CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN(CMRB) LTAR USDA-ARSColumbia Missouri

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Setting and context Infrastructure Local expertise

ARS Cooperators

Current research Plans

Outline

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2012, Columbia, MO

Prairie Peninsula

Salt River Basin

Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed

Long Branch Creek Watershed

Central Mississippi River BasinLTAR (CMRB)

• Represents low-permeability soils, prone to surface runoff.

• Originally prairie dissected by wooded riparian river corridors. Now the prairie is intensely agricultural.

• Primary crops are soybean, corn, sorghum, and wheat.

• Low permeability means cropland is not drained.

• Much of the stream network has been channelized to combat seasonal flooding.

• Erosion, sedimentation, and streambank processes are important.

Claypan and Claypan-like Major Land Resource Areas

Distribution of claypan and claypan-like soils in the Midwest. These are the major classifications and not the total area of all clay-pan like soils

109 – Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain

112 – Cherokee Prairies113 – Central

Claypan Area114 – Southern Illinois

and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain

Translating Missouri USDA-ARS Research and Technology into Practice A training session provided by USDA-ARS-CSWQRU, 10-11 October

2012, Columbia, MO

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2012, Columbia, MO

Missouri Prairie Foundation map of original prairie extent

Rivers in the region were extensively channelized between 1915 and sometime after 1950.

2010

1950

The North Fork of the Salt River

Initial phase, ~1970 4 nested design,

At 12, 28, 72 km2 (5:1 weirs), and 195 km2 (USGS) Emphasis on precipitation, streamflow, sediment

MSEA/ASEQ projects, ~1990 Finer scale

Replicated 0.34-ha plots (Parshall flumes) Up to 35-ha fields (3:1 weirs)

Emphasis on water quality Both surface and groundwater Pesticides and nutrients

CEAP, ~2003 12 watersheds at larger scale, up to 1200 km2

Emphasis on effects of conservation practices

Infrastructure

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2012, Columbia, MO

Rain gage network of 9 in 72 km2

Implementing telemetry Automated weather station

Downloaded via telephone under PC control Data visible on web daily

Univ. of Missouri Ag Weather Network NOAA GHCN network

Infrastructure – Weather

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2012, Columbia, MO

Continuing nested design at 72, 195, 466 km2

Parallel to 195 km2 scale Re-commission 12 km2 scale weir Retain 35-ha field weir Installed 18 Parshall flumes with berms,

approaches, and samplers on 0.35-ha plots

Infrastructure – Surface water

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2012, Columbia, MO

Plot sample structures

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2012, Columbia, MO

Upstream view of plot sampler

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2012, Columbia, MO

Nests in 5 locations in 35-ha field Nests of 5 wells screened at depths to 20-

30 m Much more information in earlier era

Infrastructure – groundwater

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2012, Columbia, MO

Greenley Memorial Research Center South Farm Bradford Research and Extension Center Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center Jefferson Institute Midwest Claypan Research Farm (McCredie

Farm) Baskett Wildlife Research and Education Area Tucker Prairie Natural Area

Infrastructure – Collateral U of Mo

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2012, Columbia, MO

ARS Scientists Hydrology, soil fertility, soil chemistry,

microbiology, soil physics, sensor engineering, irrigation engineering

University of Missouri Departments Soil and Atmospheric Sciences, Biological

Engineering, Plant Sciences and Soils Extension, Agroforestry, Forestry, Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology, Water Quality Extension

Expertise

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2012, Columbia, MO

Water quality laboratory sampling and analytical tools

Conventional and GIS database, analysis, and programming capabilities

Process-level modeling tools and support Full range of fabrication capabilities Sensor design, construction, and testing Electronic systems integration Field-scale farm equipment Rainfall simulation facilities

Supporting Capabilities

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2012, Columbia, MO

Discussions with MU Water Quality Extension about leveraging CMRB with an MU Water Center

SCAN weather station Multi-location projects Leveraging for competitive grants Filling gaps in shared research strategy

Relying on cooperators

Plans

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2012, Columbia, MO