The Vigil Network Site Index: King Creek

General Information

Site Name: King Creek
Location: Yazoo Watershed, Union County, Mississippi 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
Original Date of Submission to the Vigil Network: 24 July 1970
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 34°28'00" N
Longitude: 89°03'30" 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:1340 mm
Elevation: 97 m
Relief: 92 m
Drainage area: 64.8 km²
Geology: Coastal Plain Sand and Clay; Very Thin Surficial Loess
Hydrology: Runoff +/- 500 mm
Vegetation: Mixed Hardwoods and Farmlands
Photography: High altitude aerial.
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: New Albany East, MISS; New Albany West, MISS; Keownville, MISS
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 8
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Miscellaneous

Other: Valley Sections - 8
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Links to Data Files

• Description of Envelope Contents
• Map of Sedimentation Ranges (46 KB)
• Description of Range K-1
• Description of Range K-2
• Description of Range K-3
• Description of Range K-4
• Description of Range K-5
• Description of Range K-6
• Description of Range K-A-1
• Description of Range K-A-2

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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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