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Location Name: Skookum #2 South - S2S

Parent: Skookum Experimental Watersheds - SEW

Site Description:
Control Watershed
Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees):
North: 45.08405000
West: -119.47780000
Elevation (meters):
Minimum:   1316
Maximum:   1383
Aspect (degrees):   180
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