Kalamazoo River Erosion Sites

Kalamazoo River Erosion Sites 1-11

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Site Number	Location	Soil Type	Length of Erosion (feet)	Height of Erosion (feet)	Apparent Cause of Erosion	Sediment Loading (tons/year)	Phosphorus Loading (pounds/year)
1	Calhoun County, 1/4 mile upstream from 17 Mile Road	loam	120	3	mowed grass, light access	0.405	0.3
2	Calhoun County, 1/8 mile upstream from 17 Mile Road	clay	250	3	mowed grass, heavy access	10.5	8.4
3	Calhoun County, 1/2 mile downstream from 17 Mile Road	clay	160	4	light access	0.67	0.5
4	Calhoun County, 100 feet upstream of I-69 bridge	loam	40	4	light animal access	0.88	0.7
5	Calhoun County, 1/2 mile downstream from I-69 bridge	sand	25	10	heavy animal and foot access	5.5	4.4
6	Calhoun County, 1 mile downstream from I-69 bridge	gravel	300	12	bend in river, failing sea wall, heavy access	25.7	20.6
7	Calhoun County, 1/4 mile upstream from 15 Mile Road	clay	120	1	bend in river, light access	0.15	0.1
8	Calhoun County, just upstream from 15 Mile Road	loam	800	4	road-stream crossing, bend in river, moderate access	54.4	43.5
9	Calhoun County, 1/2 mile downstream from 15 Mile Road	loam	260	2	bend in river, mowed grass, moderate access	2.9	2.3
10	Calhoun County, residential area around tributary	not recorded	100	1	mowed grass, light access	0.52	0.4
11	Calhoun County, Stewart Pond					depositional area, no erosion

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