The Vigil Network Site Index: Drainage Area Number Two

General Information

Site Name: Drainage Area Number Two
Location: Lance Creek Village, Wyoming USA
Principal Investigator: William Emmett
Address: U.S.G.S. Denver, Colorado USA
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: 07/1950, 08/1962, 06/1963, 07/1968
Original Date of Submission to the Vigil Network: 1 November 1968
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 43°03'04" N
Longitude: 104°37'30" W
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Purposes

(ranked in order of importance)

1. Channel Change
2. Erosion
3. Sedimentation

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Site Information

Annual precipitation: 380 mm
Elevation: 1340 m
Relief: 11.3 m
Drainage Area: 0.20 km²
Vegetation: Range grasses and sagebrush
Bench marks: 10
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Lance Creek, WY; Rabbit Mountains, WY
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 6
Bed profile: 1
Headcut retreat: 10
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Links to Data Files

• Report
• Part of Newcastle, WY, SD, NE, 1:250,000 USGS Topographic Map (46 KB)
• Planetable Map of Site (69 KB)
• Planetable Sketch Map of Site (15 KB)
• Explanation of Column Headings in Tables
• Table 1 - Cross-Section Information
• Table 2 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Section LB 0 - RB 0
• Table 3 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Section LB 327 - RB 327
• Table 4 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Section LB 400 - RB 400
• Table 5 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Section LB 711 - RB 711
• Table 6 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Section LB 1008 - RB 1008
• Table 7 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Section LB 400 - LB 327
• Table 8 - Long Profile of Channel Bed Elevation, Survey of August 12, 1968
• Table 9 - Position of Headcuts

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Additional Data

Additional data collected but not submitted with this file: Ground and aerial photos.
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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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