The Vigil Network Site Index: Forsaken Gully

General Information

Site Name: Forsaken Gully
Location: Moneta, Wyoming USA
Principal Investigator: William Emmett
Address: U.S.G.S. Denver, Colorado USA
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: 08/1962, 06/1963, 07/1965, 06/1966, 09/1967, 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°11'24" N
Longitude: 107°44'07" W
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Purposes

(ranked in order of importance)

1. Channel Change
2. Erosion
3. Mass Movement
4. Sedimentation

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Site Information

Annual precipitation: 200 mm
Elevation: 1740 m
Relief: 42 m
Drainage Area: 0.04 km²
Vegetation: Sparse Grasses 1% Cover
Bench marks: 20
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Moneta, WY
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Hillslopes

Erosion stakes: 3
Mass-movement pins: 1
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 9
Bed profile: 1
Discharge
Crest-stage gage: 1
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Links to Data Files

• Report
• Part of Moneta, WY, 1:24,000 USGS Topographic Map (100 KB)
• Part of Arminto, WY, 1:250,000 USGS Topographic Map (75 KB)
• Planetable Map of Site (28 KB)
• Explanation of Column Headings in Tables
• Table 1 - Cross-Section Information
• Table 2 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Station 0 Feet
• Table 3 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Station 100 Feet
• Table 4 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Station 200 Feet
• Table 5 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Station 300 Feet
• Table 6 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Station 400 Feet
• Table 7 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation, Station 500 Feet
• Table 8 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation and Erosion, Station 600 Feet
• Table 9 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation and Erosion, Station 800 Feet
• Table 10 - Cross-Sectional Survey of Ground-Surface Elevation and Erosion, Station 1000 Feet
• Table 11 - Long Profile of Channel Bed Elevation, Survey of August 9-10, 1962
• Table 12 - Mass Movement Data

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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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