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Streamflow Data
The Boise Database consists of files of climatic and streamflow data from the Silver Creek Study Area and the Horse Creek Study Area in Idaho.
Silver Creek Study Watershed Publications
Applegate, James K.; Donaldson,
Paul R. 1977. Geophysical investigation of rock properties near
Silver Creek, Boise National Forest, Idaho. Boise, ID: Boise State
University; Cooperative Agreement Supplement No. 12-11-204-113. 31
pages.
Unpublished report on file at USDA-Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Aquatic Sciences Laboratory, Boise, ID.
Boise State University, Department of Geology and Geophysics. 1984.
Sediment yield from cut and fill slopes, Silver Creek Research Road,
Boise National Forest, Idaho. Boise, ID: Boise State University;
Cooperative Agreement INT-80-003-CA with USDA-Forest Service,
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences
Laboratory, Boise, ID. 97 pages.
Brusven, Merlyn A. 1983. Effects of controlled logging operations on
the benthic insect community in the Silver Creek Experimental
Watershed. Moscow: University of Idaho; Cooperative Agreement
Supplement No. 12-11-204-11. 24 pages.
Unpublished report on file at USDA-Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station, Aquatic Sciences Laboratory, Boise, ID.
Brusven, Merlyn A. 1978. Ecology of benthic insects in relation to
watershed management strategies on the Silver Creek Study Area,
Idaho. Moscow: University of Idaho; Cooperative Agreement Supplement
No. 39 to 12-11-204-11. 74 pages. Unpublished report on file at
USDA-Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aquatic
Sciences Laboratory, Boise, ID.
Brusven, Merlyn A.; Hart, Donald S. 1975. Pre-logging inventory of
benthic insects in tributaries of Silver Creek, Idaho. Moscow:
University of Idaho; Cooperative Agreement 16 USC 581 and 581a-581i.
96 pages. Unpublished report on file at USDA-Forest Service, Rocky
Mountain Research Station, Aquatic Sciences Laboratory, Boise, ID.
Burroughs, Edward R., Jr.; Haber, Donald F.; Watts, Frederick J.;
Kadoch, Teresa L. 1983. Measuring surface erosion on forest roads
and estimating costs of erosion control -- preliminary results. 3rd
International Conference on Low-Volume Roads; Tempe, AZ. 32 pages.
Burroughs, Edward R., Jr.; King, John G. 1989. Reduction of soil
erosion on forest roads. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service,
Intermountain Research Station; General Technical Report INT-264. 21
pages.
Burroughs, Edward R., Jr.; King, John G. 1985. Surface erosion
control on roads in granitic soils. Symposium sponsored by Committee
on Watershed Management/Irrigation & Drainage Division, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Denver, CO. New York, NY: American
Society of Civil Engineers: 183-190.
Burroughs, Edward R. Jr.; Watts, Frederick J.; Haber, Donald F.
1984. Surfacing to reduce erosion of forest roads built in granitic
soils. Symposium on Effects of Forest Land Use on Erosion and Slope
Stability; Honolulu, HI: 255-264.
Clayton, James L. 1993. Mechanical and hydrological properties of
granitic rock associated with weathering and fracturing in the Idaho
Batholith. Sommarstrom, Sari, editor. Decomposed granitic soils:
problems and solutions; Redding, CA. Davis: University of California
Extension: 40-50.
Clayton, James L. 1990. Soil disturbance resulting from skidding
logs on granitic soils in central Idaho. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest
Service, Intermountain Research Station; Research Paper INT-436. 8
pages.
Clayton, James L. 1988. Some observations on the stoichiometry of
feldspar hydrolysis in granitic soil. Journal of Environmental
Quality 17: 153-157.
Clayton, James L. 1986. An estimate of plagioclase weathering rate
in the Idaho batholith based upon geochemical transport rates.
Colman, S. M.; Dethier, D. P., editors. Rates of chemical weathering
of rocks and minerals. Orlando, FL: Academic Press: 453-466.
Clayton, James L. 1984. A rational basis for estimating elemental
supply rate from weathering. Stone, E. L., editor. Forest soils and
treatment impacts (Proceedings, 6th North American Forest Soils
Conference); Knoxville, TN: 405-419.
Clayton, James L. 1983. Evaluating slope stability prior to road
construction. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain Forest
and Range Experiment Station; Research Paper INT-307. 6 pages.
Clayton, James L. 1981. Magnitude and implications of dissolved and
sediment elemental transport from small watersheds. Baumgartner,
David M., compiler/editor. Interior west watershed management;
Spokane, WA. Pullman: Washington State University Cooperative
Extension: 83-98.
