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Hermada

Site Parameters

Hermada

  Location
(decimal degrees)

  43.87N, 115.35W

Size (ha)

9

Elevation (m)

1760 to 1880

Slope (%)

40 to 60

Soil Texture
(% sand/silt/clay)

85/13/2

Bedrock Type

weathered granite

* Bedrock Hydraulic Conductivity
(mm hr-1)

5.2e-5

Harvest Year & Technique

1992
cable yarded

Burn Date

17 October 1995

Dates Monitored

3 November 1995 to 30 September 2000

% Area Undisturbed
(# Plots)

40 (3)

% Area Low Severity Burn (# Plots)

55 (3)

% Area High Severity Burn (# Plots)

5 (5)

% Area Bladed Skid Trail (# Plots)

0



Slate Point  


Site Parameters

Slate Point

Location
(decimal degrees)

45.71N, 114.27W

Size (ha)

7

Elevation (m)

1620 to 1780

Slope (%)

40 to 63

Soil Texture
(% sand/silt/clay)

83/12/5

Bedrock Type

weathered rhyolite

* Bedrock Hydraulic Conductivity
(mm hr-1)

1.0e-2

Harvest Year & Technique

1993
lower cable yarded; upper ground-based skid

Burn Date

29 June 1994

Dates Monitored

6 July 1994 to 9 June 1998

% Area Undisturbed
(# Plots)

20 (2)

% Area Low Severity Burn (# Plots)

65 (8)

% Area High Severity Burn (# Plots)

15 (4)

% Area Bladed Skid Trail (# Plots)

0


Round Up  

Site Parameters

Round-Up

Location
(decimal degrees)

45.12N, 116.38W

Size (ha)

2

Elevation (m)

1480 to 1600

Slope (%)

50

Soil Texture
(% sand/silt/clay)

35/40/25

Bedrock Type

basalt

* Bedrock Hydraulic Conductivity
(mm hr-1)

2.0e-11

Harvest Year & Technique

1991
ground-based skid

Burn Date

15 June 1993

Dates Monitored

6 July 1993 to 22 July 1996

% Area Undisturbed
(# Plots)

60 (2)

% Area Low Severity Burn
(# Plots)

23 (10)

% Area High Severity Burn
(# Plots)

0

% Area Bladed Skid Trail
(# Plots)

17 (8)

* Domenico, P.A., and F.W. Schwartz. 1990. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. New York, N.Y. : John Wiley & Sons