The Vigil Network: Sarpy Creek
Site Summary
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General Information
Site Name: Sarpy Creek
Location: Yellowstone River Basin, Southeastern Montana, USA
Principal Investigator: Robert Curry
Address: University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: 19 August 1975
Location at Lower End of Basin
Latitude: 45°55'07" N
Longitude: 107°07'41" W
Purposes
(ranked in order of importance)
- Channel Change
- Vegetation
- Sedimentation
- Erosion
Site Information
Annual precipitation: 380 mm
Elevation: 945 m
Drainage area: 524.5 km2
Hydrology: Slope m/m 0.0015, W/D Ratio at BF Stage 8.0
Bench Marks: 6
Photography: 15 exposures, B & W ground photos
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Iron Spring, MT
Stream Channels
Channel cross sections: 3
Vegetation
Transects: 3
Grasses: Yes
Shrubs: Yes
Trees: Yes
Miscellaneous
Other: Stream order n:3
Additional Data
Additional data collected but not submitted with this file: Benthic fauna data.
For information on how to obtain USGS topographic maps of this study site, please visit the USGS Maps, Imagery and Publicatinos page at http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/.