Clayton, James L. 1981. Soil disturbance caused by clearcutting and
helicopter yarding in the Idaho Batholith. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest
Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; Research
Note INT-305. 7 pages.
Clayton, James L. 1979. Nutrient supply to soil by rock weathering.
Symposium on Impacts of Intensive Harvesting on Forest Nutrient
Cycling. Syracuse: State University of New York: 75-96.
Clayton, James L. 1976. Nutrient gains to adjacent ecosystems during
a forest fire: an evaluation. Forest Science 22(2): 162-166.
Clayton, James L. 1974. Clay minerology of soils in the Idaho
batholith. Geological Society of America Bulletin 85: 229-232.
Clayton, James L.; Arnold, John F. 1972. Practical grain size,
fracturing density, and weathering classification of intrusive rocks
of the Idaho Batholith. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service,
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; General Technical
Report INT-2. 17 pages.
Clayton, James L.; Jensen, Chester E. 1973. Water retention of
granitic soils in the Idaho Batholith. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest
Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; Research
Paper INT-143. 20 pages.
Clayton, James L.; Kennedy, Debora A. 1985. Nutrient losses from
timber harvest in the Idaho Batholith. Soil Science Society of
America Journal 49(4): 1041-1049.
Clayton, James L.; Kennedy, Debora A. 1980. A comparison of the
nutrient content of Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine
trees. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and
Range Experiment Station; Research Note INT-281. 13 pages.
Clayton, James L.; King, John G. 1993. Predicting undisturbed
surface erosion from forested granitic soils in central Idaho, USA.
Water issues in forests today: poster abstracts, International
Symposium on Forest Hydrology; Canberra, Australia. Canberra,
Australia: CSIRO Division of Water Resources: 15-16.
Clayton, James L.; Megahan, Walter F. 1997. Natural erosion rates
and their prediction in the Idaho Batholith. Journal of the American
Water Resources Association 33(3): 689-703.
Clayton, James L.; Megahan, Walter F. 1986. Erosional and chemical
denudation rates in the southwestern Idaho Batholith. Earth Surface
Processes and Landforms 11: 389-400.
Clayton, James L.; Megahan, Walter F.; Cochrane, A. M.; Nichols, C.
R. 1975. Rock alteration and slope failure along the Middle Fork of
the Payette River. Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain
Section; Field trip guidebook, 28th annual meeting. 19 pages.
Clayton, James L.; Megahan, Walter F.; Hampton, Delon. 1979. Soil
and bedrock properties: weathering and alteration products and
processes in the Idaho Batholith. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service,
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; Research Paper
INT-237. 35 pages.
Fausset, Neal E.; Applegate, James K.; Donaldson, Paul R.; Eggers,
Lance D. 1978. Geophysical investigations of rock properties near
Silver Creek, Boise National Forest, Idaho. 16th Annual Engineering
Geology and Soils Engineering Symposium; Boise, ID: 201-218
.
Geier-Hayes, Kathleen. 1989. Vegetation response to helicopter
logging and broadcast burning in Douglas-fir habitat types at Silver
Creek, central Idaho. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain
Research Station; Research Paper INT-405. 24 pages.
Gray, Donald H.; Megahan, Walter F. 1981. Forest vegetation removal
and slope stability in the Idaho Batholith. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest
Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; Research
Paper INT-271. 23 pages.
Haber, Donald F.; Kadoch, Teresa. 1982. Costs of erosion control
construction measures used on a forest road in the Silver Creek
watershed in Idaho. Moscow: University of Idaho; 79 pages. In
cooperation with USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range
Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Bozeman, MT.
Hampton, Delon; Megahan, Walter F.; Clayton, James L. 1978.
Correlations between hardness and rock properties. 16th Annual
Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering Symposium; Boise, ID:
37-53.
Hampton, Delon; Megahan, Walter F.; Clayton, James L. 1974. Soil and
rock properties research in the Idaho Batholith. 12th Annual
Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering Symposium, Boise, ID:
97-111.
Hart, Donald S.; Brusven, Merlyn A. 1976. Comparison of benthic
insect communities in six small Idaho Batholith streams. Melanderia
23:1-18.
Inskeep, William P.; Clayton, James L.; Mogk, David W. 1993.
Naturally weathered plagioclase grains from the Idaho Batholith:
observations using scanning electron microscopy. Soil Science
Society of America Journal 57(3): 851-860.
Johnejack, Kent R. 1986. Sediment transport in step-pool mountain
streams. Tucson: University of Arizona; M.S. Thesis. 166 pages.
Johnejack, Kent R.; Megahan, Walter F. 1991. Sediment transport in
headwater channels in Idaho. Fan, Shou-Shan; Kuo, Yung-Huang,
editors. Fifth Interagency Sedimentation Conference; Las Vegas, NV.
