Miya Barr is a Hydrologist for the Water-Quality and Environmental Health Section of the USGS, Central Midwest Water Science Center, in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Miya began her career with the Missouri Water Science center in 1996 as a sediment laboratory assistant while attending the University of Missouri-Rolla. After graduation, Miya remained at the Missouri WSC measuring streamflow and sediments, and assisted senior hydrologists with projects such as bathymetric surveys, flood studies, as well as stormflow events for nutrients, fecal indicator bacteria, and sediment.
In 2004, Miya became the Missouri Sediment Laboratory supervisor, reviewing over 5,000 sediment results a year, training many employees and students, and providing technical assistance to numerous coworkers across the USGS. In 2013, Miya became the Water Quality Specialist for the Missouri WSC.
Miya has been project manager on several studies, most focusing on sediment quality and quantity. Among her most-challenging and favorites were assessing water-quality conditions of a watershed affected by a 1.2 billion-gallon reservoir embankment breach, and assessing lead-contaminated sediments in a historically-mined region. She has represented the Office of Water Quality as a data reviewer on more than 10 technical reviews, reviewed other USGS sediment laboratories, studied the efficiency of field equipment for sediment collection, and has been a member of the Virtual Sediment Advisory Committee.
Professional Experience
2004-Present, Hydrologist, USGS CMWSC, Lee's Summit, MO
2000-2004, Hydrologic Technician, USGS-Missouri WSC, Rolla, MO
1996-2000, Hydrologic Aid, USGS-Missouri WSC, Rolla, MO
Education and Certifications
B.S., Geology & Geophysics, University of Missouri-Rolla, 2001
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General water-quality conditions, long-term trends, and network analysis at selected sites within the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network in Missouri, water years 1993–2017
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, collects data pertaining to the surface-water resources of Missouri. Established in 1964, the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network (AWQMN) consisted of 69 sites in 2017. Two additional sites from the National Water-Quality Program are included with the AWQMN sites for the analyses in this report. The
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Joseph M. Richards, Miya N. Barr
Water-quality trends of urban streams in Independence, Missouri, 2005–18
The U.S. Geological Survey and the city of Independence, Missouri, Water Pollution Control Department has studied the water quality and ecological condition of urban streams within Independence since 2005. Selected physical properties, nutrients, chloride, fecal indicator bacteria (Escherichia coli and total coliform), total dissolved solids, and suspended-sediment concentration data for base-flow
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Miya N. Barr, Stephen J. Kalkhoff
Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2017
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a network of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During water year 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017), data presented in this report were collected at 72 stations: 70 Ambient Water-Quali
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Miya N. Barr, Katherine A. Bartels
Evaluation of whole-water churn splitters for suspended-sediment sample collection and analysis
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects a wide range of whole-water samples to test for the many physical and chemical constituents that represent stream conditions at the time of sampling to assess the quality of the Nation’s waters. During sampling efforts, in which a suspended-sediment concentration is one result among a broader suite of constituents, a sample is sometimes composited into a
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Miya N. Barr
Quality of surface water in Missouri, Water Year 2016
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During water year 2016 (October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016), data presented in this report were collected at 71 stations: 69 Ambient Water-Qualit
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Miya N. Barr, Katherine A. Bartels
Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2015
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During water year 2015 (October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015), data were collected at 74 stations—72 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network stati
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Miya N. Barr, David C. Heimann
Surface-water quality and suspended-sediment quantity and quality within the Big River Basin, southeastern Missouri, 2011-13
Missouri was the leading producer of lead in the United States—as well as the world—for more than a century. One of the lead sources is known as the Old Lead Belt, located in southeast Missouri. The primary ore mineral in the region is galena, which can be found both in surface deposits and underground as deep as 200 feet. More than 8.5 million tons of lead were produced from the Old Lead Belt bef
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Miya N. Barr
Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2014
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2014 water year (October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2014), data were collected at 74 stations—72 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network s
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Miya N. Barr
Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2013 water year (October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2013), data were collected at 79 stations—73 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network s
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Miya N. Barr, Rachel E. Schneider
Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2012 water year (October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012), data were collected at 81 stations—73 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network s
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Miya N. Barr
Hydrologic and sediment data collected from selected basins at the Fort Leonard Wood Military Reservation, Missouri--2010-11
Commercial and residential development within a basin often increases the amount of impervious area, which changes the natural hydrologic response to storm events by increasing runoff. Land development and disturbance combined with increased runoff from impervious areas potentially can increase sediment transport. At the Fort Leonard Wood Military Reservation in Missouri, there has been an increas
