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Location Name: Sheep Gulch South - SHGS

Parent: Pomeroy Ranger District - PRD

Site Description:
Red Fir prescribed fire treatment watershed
Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees):
North: 46.24136000
West: -117.40930000
Elevation (meters):
Minimum:   1085
Maximum:   1304
Aspect (degrees):   180
Site History:
Silt fences were established in summer 2002 in the control watershed. The treatment watershed was burned in October 2002, and silt fences were installed one week after burning.

Landform:
Hillslope, fluvial canyon

Soils:
Volcanic ash influenced gravelly loam

Geology:
Columbia River Basalt

Hydrology:
Mixed rain-on-snow, snow-melt dominated

Vegetation:
Mixed conifer and pine moist/dry forest

Climate:
Maritime influence