| imageID: | 24269 |
| Description: | Range Study |
| Keywords: | runoff damage drainage |
| Photographer: | B.A. Hendricks |
| Original collection id: | 386243 |
| Media: | Black & White Print |
| Collection: | Sierra Ancha Historical Images |
| Quality: | 3 |
| Location: | Sierra Ancha Exp Forest; AZ; USA |
| Date(mm/dd/yyyy): | 09/14/1939 |
| Comments: | Detail of heavily grazed area: Steep Slpe Plots. After heavy storm of 8.5.1939, having 5.02 inches of rain falling in 2.25 hours, showing how the surface has been gouged by accelerated flow which removed loose rock and topsoil to a depth of 6 inches in places. Note exposed roots of grasses and herbs and ridge of loose rock shoved aside by flow. |
| Citation: | Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation: Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0006 |
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