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Mahantango Creek Experimental Watershed

 

View of the forested ridges and agricultural valleys that typify the Mahantango Creek Watershed
 

 

The Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit (PSWMRU) operates Mahantango Creek Experimental Watershed, and its experimental watershed called WE-38, as an outdoor experimental laboratories to conduct research on agricultural management and hydrologic processes that control nutrient loss from nonpoint sources.

Bryant and others (2011) , provide an overview of the research history of Mahantango Creek Experimental Watershed and WE-38. Long-term data records are provided through the database delivery system called STEWARDS: Sustaining the Earth's Watersheds, Agricultural Research Data System and as described below.

Representative sites in the WE-38 Experimental Watershed 

AVAILABLE DATA

Precipitation site location map

 Sites  RB-37 (1968-2007); RE-37 (1968-2007); MD-38 (1979-2007)
 Daily Data  Available via FTP on STEWARDS website
 5-min data

Contact Anthony Buda, Research Hydrologist
Documentation

Buda, A.R. and others (2011)

Buda, A. R., T. L. Veith, G. J. Folmar, G. W. Feyereisen, R. B. Bryant, C. D. Church, J. P. Schmidt, C. J. Dell, and P. J. A. Kleinman (2011), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Mahantango Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania, United States: Long-term precipitation database, Water Resour. Res., 47, W08702, doi:10.1029/2010WR010058.

Stream Discharge site location map

 Site  WE-38 (1968-2007)
 Daily Data   Available via FTP on STEWARDS website
 5-min data  Contact Anthony Buda, Research Hydrologist
 Documentation

Buda, A.R. and others (2011)

Buda, A. R., G. W. Feyereisen, T. L. Veith, G. J. Folmar, R. B. Bryant, C. D. Church, J. P. Schmidt, C. J. Dell, and P. J. A. Kleinman (2011), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Mahantango Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania, United States: Long-term stream discharge database, Water Resour. Res., 47, W08703, doi:10.1029/2010WR010059.

Water Quality site location map

 Site  WE-38 (years vary by parameter)
 Daily Data  Available via FTP on STEWARDS website
 5-min data  Contact Clinton Church, Research Chemist
 Documentation

Church, C.D. and others (2011)

Church, C. D., T. L. Veith, G. J. Folmar, A. R. Buda, G. W. Feyereisen, R. B. Bryant, J. P. Schmidt, C. J. Dell, and P. J. A. Kleinman (2011), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Mahantango Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania, United States: Long-term water quality database, Water Resour. Res., 47, W08704, doi:10.1029/2010WR010060.

 Geospatial

 WE-38 data

5-m DEM, watershed boundary, streams, rain gauges, weir

Available via FTP on STEWARDS website
 Other WE-38 data

0.5 m LiDAR data

Contact Tamie Veith, Research Agricultural Engineer
 Other relevant data

SSURGO Soils Soil Data Mart, select Northumberland County

Pennsylvania land cover

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access, PASDA

Pennsylvania geology PASDA

Orthophotos PASDA

Digital elevation models and LiDAR PASDA
Documentation

 Bryant, R.B. and others (2011)

Bryant, R. B., T. L. Veith, G. W. Feyereisen, A. R. Buda, C. D. Church, G. J. Folmar, J. P. Schmidt, C. J. Dell, and P. J. A. Kleinman (2011), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Mahantango Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania, United States: Physiography and history, Water Resour. Res., 47, W08701, doi:10.1029/2010WR010056.