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Site Name: Potlocona Creek
Location: La Fayette and Calhoun Counties, 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: 1940 and 1970
Original Date of Submission to the Vigil Network: 3 August 1970
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Latitude: 34°14'30" N
Longitude: 89°23'30" W
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Annual precipitation: 1340 mm
Elevation: 97.5 m
Relief: 76.2 m
Drainage area: 77.7 km2
Geology: Coastal Plain Sand and Clay; Surficial Loess
Hydrology: Runoff +/- 500 mm
Vegetation: Hardwoods, Scattered Farmlands
Photography: High altitude aerial, ground photos of some ranges.
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Paris, MISS
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Channel cross sections: 4
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Other: Valley Sections - 4.
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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.