -260.00 1416237 1416237.6000 135212.8000 1690.7000

21 -259.00 1553141 1553141.0725 138593.4064 1625.5516

22 -256.00 1983550 1983550.2000 148341.6000 1581.4000

23 -255.00 2133473 2133473.2000 151504.4000 1552.4000

24 -254.00 2286529 2286530.0000 154609.2000 1513.0000

25 -253.00 2442652 2442653.3089 157628.9161 1430.8750

26 -251.00 2763635 2763635.7500 163358.7000 1471.8500

27 -250.00 2928466 2928466.3000 166302.4000 1498.7000

28 -249.00 3096267 3096267.4000 169299.8000 1626.6000

29 -248.00 3267193 3267193.8000 172553.0000 1778.4000

30 -247.00 3441525 3441525.2000 176109.8000 1855.4500

31 -246.00 3619490 3619490.4500 179820.7000 1892.4500

32 -245.00 3801203 3801206.5732 183588.7518 2061.1750

33 -243.00 4176631 4176631.7500 191850.3000 1837.0000

34 -242.00 4370319 4370319.0500 195524.3000 1717.3500

35 -241.00 4567560 4567560.7000 198959.0000 1674.4500

36 -240.00 4768194 4768194.1714 202307.7786 1529.1000

37 -238.00 5178926 5178926.1500 208424.3000 1637.1500

38 -237.00 5388987 5388987.6000 211698.6000 1421.8000

39 -236.00 5602107 5602112.0875 214519.0375 1292.7750

40 -234.00 6036325 6036325.3500 219713.3000 1562.2500

41 -233.00 6257600 6257604.5268 222817.2482 1715.7750

42 -231.00 6710105 6710105.7500 229700.9000 1788.2000

43 -230.00 6941594 6941594.8500 233277.3000 1461.9850

The Salton Sea survey in February 1995 used the contour method to obtain the basic data for these tables. Close interval profiles

of the underwater portion of the Sea were collected by standard surveying techniques using a DGPS and echo sounder. The above

water portion was determined from USGS topography dated 1956 and photorevised in the I970s. Reduction of the field data was

completed at the Technical Service Center in Denver, Colorado.

12
SALTON SEA - CALIFORNIA

1995 AREA TABLE

AREA TABLE IN ACRES

Note: Shaded area in right co1unn are 1.0-foot valuec.

Elev. ft) 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4

-278 0 72 144

-277 954 1475 1996 2517 3038 3559

-276 6386 7129 7872 8615 9358 10101

-275 13999 14925 15851 16777 17703 18629

-274 23539 24745 25952 27158 28364 29570

-273 35518 36640 37763 38885 40008 41130

-272 46766 47912 49057 50203 51349 52495

-271 58282 59485 60688 61892 63095 64298

-270 70264 71417 72570 73723 74876 76029

-269 81698 82755 83811 84868 85925 86982

-268 91922 92634 93347 94059 94772 95484

-267 98933 99532 100131 100730 101329 101928

-266 104849 105375 105901 106427 106952 107478

-265 110075 110568 111062 111555 112049 112542

-264 114988 115460 115932 116404 116876 117348

-263 119692 120147 120603 121058 121513 121969

-262 124192 124595 124997 125399 125801 126203

-261 128190 128567 128944 129322 129699 130077

-260 131949 132312 132674 133037 133400 133762

-259 135551 135889 136227 136565 136903 137242

-258 138919 139244 139569 139894 140219 140544

-257 142170 142495 142820 143145 143470 143795

-256 145421 145746 146071 146396 146721 147046

-255 148658 148974 149290 149607 149923 150239

-254 151815 152125 152436 152746 153057 153367

-253 154912 155214 155517 155820 156122 156425

-252 157915 158201 158488 158774 159060 159346

-251 160777 161063 161349 161635 161922 162208

-250 163653 163947 164242 164536 164831 165125

-249 166602 166902 167202 167501 167801 168101

-248 169625 169950 170276 170601 170926 171252

-247 172909 173264 173620 173976 174331 174687

-246 176481 176852 177223 177594 177965 178336

-245 180199 180578 180956 181335 181713 182092

-244 184001 184413 184825 185238 185650 186062

-243 188123 188536 188948 189360 189772 190185

-242 192218 192585 192952 193320 193687 194055

-241 195868 196211 196555 196898 197242 197585

-240 199294 199629 199964 200299 200633 200968

BELOW SEA LEVEL ELEVATIONS IN ONE TENTH FOOT

0.3 0.2 0.1 .0 81ev. (ft)

