Smith, C.D., 2017, Water surface images of Willow Creek Reservoir in Heppner, OR (2015 and 2016): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F72B8WXK
Casie Smith
Casie has been working for the USGS since 2012. She holds a B.S. in Environment and Natural Resources- Conservation Biology from Clemson University and a M.S. in Environmental Science and Technology- Wetland Ecology from the University of Maryland.
Biography
Casie Smith is part of the Ecology Team at the USGS Oregon Water Science Center. Her current projects include:
-reviewing dengue- and Zika-related mosquito control methods in the United States
-monitoring and mapping HABs in an eastern Oregon reservoir
-assessing impacts of beaver to water quality and habitat in the Tualatin River Basin
-studying cold-water refugia along the Willamette River in response to low-flow conditions
-importing and archiving water-quality records.
Science and Products
Date published: April 24, 2018
Status: Active Oregon Data Release(s)
As a federal research agency, the USGS collects natural resource data all across Oregon. These data may be stored in a variety of databases, including our National Water Information System (NWIS). Other data are stored in the ScienceBase Catalog. Here are recent ...
Contacts: Casie Smith
Attribution: Oregon Water Science Center
Date published: August 22, 2017
Status: Active Willamette River Studies
Welcome to the Willamette River Study page. Here you will find links to USGS research for the Willamette River and the Willamette River Basin.
Contacts: Stewart Rounds, J. Rose Wallick
Attribution: Oregon Water Science Center
Date published: May 11, 2017
Status: Active Tualatin River Basin Water Quality Assessment
In 1990, the USGS began assessing water-quality in the Tualatin River. Almost 30 years later, we are still monitoring conditions in the basin.
Contacts: Stewart Rounds
Attribution: Water Resources, Oregon Water Science Center
Date published: July 20, 2016
Status: Completed Water Quality in Willow Creek Reservoir, Oregon
Blue-green algal blooms in the Willow Creek Reservoir may produce toxins that can be harmful to those that come in contact with them.
Contacts: Casie Smith
Attribution: Oregon Water Science Center
Year Published: 2018
Temporal and spatial monitoring of cyanobacterial blooms at Willow Creek Reservoir, North-Central Oregon
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) investigated the spatial and temporal dynamics of cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) blooms in Willow Creek Reservoir in north-central Oregon in 2015–16. A combination of cameras and water-quality monitoring equipment was used to assess the frequency and duration of blooms...
Smith, Cassandra D.Attribution: Oregon Water Science Center, Water Resources
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Smith, C.D., 2018, Temporal and spatial monitoring of cyanobacterial blooms at Willow Creek Reservoir, north-central Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5083, 26 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185083.
Year Published: 2018
Klamath River Basin water-quality data
The Klamath River Basin stretches from the mountains and inland basins of south-central Oregon and northern California to the Pacific Ocean, spanning multiple climatic regions and encompassing a variety of ecosystems. Water quantity and water quality are important topics in the basin, because water is a critical resource for farming and municipal...
Sobieszczyk, Steven; Smith, Cassandra D.; Rounds, Stewart A.; Orzol, Leonard L.Attribution: Oregon Water Science Center, Water Resources
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Smith, C.D., Rounds, S.A., and Orzol, L.L., 2018, Klamath River Basin water-quality data: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2018-3031, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20183031.
Pre-USGS Publications
Smith, C.D., 2017, Spatial water-quality measurements in Willow Creek Reservoir located in Heppner, Oregon, 2015-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7F18XM8
Smith, C.D., 2017, Beaver dam locations and beaver activity in the Tualatin Basin, Oregon, between 2013 and 2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PZ57QP
Mangano, J.F., Buccola, N.L., Piatt, D.R., Smith, C.D., and White, J.S., 2017, Point measurements of temperature and water quality in main-channel and off-channel features of the Willamette River, 2015-16: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VQ315D
Smith, C., Freed, T.Z., and Leisnham, P.T., 2015, Prior Hydrologic Disturbance Affects Competition between Aedes Mosquitoes via Changes in Leaf Litter, PLoS ONE, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128956
Culin, J., and C. Smith, 2014, Student Survey of Lepidoptera and Odonata in Crowders Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain State Park, and Kings Mountain National Military Park, American Entomologist, v. 60 (1), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ae/60.1.29
Smith, C., Baldwin, A.H., Sullivan, J., and Leisnham, P.T., 2013, Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Competition Between the MosquitoesAedes albopictus and Ae. triseriatus via Changes in Litter Quality Production, Journal of Medical Entomology, v. 50 (3), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ME12149