This training was prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) team of Otto Gonzalez-USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (Team Leader), Jon Fripp (Civil Engineer) and Chris Hoag (Wetland Plant Ecologist)-USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (Civil Engineers). Fripp and Hoag were the primary authors of this material. The U.S. AID provided funding support for the USDA team. 8 Introduction to Check Dams
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This training was prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) team of Otto Gonzalez-USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (Team Leader), Jon Fripp (Civil Engineer) and Chris Hoag (Wetland Plant Ecologist)-USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (Civil Engineers). Fripp and Hoag were the primary authors of this material. The U.S. AID provided funding support for the USDA team.
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Introduction to Check Dams
Check Dams•Usually Used in Collection Zone•Can Also be used in Transport Zone
These are structures
• Use caution
• Understand the processes at work in the system
• Know the components of a check dam
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What happens in if all the vegetation is removed from a watershed?
Understand the processes at work in the system
Answer:More erosion of surface
So what happens if you have more water running down the watershed collection zone?
Answer: Erosion. Gullies will form and grow. The channel will get hungry and eat its boundary.
The stream or gulley will start by attacking the bottom of the channel first.
The channel will get deeper
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The channel will keep getting deeper until the sides start to fall in
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Then it starts to get wider
Now it is really starting to get bad
This is process is called the channel stages
Stage 1
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Stage 3
Stage 2
Assessment Tool: Channel StagesGood for collection and transport zone