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Location Name:
Lick Creek Fuels Yard - LKFY
Parent:
Pomeroy Ranger District - PRD
Site Description:
Lick Creek Demonstration Site - Fuels yard treatment watershed
Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees):
North: 46.22462000
West: -117.46100000
Elevation (meters):
Minimum: 1341
Maximum: 1487
Site History:
Lick Creek Fuels Yard was harvested in 2002, with whole tree removal. Silt fences were established in summer 2003 in the control watershed. The treatment watersheds were burned in October 2004, 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 moist forest
Climate:
Maritime influence