White Deer Creek Gaging Station |
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
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
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 %) |
Sand:
|
70.5 |
Silt:
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17.2 |
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 |
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 |