Upper Chesapeake Bay Experimental Watersheds

Location

40° 48' 21.3516" N, 77° 51' 36.9432" W
Brief Site Description: 
Upper Chesapeake Bay Experimental Watersheds
Field Site Type: 
US affiliate
Registration: 
Unregistered
Network(s): 
ARS
LTAR
Study Start Date: 
1966
Mean Annual Precipitation: 
1 080 millimeters / year
Average Annual Temperature: 
11°C
Land Cover: 
Deciduous Forest
Agriculture- Pasture
Agriculture- Crops
Geology: 
shale
sandstone
other sedimentary
Soil Order: 
Inceptisol
Ultisol
Hydrology: Name: 
Mahantango Creek
Hydrology: Surface water stream order: 
Fourth Order
Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance: 
Perennial
Hydrology: Groundwater: 
Arrangment of Aquifer Components - Single, dominant unconfined aquifer
Climate: 
Temperate
Sub-Climate: 
Humid
Group visibility: 
Public - accessible to all site users