216 288 360 432 -278

4080 4601 5122 5643 -277

10844 11587 12330 13073 -276

19555 20481 21407 22333 -275

30777 31983 33189 34395 -274

42253 43375 44497 45620 -273

53641 54787 55933 57079 -272

65501 66705 67908 69111 -271

77182 78335 79488 80641 -270

88039 89096 90153 92.209 -269

96197 96909 97622 98334 -268

102527 103126 103725 104324 -267

108004 108530 109055 109581 -266

113036 113529 114023 114516 -265

117820 118292 118765 119237 -264

122424 122880 123335 I.379Q -263

126606 127008 127410 12781.2 -262

130454 130832 131209 1.31586 -261

134125 134488 134850 135213 -260

137580 137918 138256 138594 -259

140869 141194 141519 142.845 -258

144120 144445 144771 145096 -257

147371 147696 148022 148347 -256

150556 150872 151188 2.51504 -255

153678 153988 154299 1.54609 -254

156727 157030 157333 157635 -253

159632 159918 160204 160491 -252

162494 162780 163066 163352 -251

165419 165714 166008 16S302 -250

168401 168700 169000 1.69300 -249

171577 171902 172228 2.72553 -248

175043 175398 175754 176110 -247

178707 179079 179450 179821 -246

182470 182849 183227 183606 -245

186474 186887 187299 187711 -244

190597 191009 191421 192.833 -243

194422 194790 195157 195524 -242

197929 198272 198616 198959 -241

201303 201638 201973 202308 -240
SALTON SEA - CALIFORNIA

1995 AREA TABLE

AREA TABLE IN ACRES

E1v. (ft) 0.9

-239 202614

-238 205672

-237 208752

-236 211983

-235 214778

-234 217363

-233 220026

-232 223160

-231 226592

-230 230059

-229 233570

-228 236494

-227 239418

-226 242342

-225 245266

-224 248190

-223 251114

-222 254037

-221 256961

-220 259885

Note: Shaded area in right column are 1.0-foot valuen.

0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4

202919 203225 203531 203837 204143

205978 206283 206589 206895 207201

209079 209407 209734 210061 210389

212267 212552 212836 213120 213405

215036 215295 215553 215812 216070

217622 217880 218139 218397 218656

220338 220651 220963 221276 221588

223504 223847 224190 224533 224876

226935 227278 227621 227965 228308

230416 230774 231131 231489 231847

233862 234154 234447 234739 235032

236786 237078 237371 237663 237956

239710 240002 240295 240587 240880

242634 242926 243219 243511 243804

245558 245850 246143 246435 246728

248482 248774 249067 249359 249652

251406 251698 251991 252283 252576

254330 254622 254915 255207 255499

257254 257546 257839 258131 258423

260178 260470 260763 261055 261347

BELOW SEA LEVEL ELEVATIONS IN ONE TENTh FOOT

0.3 0.2 0.1 O Elev. (ft)

204449 204754 205060 205366 -239

207507 207813 208118 208424 -238

210716 211044 211371 211699 -237

213689 213973 214258 214542 -236

216329 216587 216846 217105 -235

218914 219173 219432 219690 -234

221900 222213 222525 22283,8 -233

225219 225562 225906 22649 -232

228651 228994 229337 229680 -231

232204 232562 232920 233277 -230

235324 235616 235909 236201 -229

238248 238540 238833 239125 -228

241172 241464 241757 242049 -227

244096 244188 244681 244973 -226

247020 247312 247605 247897 -225

249944 250236 250529 250821 -224

252868 253160 253453 253745 -223

255792 256084 256377 256669 -222

258716 259008 259301 359593 -221

261640 261932 262225 262517 -220
SALTON SEA - CALIFORNIA

1995 CAPACITY TABLE

CAPACITY TABLE IN ACRE - FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL ELEVATIONS IN ONE TENTH FOOT

Note: Shaded area in right column are 1.0-toot valuec.

Elev. (ft) 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 E].ev. (ft)

-278 0 4 14 32 58 90 130 -278

-277 199 320 494 720 997 1327 1709 2143 2629 3168 -277

-276 3769 4445 5195 6019 6918 7891 8938 10060 11256 12526 -276

-275 13879 15326 16864 18496 20220 22036 23946 25947 28042 30229 -275

-274 32522 34937 37471 40127 42903 45800 48817 51955 55214 58593 -274

-273 62088 65696 69417 73249 77194 81250 85420 89701 94095 98600 -273

-272 103220 107954 112802 117765 122843 128035 133342 138763 144299 149950 -272

-271 155718 161606 167615 173744 179993 186363 192853 199463 206194 213045 -271

-270 220013 227097 234297 241611 249041 256587 264247 272023 279914 287921 -270

-269 296038 304260 312589 321022 329562 338208 346959 355815 364778 373846 -269

-268 383002 392230 401529 410900 420341 429854 439438 449093 458820 46861.8 -268

-267 478481 488404 498387 508431 518533 528696 538919 549202 559544 569947 -267

-266 580405 590917 601480 612097 622766 633487 644261 655088 665967 676899 -266

-265 687882 698914 709996 721126 732307 743536 754815 766143 777521 788948 -265

-264 800423 811945 823515 835132 846796 858507 870265 882071 893924 95824 -264

-263 917770 929762 941800 953883 966012 978186 990405 1002670 1014981 1027337 -263

-262 1039737 1052176 1064656 1077175 1089735 1102336 1114976 1127657 1140378 U53139 -262

-261 1165939 1178777 1191652 1204566 1217517 1230505 1243532 1256596 1269698 1282838 -261

-260 1296015 1309228 1322477 1335763 1349084 1362443 1375837 1389268 1402734 1416238 -260

