Physical Characteristics
STREAM: Hard Luck Creek
AREA: 39 ha
FIRST RECORD: 11/02/1946
NOTCH: 120 V-notch
ELEV. at WEIR: 1061 m
MAX ELEVATION: 1454 m
MAX DISCHARGE: 5.65 m3sec-1km-2
ASPECT: NNE

Parameters from Swank and Crossly (1988)
Average Annual Nutrient (kg ha-1) and Water (cm) Budget:

Volume-Weighted Mean Annual Concentrations (mg L-1) 1973-83:
NO-3-N = 0.02
NH+4-N = 0
PO3-4-N = 0
Cl- = 0.49
K+ = 0.23
Na+ = 0.49
Ca2+ = 0.36
Mg2+ = 0.21
SO2-4-S = 0.38
SiO2 = 3.51

Some Physiographic and Mean Hydrologic Characteristics:
Land Slope (%) = 55
Record Length (yr) = 35
Mean Annual Precipitation (cm) = 245.08
Mean Annual Runoff (cm) = 173.74
Precipitation Runoff (cm) = 71.34
Hursh's Runoff Coefficient = Mean Annual Runoff/Mean Annual Precipitation = 0.71
Initial Flow Rate (l/s/km2) = 36.3
Quickflow Before Peak (cm) = 17.65
Quickflow After Peak (cm) = 34.15
Delayed Flow (cm) = 121.94
Storm Duration (hr) = 29.93
Time To Peak (hr) = 9.31
Absolute Peak (l/s/km2) = 242.6
Recession Time (hr) = 20.62
Mean Runoff Events/Year = 68
Response Factor: (Qflow Before Pk + Qflow After Pk) / Mean Annual Precipitation = 0.21
Hursh's Storm Runoff Ratio: (Qflow Before Pk + Qflow After Pk)/Mean Annual Runoff = 0.3

Summary of Treatments
Control, but partially defoliated by fall cankerworm infestation from 1972 to 1979.

Aquatic  Research
Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in stream water.
Discharge for WS18 and WS27 measured with 120 degree sharp-crested V-notch weirs:
- Watershed 18 daily stream discharge.
- Watershed 27 daily stream discharge.

Terrestrial Research
Microclimate (Gradient).
Nitrogen Transformation (Gradient).
Litterfall (Gradient) Group 1
Litterfall (Gradient) Group 2
Litterfall (Gradient) Group 3
Litterfall (Gradient) Group 4
Litterfall (Gradient) Group 5
Litterfall (Gradient) Group 6
Litterfall (Gradient) Group 7
Dendrometer Bands (Gradient).
Soil Moisture (TDR Gradient).
Annual rates of fine root appearance and disappearance (Gradient).
Seasonal dynamics of fine root length (Gradient).
Fine root length (Raw Data Gradient).
Root Mass (Raw Data Gradient).
Canopy Gradient Thrufall.
Canopy Gradient Frass.
Soil Chemistry along the canopy gradient.
Tree population dynamics along environmental gradients.
Microclimate (Gap).
Dendrometer Bands (Gap).
Soil Moisture (TDR Gap).
Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR Gap).