Grand Canyon Source Archive and Bibliography

Every source behind the project, grouped by publisher and linked to the dossiers that cite it.

September 23, 2026 · 42 min · 8941 words · Justin
Labeled cutaway illustration of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry showing the USGS streamgage tower, its cableway, and the Kaibab Suspension Bridge downstream at river level

Lees Ferry, the gauge, and the bridges that run Grand Canyon's river

A 1921 streamgage sets interstate water law, and a bridge built by hand and Havasupai shoulders still carries the only foot crossing at river level.

September 23, 2026 · 9 min · 1723 words · Justin
Illustrated Colorado River cutaway shows a gage, submerged sand, survey boat, and plant plots under canyon walls.

USGS river science infrastructure in Grand Canyon

Gages, sediment samplers, sandbar surveys and plant plots measure how dam operations and tributary floods change the Colorado River.

September 23, 2026 · 6 min · 1187 words · Justin