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Bathymetry and Storage Capacity of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, 2015.

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2020-08-21T00:00:00Z
A bathymetric survey of Norfork Lake, Arkansas-Missouri, was conducted in September-October, 2015, by the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) using methodologies for multi-beam sonar surveys similar to those described by Lee (2013) and Huizinga (2016). Data from the bathymetric survey were merged with data collected during a March 2008 aerial LiDAR survey provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District. Using Esri ArcGIS version 10.3.1, a feature dataset of the XYZ points from the merged LiDAR and bathymetry data was created within a file geodatabase and an associated terrain (digital terrain model, or DTM) created from the XYZ feature dataset. Products derived from the DTM include a digital elevation model (DEM), bathymetric contours at 10-ft intervals, and surface area and storage capacity (volume) of the lake at 1-ft intervals in the range of elevation from 349-580 ft above the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). References: Lee, 2013, Estimation of reservoir storage capacity using multibeam sonar and terrestrial LiDAR, Randy Poynter Lake, Rockdale County, Georgia, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3265, 1 sheet, https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3265/; Huizinga, 2016, Bathymetric and velocimetric surveys at highway bridges crossing the Missouri River near Kansas City, Missouri, June 2–4, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016–5061, 93 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165061.

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