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Author(s):
Phillip E. Farnes, Ward W. McCaughey, Katherine J. Hansen
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - Second Order
Water
Fire History
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest

NRFSN number: 11275
FRAMES RCS number: 13255
Record updated:

The objectives of this Research Joint Venture Agreement were to install and calibrate three flumes on the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest (TCEF) in central Montana; check calibration of the existing seven flumes on TCEF; estimate the influence of fire on water yields over the 400-year fire history period; and estimate back records of monthly temperature, monthly snow water equivalent, monthly precipitation for TCEF, and monthly streamflow for the lower Tenderfoot Creek flume. The technical paper, 'Historic role of fire in determining the natural variability of annual water yield in mountain watersheds' (McCaughey et al. 1997) is included in this report.

Citation

Farnes, Phillip E.; McCaughey, Ward W.; Hansen, Katherine J. 1999. Flumes, historic water yield and climatological data for Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest, Montana. Final Report RJVA-INT-96071. Bozeman, MT: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 37 p.