Whipple Dam



Vegetation - Soils - Hydrology - Habitat Suitability Index
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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 10
State: PA
County: Huntingdon
Municipality: Jackson
USGS Quad: McAlevy's
Watershed: Shaver's Creek/Juniata
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Riparian Depression
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PFO
Wetland Area: 0.3 ha (0.7 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1993, 1994



Site 10 - Whipple Dam





Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 25.8% (range 0-60%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis
Violet Viola sp.
Swamp Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Canada mayflower Maianthemum canadense
Toothed woodfern Dryopteris carthusiana


Woody
Percent cover: 95.0% (range 85-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum
Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Red maple Acer rubrum
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.81
Woody: 3.00
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.67
Woody: 3.11
Species Richness
Total: 53
Herbaceous: 41 (over 2 years)
Woody: 12



Aerial view of Whipple Dam





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 1.2
Organic Matter (mean %): 22.10
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.70
Soil Series: Atkins silt loam
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
30.8
Silt:
39.4
Clay:
29.8
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): NA
Equivalent depth (cm): NA
Organic loading (g/cm2): NA



Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): -17.0
Range (cm): -78.0 - 5.1
Water Quality
pH (mean): 5.5
Conductivity (mean): 57.8