The Vigil Network Site Index: Beaver Creek

General Information

Site Name: Beaver Creek
Location: Jackson and Trempealeau Counties, Wisconsin USA
Principal Investigator: S.C. Happ
Address: U.S.D.A. Sedimentation Lab, Oxford, Mississippi USA
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: 1939
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 44°02'30" N
Longitude: 91°20'00" W
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Purposes

(ranked in order of importance)

1. Sedimentation
2. Erosion
3. Channel Change

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Site Information

Annual precipitation: 760 mm
Elevation: 200 m
Relief: 91 m
Drainage area: 409.2 km²
Geology: Sandstone, Shale and Dolomite; Surficial Loess
Hydrology: Runoff +/- 200 mm
Vegetation: Mostly Farming, Some Native Oak
Photography: High Altitude Aerial, Representative Surface Photos
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Ettrick, WI; Galesville, WI; Hegg, WI; North Bend NE, WI
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 48
Discharge
Gaging station: 1939 - 1942
Suspended sediment: 1939 - 1942
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Miscellaneous

Reservoir sedimentation: 2
Particle size: Flood Plain Samples
Other: 48 Valley Sections.
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Links to Data Files

• Description of Envelope Contents
• Summary Statement Concerning Beaver Creek Sedimentation Surveys
• Index of Records in National Archives
• List of Beaver Creek Airphotos
• List of Beaver Creek Photographs in Files of the Soil Conservation Service
• Notes on Field Work to be Completed
• Adopted Scales for Aerial Photographs
• Summary of Cross Section Data
• Summary of Data on Channels, Sediment Areas, and Sediment Volumes
• Summary of Data for Ettrick Mill Pond
• Cross Section Areas for Ettrick Mill Pond
• Sediment Areas for Ettrick Mill Pond
• Sediment Volumes for Ettrick Mill Pond
• Summary of Data for Lake Marinuka
• Summary of Cross Section Data for Lake Marinuka
• Summary of Sediment Volume Data for Lake Marinuka
• Map of Ettrick Mill Pond (31 KB)
• Map of Lake Marinuka (13 KB)
• Topographic Map - Beaver Creek and Tributaries Sheet 1 (57 KB)
• Topographic Map - Beaver Creek and Tributaries Sheet 2 (55 KB)
• Topographic Map - Beaver Creek and Tributaries Sheet 3 (59 KB)
• Topographic Map - Beaver Creek and Tributaries Sheet 4 (53 KB)
• Aerial Photo BHS-6-17 (40 KB)
• Aerial Photo BHS-6-74 (36 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-1FF-89 (33 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-1FF-112 (32 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-1FF-173 (33 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-1FF-175 (33 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-1FF-195 (32 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-6FF-36 (33 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-6FF-34 (33 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-6FF-32 (33 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-3FF-28 (40 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-3FF-26 (31 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-6FF-28 (29 KB)
• Aerial Photo BHS-6-11 (31 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-1FF-94 (30 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-3-82 (33 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-6FF-40 (39 KB)
• Aerial Photo BIH-6FF-38 (39 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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