Watershed 6
Physical Characteristics
STREAM: Sawmill Branch
AREA: 9 ha
FIRST RECORD: 07/10/1934
NOTCH: 90 V-notch
ELEV. at WEIR: 696 m
MAX ELEVATION: 905 m
MAX DISCHARGE: 3.76 m3sec-1km-2
ASPECT: NWSummary of Treatments
All woody vegetation cut and scattered in the zone 5 m vertically
above the stream; reduced total watershed basal area 12%. Clearcut in
1958, products removed and remaining residue piled and burned. Surface
soil scarified, watershed planted to grass, limed and fertilized in 1959;
fertilized again in 1965. Grass herbicide treatment in 1966 and 1967;
watershed subsequently reverted to successional vegetation. |