Washington, DC: Federal Energy Regulatory Committee: 4-155 through
4-161.
Ketcheson, Gary L. 1986. Sediment rating equations: an evaluation
for streams in the Idaho Batholith. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service,
Intermountain Research Station; General Technical Report INT-213. 12
pages.
Ketcheson, Gary L.; Megahan, Walter F. 1996. Sediment production and
downslope sediment transport from forest roads in granitic
watersheds. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain Research
Station; General Technical Report INT-RP-486. 11 pages.
Ketcheson, Gary L.; Megahan, Walter F. 1991. Sediment tracing in
step-pool granitic streams in Idaho. Fan, Shou-Shan; Kuo, Yung-Huang,
editors. Fifth Interagency Sedimentation Conference; Las Vegas, NV.
Washington, DC: Federal Energy Regulatory Committee: 4-147 through
4-154.
Ketcheson, Gary L.; Megahan, Walter F.; King, John G. 1999.
"R1-R4" and "BOISED" sediment prediction model
tests using forest roads in granitics. Journal of the American Water
Resources Association 35(1): 83-98.
King, John G.; Clayton, James L. 1993. Sediment production from
natural and managed forested watersheds in central Idaho, USA. Water
issues in forests today: poster abstracts, International Symposium
on Forest Hydrology; Canberra, Australia. Canberra, Australia: CSIRO
Division of Water Resources; 1993 Nov 22-1993 Nov 26: 15-16.
Kirchner, James W.; Finkel, Robert C.; Riebe, Clifford S.; Granger,
Darryl E.; Clayton, James L.; King, John G.; Megahan, Walter F.
2001. Mountain erosion over 10 yr, 10 k.y., and 10 m.y. time scales.
Geology 29(7): 591-594.
Medin, Dean E. 1986. The impact of logging on red squirrels in an
Idaho conifer forest. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 1(3):
73-76.
Medin, Dean E. 1986. Small mammal responses to diameter-cut logging
in an Idaho Douglas-fir forest. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service,
Intermountain Research Station; Research Note INT-362. 6 pages.
Medin, Dean E. 1985. Breeding bird responses to diameter-cut logging
in west-central Idaho. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain
Research Station; Research Paper INT-355. 12 pages.
Medin, Dean E. 1985. Densities and nesting heights of breeding birds
in an Idaho Douglas-fir forest. Northwest Science. 59(1): 45-52.
Medin, Dean E.; Booth, Gordon. 1989. Responses of birds and small
mammals to single-tree selection logging in Idaho. Ogden, UT:
USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station; Research Paper
INT-408. 11 pages.
Megahan, Walter F. 1993. An overview of erosion and sedimentation
processes on granitic soils. Sommarstrom, Sari, editor. Decomposed
granitic soils: problems and solutions; Redding, CA. Davis:
University of California Extension: 11-39.
Megahan, Walter F. 1987. Increased sedimentation following
helicopter logging and prescribed burning on granitic soil. Beschta,
Robert L.; Blinn, T.; Grant, Gordon E.; Swanson, Frederick J.; Ice,
George G., editors. Erosion and sedimentation in the Pacific Rim;
Corvallis, OR. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: International
Association for Hydrological Sciences Press. IAHS Publication 165:
259-260.
Megahan, Walter F. 1985. Evaluating effects of land use on
sedimentation - a case for sediment budgeting. Hydrological Science
and Technology: Short Papers 1(1): 13-16.
Megahan, Walter F. 1984. Snowmelt and logging influence on
piezometric levels in steep forested watersheds in Idaho. In: Soil
reinforcement and moisture effects on slope stability. Washington,
DC: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council;
Transportation Research Record 965. 8 pages.
Megahan, Walter F. 1983. Hydrologic effects of clearcutting and
wildfire on steep granitic slopes in Idaho. Water Resources Research
19(3): 811-819.
Megahan, Walter F. 1982. Channel sediment storage behind
obstructions in forested drainage basins draining the granitic
bedrock of the Idaho Batholith. Swanson, Fredrick J.; Janda, Richard
J.; Dunne, Thomas; Swanston, Douglas N., technical editors. Workshop
on Sediment Budgets and Routing in Forested Drainage Basins.
Portland, OR: USDA-Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and
Range Experiment Station. General Technical Report PNW-141: 114-121.
Megahan, Walter F. 1975. Sedimentation in relation to logging
activities in the mountains of central Idaho. Present and
prospective technology for predicting sediment yields and sources
(Proceedings, Sediment-Yield Workshop); Oxford, MS.
USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Report ARS-S-40: 74-82.