-259 1429776 1443348 1456954 1470593 1484267 1497974 1511715 1525490 1539299 1553241 -259

-258 1567017 1580925 1594865 1608839 1622844 1636882 1650953 1665056 1679192 1.693360 -258

-257 1707561 1721794 1736060 1750358 1764689 1779052 1793448 1807876 1822337 1836830 -257

-256 1851356 1865914 1880505 1895128 1909784 1924473 1939194 1953947 1968733 1-983551 -256

-255 1998400 2013282 2028195 2043140 2058116 2073124 2088164 2103236 2118339 2133473 -255

-254 2148639 2163836 2179064 2194323 2209613 2224935 2240287 2255670 2271085 2286530 -254

-253 2302006 2317512 2333049 2348616 2364213 2379840 2395498 2411186 2426904 2442652 -253

-252 2458431 2474236 2490071 2505934 2521825 2537746 2553695 2569672 2585678 26017-13 -252

-251 2617776 2633868 2649989 2666138 2682316 2698523 2714758 2731021 2747314 2763635 -251

-250 2779986 2796366 2812776 2829215 2845683 2862181 2878708 2895265 2911851 2928466 -250

-249 2945112 2961787 2978492 2995227 3011993 3028787 3045612 3062467 3079352 3096367 -249

-248 3113214 3130192 3147204 3164248 3181324 3198433 3215574 3232748 3249955 3267194 -248

-247 3284467 3301776 3319120 3336500 3353915 3371366 3388852 3406374 3423932 3441525 -247

-246 3459155 3476821 3494525 3512266 3530044 3547859 3565711 3583601 3601527 3619490 -246

-245 363749]. 3655530 3673607 3691722 3709874 3728064 3746292 3764558 3782862 3801204 -245

-244 3819586 3838007 3856469 3874972 3893516 3912102 3930729 3949397 3968106 3986856 -244

-243 4005648 4024481 4043355 4062271 4081227 4100225 4119264 4138345 4157466 4176629 -243

-242 4195836 4215075 4234352 4253666 4273016 4292403 4311827 4331288 4350785 4370319 -242

-241 4389889 4409493 4429131 4448804 4468511 4488252 4508028 4527838 4547682 456756]. -241

-240 4587473 4607419 4627399 4647412 4667459 4687539 4707652 4727800 4747980 4768194 -240
SALTON SEA - CALIFORNIA

1995 CAPACITY TABLE

CAPACITY TABLE IN ACRE - FEET BELOW SEA LEVEL ELEVATIONS IN ONE TENTH FOOT

Note: Shaded area in right column are 1.0-foot valuaa.

Elev. (ft) 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 .0 Elev. (ft)

-239 4788440 4808717 4829024 4849362 4869730 4890129 4910559 4931019 4951510 4972031 -239

-238 4992583 8013165 5033778 5054422 5075096 5095801 5116536 5137302 5158099 5i78926 -238

-237 5199785 5220676 5241601 5262558 5283548 5304570 5325625 5346713 5367834 588988 -237

-236 5410172 5431384 5452625 5473895 5495192 5516519 5537873 5559256 5580668 5602108 -236

-235 5623577 5645068 5666584 5688127 5709695 5731289 5752909 5774555 5796226 5817924 -235

-234 5839647 5861397 5883172 5904973 5926799 5948652 5970531 5992435 6014365 6036321 -234

-233 6058312 6080330 6102380 6124461 6146573 6168716 6190890 6213096 6235333 6257601 -233

-232 6279903 6302237 6324604 6347006 6369442 6391913 6414417 6436956 6459530 6482138 -232

-231 6504780 6527456 6550167 6572912 6595691 6618505 6641352 6664235 6687151 6710102 -231

-230 6733094 6756117 6779177 6802272 6825403 6848570 6871773 6895011 6918285 6941595 -230

-229 6964937 6988309 7011710 7035140 7058599 7082088 7105605 7129152 7152729 7116334 -229

-228 7199969 7223633 7247326 7271049 7294800 7318581 7342391 7366231 7390099 7413997 -228

-227 7437925 7461881 7485867 7509881 7533926 7557999 7582101 7606233 7630394 7654585 -227

-226 7678804 7703053 7727331 7751639 7775975 7800340 7824735 7849160 7873613 7898O9 -226

-225 7922608 7947149 7971719 7996319 8020948 8045606 8070293 8095010 8119756 8144531 -225

-224 8169335 8194169 8219032 8243924 8268845 8293796 8318775 8343784 8368823 8393890 -224

-223 8418987 8444113 8469268 8494452 8519666 8544909 8570181 8595483 8620813 8646173 -223

-222 8671562 8696981 8722428 8747905 8773411 8798947 8824511 8850105 8875728 8901380 -222

-221 8927062 8952773 8978513 9004282 9030080 9055908 9081765 9107651 9133567 9159511 -221

-220 9185485 9211488 9237521 9263582 9289673 9315793 9341943 9368121 9394329 9420566 -220
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Mission

The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water

and related resources an environmentally and economically sound manner in the

interest of the American Public.