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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