Reassessment of Strawberry Creek Cross-Sections and Pebble Counts: A Comparative Study

Looking at the cross-sections along the channel in order of the natural downstrea movement it appears the hydrological processes of erosion and sedimentation continues previous patterns. There is a continued downcutting in section 17.2 some deposition in the channel bed in section 22. In section 16.1 increased deposition of sediment may be due to a diversion culvert opening right onto the sight. In Maranzana' 1996 report he notes the high erosion of cross-section 17.2. We found erosion in that cross-section is still very high. The other cross-sections seem to be stable. On the basis of the four cross sections )and two pebble counts) we re-surveyed, other than the problems at cross-section 17.2, the erosion control methods employed by UC Berkeley's Campus Maintenance are working.