Megahan, Walter F. 1972. Subsurface flow interception by a logging
road in mountains of central Idaho. National Symposium on Watersheds
in Transition, Fort Collins, CO. Herndon, VA: American Water
Resources Association: 350-356.
Megahan, Walter F. 1972. Volume weight of reservoir sediment in
forested areas. Journal of the Hydraulics Division, Proceedings
American Society of Civil Engineers 98(HY8): 1335-1342. Proceedings
Paper 9129.
Megahan, Walter F.; Bohn, Carolyn C. 1989. Progressive, long-term
slope failure following road construction and logging on noncohesive,
granitic soils of the Idaho Batholith. Woessner, William W.; Potts,
Donald F., editors. Symposium on Headwaters Hydrology. Herndon, VA:
American Water Resources Association: 501-510
.
Megahan, Walter F.; Clayton, James L. 1986. Saturated hydraulic
conductivities of granitic materials of the Idaho Batholith. Journal
of Hydrology 84:167-180.
Megahan, Walter F.; Clayton, James L. 1983. Tracing subsurface flow
on roadcuts on steep, forested slopes. Soil Science Society of
America Journal 47(6): 1063-1067.
Megahan, Walter F.; Day, Norman F.; Bliss, Timothy M. 1979.
Landslide occurrence in the western and central Northern Rocky
Mountain Physiographic Province in Idaho. Youngberg, Chester T.,
editor. Forest soils and land use (Proceedings, Fifth North American
Forest Soils Conference); Fort Collins, CO. Fort Collins: Colorado
State University: 116-139.
Megahan, Walter F.; Ketcheson, Gary L. 1996. Predicting downslope
travel of granitic sediments from forest roads in Idaho. Water
Resources Bulletin 32(2): 371-382.
Megahan, Walter F.; King, John G.; Seyedbagheri, Kathleen A. 1995.
Hydrologic and erosional responses of a granitic watershed to
helicopter logging and broadcast burning. Forest Science 41(4):
777-795.
Megahan, Walter F.; Molitor, Delbert C. 1975. Erosional effects of
wildfire and logging in Idaho. Watershed Management Symposium;
Logan, UT. New York, NY: American Society of Civil Engineers,
Irrigation and Drainage Division: 423-444.
Megahan, Walter F.; Monsen, Stephen B.; Wilson, Monte D. 1991.
Probability of sediment yields from surface erosion on granitic
roadfills in Idaho. Journal of Environmental Quality 20(1): 53-60.
Megahan, Walter F.; Monsen, Stephen B.; Wilson, Monte D.; Lozano,
Nicholas; Haber, Donald F.; Booth, Gordon D. 1992. Erosion control
practices applied to granitic roadfills for forest roads in Idaho:
cost effectiveness evaluation. Land Degradation and Rehabilitation
3: 55-65.
Megahan, Walter F.; Nowlin, Roy A. 1976. Sediment storage in
channels draining small forested watersheds in the mountains of
central Idaho. Third Federal Inter-Agency Sedimentation Conference;
Denver, CO: 4-115 through 4-126.
Megahan, Walter F.; Seyedbagheri, Kathleen A.; Dodson, Patrick C.
1983. Long-term erosion on granitic roadcuts based on exposed tree
roots. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 8:19-28.
Megahan, Walter F.; Seyedbagheri, Kathleen A.; Mosko, Timothy L.;
Ketcheson, Gary L. 1986. Construction phase sediment budget for
forest roads on granitic slopes in Idaho. Hadley, Richard F.,
editor. Drainage basin sediment delivery; Albuquerque, NM.
Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom: International Association of
Hydrological Sciences; IAHS Publication 159: 31-39.
Megahan, Walter F.; Wilson, Monte D.; Monsen, Stephen B. 2001.
Sediment production from granitic cutslopes on forest roads in
Idaho, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 26: 153-163.
Mosko, Timothy L.; Jeffers, Bud L.; King, John G.; Megahan, Walter
F. 1990. Streamflow data for undisturbed, forested watersheds in
central Idaho. Ogden, UT: USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain
Research Station; General Technical Report INT-272. 334 pages.
Seyedbagheri, Kathleen A. 1996. Idaho forestry best management
practices: compilation of research on their effectiveness. Ogden,
UT: USDA-Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station; General
Technical Report INT-GTR-339. 89 pages.
Sloan, John P. 1998. Interruption of the natural fire cycle in a
grand fir forest of central Idaho: changes in stand structure and
composition; Pruden, Teresa L.; Brennan, Leonard A. Fire in
ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to
prescription (Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 20th
Proceedings); Boise, ID. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research
Station: 250-257.
Vincent, Kirk R. 1985. Runoff and erosion from a logging road in
response to snowmelt and rainfall. Berkeley: University of
California; M.S. thesis. 60 pages plus appendix.
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