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Location Name: Sheep Gulch North - SHGN

Parent: Pomeroy Ranger District - PRD

Site Description:
Red Fir prescribed fire treatment watershed
Bounding Coordinates (decimal degrees):
North: 46.23562000
West: -117.41060000
Elevation (meters):
Minimum:   1121
Maximum:   1292
Aspect (degrees):   360
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