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HF012

Longitudinal profiles and geomorphic descriptions of twelve randomly selected stream reaches in the Andrews Experimental Forest, 2000-2001

  • Creator(s): Steven M. Wondzell, Justin K. Anderson
  • PI(s): Steven M. Wondzell
  • Originator(s): Justin K. Anderson
  • Other researcher(s): Roy Haggerty
  • Dates of data collection: Jan 6 2000 - Aug 31 2001
  • Data collection status: Study collection is completed and no new collection is planned
  • Data access: Online
  • Last update: Jul 8 2003 (Version 2)
<Citation>     <Acknowledgement>     <Disclaimer>    
Wondzell, S.; Anderson, J. 2003. Longitudinal profiles and geomorphic descriptions of twelve randomly selected stream reaches in the Andrews Experimental Forest, 2000-2001. Long-Term Ecological Research. Forest Science Data Bank, Corvallis, OR. [Database]. Available: http://andlter.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/abstract.aspx?dbcode=HF012. Accessed 2024-12-10.
Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.
While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is". The Andrews LTER shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of data sets.
ABSTRACT:
The dataset provides surveyed longitudinal elevation profiles of the water surface along the center-line of twelve randomly selected study reaches located in the Lookout Creek basin at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the western Cascades Mountains of Oregon. Streams were surveyed with an engineers level and stadia rod between Jan 2000 and August 2001; survey locations were regularly spaced along the length of the channel using a tape measure stretched between stakes along the center line of the channel. The slope of the water surface profile were categorized into three distinct types of units, called Slope Units, and were defined according to slope categories for flat water, steep water, and step units (FLATs, STEEPs and STEPs). The slope units were categorized into 12 different qualitatively descriptive classifications to further describe the morphology of the survey, and a perceived cause of the slope units. Additionally, channel widths were recorded to examine the effects of channel constraint on the geomorphic features of the study reaches.

Study Description Download Study Location Information: (CSV)
Ecological Metadata Language: (EML)
ENTITY TITLES:
1Study reach characteristics (Jun 1 2000 - Aug 31 2001)METADATADATA
Describes the general study reach characteristics and bounding UTM coordinates.
2Geomorphic Survey (Jun 1 2000 - Aug 31 2001)METADATADATA
This dataset documents longitudinal bed and water table profiles, slope unit classification, qualitative geomorphic descriptions, and intermittent channel width information of randomly selecteds reaches in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, near Blue River, Oregon.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
 Anderson, Justin K., Wondzell, Steven M., Gooseff, Michael N., Haggerty, Roy 2005, Patterns in stream longitudinal profiles and implications for hyporheic exchange flow at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon, USA (Pub. No: 3862)