The Vigil Network: Upper Owl Creek
Site Summary
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General Information
Site Name: Upper Owl 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: 27 August 1975
Location at Lower End of Basin
Latitude: 45°07'57" N
Longitude: 107°14'38" W
Purposes
(ranked in order of importance)
- Channel Change
- Vegetation
- Sedimentation
- Erosion
Site Information
Annual precipitation: 380 mm
Elevation: 1140 m
Drainage area: 170 km2
Hydrology: Slope m/m 0.0029, W/D Ratio at BF Stage 7.7
Bench Marks: 5
Photography: 15 exposures, B & W ground photos
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Kid Creek, MT
Stream Channels
Channel cross sections: 4
Vegetation
Transects: 4
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/.
