Whipple Dam |
Site
Identification
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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
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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
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Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.2 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 22.10 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.70 |
Soil Series: | Atkins silt loam |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand:
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30.8 |
Silt:
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39.4 |
Clay:
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29.8 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
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Water Level |
Median (cm): | -17.0 |
Range (cm): | -78.0 - 5.1 |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): | 5.5 |
Conductivity (mean): | 57.8 |