The Vigil Network Site Index: Nelson Creek

General Information

Site Name: Nelson Creek
Location: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA
Principal Investigator: S.C. Happ and Richard D. Holt
Address: U.S.D.A. Sedimentation Lab, Oxford, Mississippi USA
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: 1970
Original Date of Submission to the Vigil Network: 3 August 1970
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 34°10'30" N
Longitude: 89°59'30" 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: 55 m
Relief: 61 m
Drainage area: 15.5 km²
Geology: Coastal Plain Sand and Clay; Surficial Loess
Hydrology: Runoff +/- 500 mm
Vegetation: Hardwoods and Scattered Farmlands
Photography: High altitude aerial
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Charleston, MISS; Oakland, MISS; Courtland, MISS; Tocowa, MISS
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 4
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Miscellaneous

Other: Valley Sections - 4.
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Links to Data Files

• Description of Envelope Contents
• Description of Range N-1
• Description of Range N-2
• Description of Range N-3
• Description of Range N-T-1
• Map of Nelson Creek Watershed (79 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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