The Vigil Network Site Index: Goose Creek

General Information

Site Name: Goose Creek
Location: La Fayette County, Mississippi USA
Principal Investigator: S. C. Happ and Gordon Rittenhouse
Address: U.S.D.A. Sedimentation Lab, Oxford, Mississippi USA and Shell Oil, Houston, TX USA
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: 1937, 1965
Original Date of Submission to the Vigil Network: August 1973
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 34°24'30" N
Longitude: 89°36'30" W
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Purposes

(ranked in order of importance)

1. Sedimentation
2. Channel Change
3. Erosion

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Site Information

Annual precipitation: 1370 mm
Geology: Coastal Plain Sand and Clay; Surficial Loess
Hydrology: Runoff +/- 500 mm
Vegetation: Mixed Hardwoods and Farmlands
Photography: High Altitude Aerial
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Oxford North, MISS; Oxford South, MISS
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 16
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Miscellaneous

Other: Table of Sedimentation Rates
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Links to Data Files

• Description of Envelope Contents
• Letter to USGS Librarian
• Letter to University of Uppsala
• Comparison of Sedimentation Rates, Goose Creek Valley and Branches, 1837 - 1965
• Aerial Photo MZ-3DD-31 (67 KB)
• Aerial Photo MZ-3DD-32 (61 KB)
• Aerial Photo MZ-3DD-59 (52 KB)
• Aerial Photo MZ-3DD-60 (46 KB)
• Aerial Photo MZ-3DD-61 (53 KB)
• Aerial Photo MZ-3DD-62 (62 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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