Title:

Santee Experimental Forest, Watershed 79: streamflow and water chemistry data

Author(s):

Amatya, Devendra M.; Trettin, Carl C.

Publication Year:

2023

How to Cite:

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Amatya, Devendra M.; Trettin, Carl C. 2023. Santee Experimental Forest, Watershed 79: streamflow and water chemistry data. Updated 15 August 2024. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0005

Abstract:

This data publication contains streamflow and water chemistry data measured at Watershed 79 (WS79) on the Santee Experimental Forest near Huger, South Carolina starting in 1966. WS79 is a 500-hectare second-order watershed that was established in 1966 on the Santee Experimental Forest. It encompasses both of the paired first-order watersheds, Watershed 77 (WS77) and Watershed 80 (WS80). Daily streamflow data, monitored at the watershed outlet, are provided from January 1966 to October 1973 and November 1989 to October 1990 for the historic period, as well as hourly, 10-minute and daily data from 2002-2023. Approximately weekly water chemistry data obtained from grab samples collected upstream of the WS79 weir are included from 1989-1994. Water chemistry data from September 2006 to April 2007 obtained from grab samples collected upstream of the WS79 weir during periods of active flow when parts of the watershed were experiencing thinning and prescribed burning treatments, are also provided. In August 2010, a new water quality sampler was installed, and samples were collected upstream of the WS79 weir by the automated sampler during periods of active flow until May 2020, at which point sampling went back to weekly grab samples and continued as such through July 2021. Starting in May 2006 and continuing through 2023, additional water quality parameters (pH, temperature, conductivity, salinity and dissolved oxygen) were also measured in situ on an approximately weekly (later biweekly) basis.

Keywords:

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; environment; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; forested wetlands; poorly drained soils; outflow (runoff); water quality; automated sampler; Manta multiprobe; Hanna multiprobe; flowmeter; pressure transducer; GL300; WL15; WL16; Santee Experimental Forest; South Carolina; Coastal Plain; Francis Marion National Forest; Watershed 79

Related publications:

• Amatya, Devendra M.; Trettin, Carl C.; Harrison, Charles A.; Arnold, Julie A. 2022. Long-term hydro-meteorology and water quality data from low-gradient catchments of varying scales on the Santee Experimental Forest, South Carolina. Hydrological Processes. e14549. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14549 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/64248
• Amatya, Devendra M.; Harrison, Charles A.; Trettin, Carl C. 2016. Hydro-meteorologic assessment of October 2015 extreme precipitation event on Santee Experimental Forest Watersheds, South Carolina. Journal of South Carolina Water Resources. 3(1): 19-30. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/54872
• Amatya, Devendra M.; Radecki-Pawlik. 2008. Flow dynamics of three experimental forested watersheds in coastal South Carolina (USA). ArturACTA Scientiarum Polonorum, Formatio Circumiectus. 6(2) 2007: 3-17. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/30590
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