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Joseph M. Richards, Paul H. Rydlund, Miya N. Barr
Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2011
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2011 water year (October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011), data were collected at 75 stations—72 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network stations, 2 U
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Miya N. Barr
Supporting data for analysis of general water-quality conditions, long-term trends, and network analysis at selected sites within the Missouri Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network, water years 1993–2017
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), collects data pertaining to the surface-water resources of Missouri. These data are collected as part of the Missouri Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network (AWQMN) and are stored and maintained by the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database. These data constitute a valuable
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General water-quality conditions, long-term trends, and network analysis at selected sites within the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network in Missouri, water years 1993–2017
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, collects data pertaining to the surface-water resources of Missouri. Established in 1964, the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network (AWQMN) consisted of 69 sites in 2017. Two additional sites from the National Water-Quality Program are included with the AWQMN sites for the analyses in this report. TheAuthorsJoseph M. Richards, Miya N. BarrWater-quality trends of urban streams in Independence, Missouri, 2005–18
The U.S. Geological Survey and the city of Independence, Missouri, Water Pollution Control Department has studied the water quality and ecological condition of urban streams within Independence since 2005. Selected physical properties, nutrients, chloride, fecal indicator bacteria (Escherichia coli and total coliform), total dissolved solids, and suspended-sediment concentration data for base-flowAuthorsMiya N. Barr, Stephen J. KalkhoffQuality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2017
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a network of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During water year 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017), data presented in this report were collected at 72 stations: 70 Ambient Water-QualiAuthorsMiya N. Barr, Katherine A. BartelsEvaluation of whole-water churn splitters for suspended-sediment sample collection and analysis
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collects a wide range of whole-water samples to test for the many physical and chemical constituents that represent stream conditions at the time of sampling to assess the quality of the Nation’s waters. During sampling efforts, in which a suspended-sediment concentration is one result among a broader suite of constituents, a sample is sometimes composited into aAuthorsMiya N. BarrQuality of surface water in Missouri, Water Year 2016
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During water year 2016 (October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016), data presented in this report were collected at 71 stations: 69 Ambient Water-QualitAuthorsMiya N. Barr, Katherine A. BartelsQuality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2015
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During water year 2015 (October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015), data were collected at 74 stations—72 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network statiAuthorsMiya N. Barr, David C. HeimannSurface-water quality and suspended-sediment quantity and quality within the Big River Basin, southeastern Missouri, 2011-13
Missouri was the leading producer of lead in the United States—as well as the world—for more than a century. One of the lead sources is known as the Old Lead Belt, located in southeast Missouri. The primary ore mineral in the region is galena, which can be found both in surface deposits and underground as deep as 200 feet. More than 8.5 million tons of lead were produced from the Old Lead Belt befAuthorsMiya N. BarrQuality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2014
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2014 water year (October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2014), data were collected at 74 stations—72 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network sAuthorsMiya N. BarrQuality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2013
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2013 water year (October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2013), data were collected at 79 stations—73 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network sAuthorsMiya N. Barr, Rachel E. SchneiderQuality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams and springs throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2012 water year (October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012), data were collected at 81 stations—73 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network sAuthorsMiya N. BarrHydrologic and sediment data collected from selected basins at the Fort Leonard Wood Military Reservation, Missouri--2010-11
Commercial and residential development within a basin often increases the amount of impervious area, which changes the natural hydrologic response to storm events by increasing runoff. Land development and disturbance combined with increased runoff from impervious areas potentially can increase sediment transport. At the Fort Leonard Wood Military Reservation in Missouri, there has been an increasAuthorsJoseph M. Richards, Paul H. Rydlund, Miya N. BarrQuality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2011
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2011 water year (October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011), data were collected at 75 stations—72 Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network stations, 2 UAuthorsMiya N. Barr - Data
Supporting data for analysis of general water-quality conditions, long-term trends, and network analysis at selected sites within the Missouri Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network, water years 1993–2017
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), collects data pertaining to the surface-water resources of Missouri. These data are collected as part of the Missouri Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network (AWQMN) and are stored and maintained by the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) database. These data constitute a valuable - Multimedia