Site 27 - White Deer Creek Gaging Station
White Deer Creek Gaging Station |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 27 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Union |
| Municipality: | West Buffalo |
| USGS Quad: | Williamsport |
| Watershed: | White Deer Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem Floodpln |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 0.7 ha (1.6 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Site 27 - White Deer Creek Gaging Station
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| percent cover: | 52.5% (range 30-75%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Tussock sedge | Carex stricta |
| Twisted sedge | Carex torta |
| Sedge | Carex sp. |
| Hay scented fern | Dennstaedia punctilobula |
| Deer tongue witchgrass | Panicum clandestinum |
| Woody |
| percent cover: | 74.2% (range 45-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Mountain laurel | Kalmia latifolia |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.60 |
| Woody: | 4.00 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.50 |
| Woody: | 4.00 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 31 |
| Herbaceous: | 30 |
| Woody: | 1 |
Site 27 - White Deer Creek Gaging Station
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 3.95 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 1.06 |
| Soil Series: | Shelmadine very stony silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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sand:
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70.5 |
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silt:
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17.2 |
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clay:
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12.3 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| mineral loading (g/cm2): | site
1: 3.80 site 2: 0.00 |
| equivalent depth (cm): | site
1: 3.00 site 2: 0.00 |
| organic loading (g/cm2): | site
1: 1.20 site 2: 0.00 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| median (cm): | -4.0 |
| range (cm): | -51.0 - 3.0 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 6.3 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 83.5 |
