Analyzation of Sandpit Lakes in Nebraska

Morgan Davis & Olena Yarmolyuk Author

04/05/2021 Added

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Our research has been centered on the developmental process of sandpit lake formation in Grand Island, Nebraska. This research later extended to analyzing sandpit lakes all over Nebraska.

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[00:00:02.490]Are.
[00:00:02.670]You care project at the analysis of sandpit lakes in Nebraska?
[00:00:08.100]My name is Morgan Davis.
[00:00:09.620]And I'm Olena Yarmolyuk.
[00:00:11.450]We are fourth year architecture majors at the university of Nebraska college of
[00:00:15.530]architecture.
[00:00:18.230]Our.
[00:00:18.440]Research has been centered on the developmental process of sand pit Lake
[00:00:22.070]formation in grand Island, Nebraska.
[00:00:24.680]The research was developed as a response to prior student work done for an urban
[00:00:28.760]ism course within UNL college of architecture.
[00:00:34.130]Nebraska is a landlock state with no major bodies of water through sand and
[00:00:38.930]gravel excavation.
[00:00:40.160]The formation of these sandpit lakes has created new Lake type lots,
[00:00:44.690]allowing for Lakeside, residential and recreational activities to develop
[00:00:51.530]sandpit lakes are areas where sand was querying to build roads,
[00:00:55.640]highways and interstates.
[00:00:57.500]The queries then fill up with water from the water table. As sand is removed,
[00:01:01.550]creating man-made lakes,
[00:01:03.530]the shape and form of sandpit lakes are regular,
[00:01:06.950]primarily due to the machinery and the range each excavator can extend to
[00:01:11.870]this often creates horseshoe-shaped lakes that are developed into desirable
[00:01:15.770]living locations.
[00:01:19.940]Grand Island is the state's second fastest growing city with the current
[00:01:23.630]population of 50,000.
[00:01:25.970]The post-industrial sandpit lakes that are developed within and surrounding the
[00:01:29.750]city facilitate new population growth.
[00:01:32.960]This has led to increase water recreation,
[00:01:35.180]like fishing to become a key aspect in grand islands growth. Okay.
[00:01:40.040]These new developmental patterns do not rely anymore on the one's traditional
[00:01:44.300]Jeffersonian grid as a primary building block,
[00:01:47.480]but are reliant on the irregular nature of the mining patterns.
[00:01:51.350]This shift in city planning has led to the question of the future development of
[00:01:55.370]grand Island. One free of the traditional grid.
[00:02:01.280]This image is a closeup of the map we developed to analyze grand Island.
[00:02:05.810]The red lines are the major transportation routes I 80 and the white lines are
[00:02:10.220]the roads within the city.
[00:02:12.050]The light blue areas are the sandpit lakes and the dark blue area on the lower
[00:02:16.040]right is the.
[00:02:16.880]Forever.
[00:02:21.020]To analyze the lakes.
[00:02:22.250]We have recorded various pieces of information about each Lake,
[00:02:26.330]the perimeter of the Lake over time,
[00:02:29.030]the type of Lake owner of the site, the address of the site,
[00:02:34.700]acreage of surface water,
[00:02:37.100]major dimensions of the Lake zoning of the site and buildings on the site.
[00:02:44.780]To add another layer of analization.
[00:02:46.880]We compared the types of Lake within grand Island,
[00:02:50.030]the lakes and these images are all residential lakes within the city,
[00:02:53.960]throughout their excavation.
[00:02:55.220]These lakes were planned to have large perimeter in order to increase the amount
[00:02:58.970]of houses that can be built on the lakefront.
[00:03:03.810]This is a cross section,
[00:03:05.310]isometric rendering of one of the large residential lakes in grand Island,
[00:03:09.090]Nebraska. Within this image,
[00:03:11.460]you can see the homes situated along the Lake front,
[00:03:14.520]as well as the depth of the Lake.
[00:03:18.840]These are a few examples of the Lake tracings we have done in total.
[00:03:23.130]There are 63 Lake tracings for the grand Island.
[00:03:26.730]These lakes relate are synthesized into a matrix according to Lake type.
[00:03:33.060]Okay.
[00:03:33.660]After analyzing grand Island Nebraska,
[00:03:36.030]we decided to extend the analysis of sandpit lakes to other towns along the
[00:03:40.440]Platte river,
[00:03:41.550]the 2018 Nebraska statewide groundwater level monitoring report
[00:03:46.980]inspired us to look at similar sandpit lakes around Nebraska.
[00:03:52.650]This map shows the locations of the towns and cities.
[00:03:55.590]We have an analyzing all located along the Platte river.
[00:03:59.430]We had noticed that there is greater Lake density located near the Platte river,
[00:04:03.330]but as they develop further away, the concentration of lakes becomes sparse.
[00:04:09.150]This map we did of Carney Nebraska is a good example of the density of lakes
[00:04:13.470]along the Platte river.
[00:04:17.190]The sandpit lakes in Brandy,
[00:04:18.640]Nebraska are large and mostly regular shaped compared to the Lake scene and
[00:04:23.430]grand Island and Carney.
[00:04:27.660]Jonathan Nebraska has a plethora of the previously mentioned horseshoe,
[00:04:31.350]residential lakes. The past images were just a sample of the cities.
[00:04:35.100]We have traced. There are 36 in total.
[00:04:40.020]By expanding our research to other Nebraska towns and cities.
[00:04:43.710]We will start to see similarities and differences in the impact the sandpit
[00:04:47.670]lakes have on the development of towns and cities.
[00:04:50.940]Over time,
[00:04:51.720]the development of sand pit lakes caused small scale environmental changes that
[00:04:55.740]affect native wildlife and vegetation in turn causing significant ecological
[00:05:00.360]consequences.
[00:05:01.650]This research is crucial for designers as sandpit lakes must be designed to
[00:05:05.370]reduce future environmental impacts.
[00:05:08.130]This UCare project is intended to continue with future students where their
[00:05:12.450]research will dive deeper into each city,
[00:05:14.970]similar to the grand Island Lake analysis.

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