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Case Study: Morrison Gulch Presenters: Mark Weinhold
Length: 20 min 25 s
View Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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       Topics:      

       Part 1

  • Design Origins of Invisibility
  • Assumed Goal
  • Mostly Invisible
  • Critical Design Elements
  • Longitudinal Profile
  • Channel Cross Section
  • Stable Bed Material Size
  • Headcut Creek Points
  • Headcut Creek Footings
  • Where is the Outlet Drop?
  • UIpstream After One Winter
  • Headcut Creek through Arch
  • Footing After Initial Grouting
  • Second Fix Pumping Concrete
  • Three Contracts Later
  • Lessons Learned

       Part 2

  • I Wish I Kept My Bridges Creeks
  • Bridgeless Creeks
  • Log Graph
  • Typical Footing Placement and Backfill
  • Note Drop at the End of Footing
  • Prior to Backfill
  • After 75-Year Storm
  • Retaining Walls
  • Lessons Learned
  • Double Barrel Creek
  • Typical State
  • Low Flow After Installation
  • Outlet After Winter Storms
  • Outlet Showing Backwater
  • Inlet After Winter Storms
  • Ankle Deep Creek
  • Reasons for Installation
  • Outlet After Installation
  • Inlet After Installation
  • Outlet Counter SInk
  • Nightmare Creek
  • After One Average Winter
  • Daylight Under Footings
  • More Daylight
  • Nightmare Creek Sediment Supply
  • Outlet Viewed from Road

       Part 3

  • Deeper Creek
  • Inlet Before
  • Inlet After
  • Lessons Learned
  • Weir(d) Creek - A Case Study in Trade Offs
  • Visible Stream Crossing
  • During Installation
  • After Installation
  • Trade-Offs of Retrofit Relative to Total Replacement
  • Known Effects
  • Big Round Pipe Creek
  • New Inlet
  • New Outlet
  • View at Higher Water
  • Finally .... Monitor Your Work