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Location Name: Skookum #2 North - S2N

Parent: Skookum Experimental Watersheds - SEW

Site Description:
Control Watershed
Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees):
North: 45.07984000
West: -119.47320000
Elevation (meters):
Minimum:   1280
Maximum:   1402
Aspect (degrees):   360
Site History:
Silt fences were established in 2002 in the proposed treatment watershed and control watershed. The proposed treatment watershed has not been burned due to heavy fuel loading (as of 2005).

Landform:
Plateau, hillslope, valley bottom

Soils:
Volcanic ash influenced silt loam

Geology:
Clarno and John Day tuffs and breccias

Hydrology:
Snow-melt dominated

Vegetation:
Mixed conifer/dry forest

Climate:
Continental