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River bank erosion and accretion rates, and planform metrics of the East River, downstream of Gothic Colorado over intervals between 1955 and 2015

Creators: Joel Rowland, Sophie Stauffer
Year: 2025
DOI: 10.15485/1642910
License: See source for details
Location: Floodplain reach of the East River downstream of Gothic Colorado, U.S.A., near Crested Butte
Temporal extent: 1955-10-15 to 2015-09-24
Bounding box: 38.864°N to 38.937°N, -106.966°W to -106.905°W
Publisher: RMBL
Tags: East River, floodplain, erosion/sedimentation, sediment transport, river stage/discharge, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > RIVER, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > EROSION, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > CUTBANK, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > FLOOD PLAIN, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > MEANDER, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL LANDFORMS > POINT BAR, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > FLUVIAL PROCESSES, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE PATTERNS, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > RIVERS/STREAMS, CATEGORICAL:NONE bank erosion, river width, bank accretion, river bank curvature, sinuosity, Hydrology & Watersheds, Geochemistry & Isotopes, RMBL & Gothic, Gunnison Basin

Description

This dataset provides the tabular summary of analysis of an alluvial floodplain reach of the East River, downstream of Gothic, CO near Crested Butte. The measurements include bank erosion and accretion rates, channel width, bank curvature, and the aspect/orientation of the river banks. The measurements were derived from binary masks of the location of the river channel from aerial and satellite imagery collected on seven dates over a sixty-year timespan: 1955, 1973, 1983, 1990, 2001, 2011, and 2015. The masks were analyzed using the Spatially Continuous Riverbank Erosion and Accretion Measurements (SCREAM) software detailed in Rowland et al. 2016. The masks used in this analysis can be found an accompanying dataset (DOI: ). Rates of change along the East River were measured over a total of 8-time intervals: 1955-1973; 1955-2015; 1973-1983; 1983-1990; 1990-2001; 2001-2011; 2001-2015; and 2011-2015. In files with “summary” in the name, the data is provided at a pixel level, where each mapped bank pixel has an associated erosion or accretion value, a channel width, a curvature value, and an aspect each river and time period will have an individual file. Files with “Segments” in name provide data that is averaged along segments of the rivers. These segments are approximately 10 channel widths in length. In addition to erosion and accretion rates, the segment-based results include area measurements of erosion and accretion, islands, and channels. The number of islands is also included.

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