With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.
Kirk D. Rodgers, Ph.D.
Kirk Rodgers is a hydrologist based in the Little Rock office of the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center.
Most recently, Kirk has worked with the National Water Quality Field Assesment as field lead for the Ozark Principal Aquifer Survey and with the Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership (RFHP) compiling a reservoir morphology database for the lower 48 states. In addition to this work, Kirk has also worked in conjunction with the Arkansas Natural Resource Commission and the Arkansas Geological Survey analyzing and intrepreting potentiometric surfaces of major aquifers in Arkansas. Kirk is a member of several national organizations including, American Fisheries Socitey, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and has served as Chair of the Southeastern Region Diversity Council of the USGS.
Kirk's dissertation research focused on the compilation of a reservoir morphology database by combining four existing databases and the analysis of reservoir morphology in the continental United States. The purpose of this work was to provide natural resource managers with a tool to better understand reservoirs and assist in the restoration of reservoir habitat. Kirk has presented his research at several national meetings including, AFS, NALMS, the RFHP annual meeting, and SEAFWA.
Kirk graduated from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock with a B.S. in Environmental Health Science, M.S. in Applied Science, M.S. in Integrated Science and Mathematics, M.C. in Geospatial Technology, and a Ph.D. in Applied Science.
Science and Products
Streamflow Alteration Assessments to Support Bay and Estuary Restoration in Gulf States
Imputed daily salinity and associated covariates to support statistical modeling for 91 salinity monitoring sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Geospatial representations of salinity monitoring site and bay and estuary group boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico
Compilation of estuarine salinity data for sites used in RESTORE Streamflow alteration assessments (ver. 2.0, May 2021)
Water-level data, selected water-quality data, and the potentiometric dataset for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas, spring 2014
Trend Departure Index Results for sites in the RESTORE Trend Analysis and Hydrologic Alteration Studies
Geospatial data supporting assessments of streamflow alteration to support bay and estuary restoration in the Gulf States
Trend analysis results for sites used in RESTORE Streamflow alteration assessments
Potentiometric contours for the Nacatoch aquifer of Northeastern and Southwestern Arkansas and the Tokio aquifer of Southwestern Arkansas, 201415
A Reservoir Morphology Database for the Conterminous United States
With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.
Investigating hydrologic alteration in the Pearl and Pascagoula River basins using rule-based model trees
Water levels and selected water-quality conditions in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas, 2014
An analysis of streamflow trends in the southern and southeastern US from 1950-2015
An interactive data visualization framework for exploring geospatial environmental datasets and model predictions
Coastal estuaries and lagoons: The delicate balance at the edge of the sea
Water-level trends and potentiometric surfaces in the Nacatoch Aquifer in northeastern and southwestern Arkansas and in the Tokio Aquifer in southwestern Arkansas, 2014–15
A reservoir morphology database for the conterminous United States
Potentiometric surfaces and water-level trends in the Cockfield (upper Claiborne) aquifer in southern Arkansas and the Wilcox (lower Wilcox) aquifer of northeastern and southern Arkansas, 2012
Water levels in the aquifers of the Nacatoch Sand of southwestern and northeastern Arkansas and the Tokio Formation of southwestern Arkansas, February–March 2011
RESTORE/makESTUSAL, Source code for construction of various statistical models and prediction of daily salinity in coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico, United States
RESTORE/covESTUSAL, Source code for construction of covariates bound to daily salinity and specific conductance data for purposes of statistical modeling in coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico, United States
Science and Products
Streamflow Alteration Assessments to Support Bay and Estuary Restoration in Gulf States
Imputed daily salinity and associated covariates to support statistical modeling for 91 salinity monitoring sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Geospatial representations of salinity monitoring site and bay and estuary group boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico
Compilation of estuarine salinity data for sites used in RESTORE Streamflow alteration assessments (ver. 2.0, May 2021)
Water-level data, selected water-quality data, and the potentiometric dataset for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer in eastern Arkansas, spring 2014
Trend Departure Index Results for sites in the RESTORE Trend Analysis and Hydrologic Alteration Studies
Geospatial data supporting assessments of streamflow alteration to support bay and estuary restoration in the Gulf States
Trend analysis results for sites used in RESTORE Streamflow alteration assessments
Potentiometric contours for the Nacatoch aquifer of Northeastern and Southwestern Arkansas and the Tokio aquifer of Southwestern Arkansas, 201415
A Reservoir Morphology Database for the Conterminous United States
With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.
With science centers in 13 states and two territories, the Southeast Region of the United States Geological Survey is comprised of individuals from all across the country who aid in serving the public with invaluable data about the country’s most critical ecological processes.