The Vigil Network Site Index: Otter Creek Trusler Ranch

General Information

Site Name: Otter Creek Trusler Ranch
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: 13 August 1975
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Location at Lower End of Basin

Latitude: 45°35'16" N
Longitude: 106°15'12" W
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Purposes

(ranked in order of importance)

1. Channel Change
2. Vegetation
3. Sedimentation
4. Erosion

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Site Information

Annual precipitation: 380 mm
Elevation: 866 m
Drainage area: 1816.5 km²
Hydrology: Slope m/m 0.0014; W/D ratio @ BF stage 6.89
Bench marks: 6
Photography: 11 exposures, B & W ground photos
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Ashland, MT
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Stream Channels

Channel cross sections: 3
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Vegetation

Transects: 3
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Miscellaneous

Other: Stream order n:4
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Links to Data Files

• University of Montana Yellowstone Vigil Network Sites
• Site Information
• Bench Marks
• Cross Sections
• Vegetation Transects
• Topographic Map Showing Site Location (92 KB)
• Close-Up Topographic Map Showing Site Location (62 KB)
• Planetable Map (23 KB)
• Explanation of Symbols on Planetable Map (27 KB)
• Photograph RL-10 FM-6 MY-16 (25 KB)
• Photograph RL-10 FM-7 MY-16 (33 KB)
• Photograph RL-10 FM-8 MY-16 (27 KB)
• Photograph RL-10 FM-9 MY-16 (34 KB)
• Photograph RL-10 FM-10 MY-16 (48 KB)
• Photograph RL-10 FM-13 MY-16 (31 KB)
• Photograph RL-10 FM-16 MY-16 (37 KB)
• Negatives for Roll 10, Frames 6-16 (29 KB)

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Additional Data

Additional data collected but not submitted with this file: Benthic fauna data.
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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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