Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed

Physical and hydrologic characteristics of the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed.

Tributaries of Poker Creek are designated with a P, and tributaries for Caribou Creek are designated with a C. Links are provided to the site description database for those basins that have ongoing studies. If there is no link, then the basin is not currently being used.
(After Lotspeich and Slaughter 1981)

More information about the basins can be found in the Bonanza Creek LTER study sites database or by using our clickable map

Basin
Area (km2)
Aspect
Elevation m
Total stream length (km)
Drainange Density (km/km)
Area below 305 m (%)
Area between 305 and 488 m (%)
Area between 488 and 640 m (%)
Area above 640 m (%)
Area underlain by permafrost (%)
PC 101.5 -- 226-826 48.4 0.77 8.2 34.2 32.5 24.1 30.7
PJ 59.8 S 226-826 29.6 0.80 7.8 31.3 33.5 25.9 30.5
CJ 41.7 E 226-770 19.0 0.73 9.8 39.9 23.8 21.5 28.0
C1 6.7 E 325-735 3.5 0.86 0.0 40.8 43.4 15.8 26.1
CB E
C2 5.2 S 323-738 2.2 0.70 0.0 29.0 38.0 33.0 3.5
C3 5.7 NE 274-770 2.6 0.73 0.1 39.5 51.4 9.1 53.2
C4 11.4 SSE 226-686 5.0 0.70 5.9 27.3 50.9 15.9 18.8
CM 23.8 E 256-770 11.1 0.93 3.0 41.0 39.0 17.0 23.8
C above gage 4.9 SE 256-640 2.8 -- 14.0 58.5 21.5 6.0 14.5
P1 14.8 ENE 360-773 5.8 0.63 0.0 15.8 34.3 52.8 37.8
P2 6.7 S 360-826 4.0 0.96 0.0 10.0 16.9 62.0 6.9
P4 11.1 SW 293-825 7.7 1.11 0.1 41.4 30.5 27.5 14.2
P6 7.0 NW 271-735 3.9 0.89 0.2 37.1 42.7 18.5 17.8

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The Bonanza Creek LTER, including this website, is supported by the National Science Foundation through awards DEB-0080609, 9810217, 9211769, 8702629 and by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station through agreement number RJVA-PNW-01-JV-11261952-231. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting agencies or the program as a whole.

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Last modified 19-Jul-08

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