The Vigil Network Site Index: Aching Shoulder Slope

General Information

Site Name: Aching Shoulder Slope
Location: Mitten Rock, New Mexico USA
Principal Investigator: William Emmett
Address: U.S.G.S. Denver, Colorado USA
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: 08/1963, 08/1964, 08/1965, 08/1968
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 36°36'19"N
Longitude: 108°56'43"W
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Purposes

(ranked in order of importance)

1. Erosion
2. Channel change
3. Mass-movement
4. Sedimentation

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Site Information

Annual precipitation: 220 mm
Elevation: 1815 m
Relief: 65 m
Plot Length: 488 m
Geology: Igneous-rhyolite and Sedimentary-hornstone
Vegetation: Sparse grasses
Bench marks: 10
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Mitten Rock, NM
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Hillslopes

Erosion stakes: 2
Mass-movement pins: 1
Painted rock lines: 1
Profiles: 2
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 3
Bed profile: 1
Headcut retreat: 1
Other: 8 n/w sections
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Miscellaneous

Other: Mileage log to site
Other: Overall sketch map
Other: Planetable map of Indian ruins
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Links to Data Files

• Report
• Mileage Log
• Long Profile of Channel-Bed Elevation
• Cross-Sectional Survey of Elevation and Erosion, Station 0 + 00
• Cross-Sectional Survey of Elevation and Erosion, Station 5 + 00
• Cross-Sectional Survey of Elevation and Erosion, Station 13 + 00
• Nail and Washers in Channel - Erosion and Deposition
• Mass-Movement Data
• Slope Profile, Erosion, and Deposition on Igneous Slope
• Slope Profile, Erosion, and Deposition on Sedimentary Slope
• Movement of Painted Rocks
• Part of Shiprock, NM, 1:62,500 USGS Topographic Map (124 KB)
• Part of Shiprock, NM, AZ, 1:250,000 USGS Topographic Map (132 KB)
• Sketch Map of Site (80 KB)
• Topography of Basket-Maker Three Ruins (64 KB)

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For information on how to obtain USGS topographic maps of this study site, please visit the USGS National Mapping Information Page at http://mapping.usgs.gov.

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