A GIS Model to Calculate Sediment Yields from a Small Rural Watershed, Old Woman Creek, Erie and Huron Counties, Ohio

Abstract

Upstream sediment yields have a potential impact on the Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve. This project developed a GIS-based soil erosion model to calculate sediment delivery ratios and intrabasinal storage, and then developed a sediment routing model to identify portions of the drainage basin that are significant sediment contributors.