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Site Description - C4-BASIN
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C-4C4 FlumeLittle Poker CreekC4 ctrlC4 trtC4 RecovC4 BridgeC4 Stream
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Active
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Site Information - C4-BASIN
BNZ-LTER site*
* Site information should be complete for BNZ LTER sites.
Information for related sites might be incomplete.
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General Information
| Site synonyms |
C-4,
C4 Flume,
Little Poker Creek,
C4 ctrl,
C4 trt,
C4 Recov,
C4 Bridge,
C4 Stream,
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| General Description |
The tributary basins of Caribou Creek are all arbitrarily designated with a "C". The C4 basin is the largest of the Caribou Creek tributaries, and enters Caribou Creek about 400 m above its confluence with Poker Creek. The flume in C4 is about 1 km upstream from the confluence of Little Poker Creek and Caribou Creek. There is an intermittent tributary called Dry Gulch that drains the Caribou Peak area, and which has a small Parshall flume on it. The basin has a tributary known as Dry Gulch that drains the Caribou Peak area, and is intermittent in its lower reaches but may be permanent on the steeper upstream slopes.
This is the basin that is slated to be burned in the prescribed burn project known as FROSTFIRE
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| Directions |
The flume at C4 is reached from the Caribou Peak trail, and is most easily accessed on an ATV. Heading north from the confluence of Caribou and Poker Creeks, take a right at the T-Junction, go past the camp, and up the hill about a mile. At the four-way junction, take a left down the hill. Continue down the hill past the turn to Dry Gulch, and park at the turn-around. The flume is on a path that leads to the north (right, if you are facing down hill). The trail continues on to a bridge over the stream, but it is not maintained, and even ATVs will get stuck. The Riparian clearing site is downstream from the bridge. The usual stream gauging location is just upstream of the bridge. The C4 met tower is about 500m upstream of the flume.
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The Bonanza Creek LTER, including this website, is supported by the
National Science Foundation through awards
DEB-0620579,
DEB-0423442,
DEB-0080609,
DEB-9810217,
DEB-9211769,
DEB-8702629
and by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station through agreement number RJVA-PNW-01-JV-11261952-231.
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Last modified 22-Nov-09
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