Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed

Location

32° 16' 32.4516" N, 110° 56' 27.0312" W
Brief Site Description: 
Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed
Field Site Type: 
US affiliate
Registration: 
Unregistered
Network(s): 
ARS
CUAHSI
Study Start Date: 
1953
Mean Annual Precipitation: 
350 millimeters / year
Average Annual Temperature: 
18°C
Average Summer Temperature: 
26°C
Average Winter Temperature: 
8°C
Land Cover: 
Shrubland
Grassland/Herbaceous
Geology: 
carbonate
other sedimentary
igneous-felsic extrusive
igneous-felsic intrusive
Soil Order: 
Aridisol
Hydrology: Name: 
Walnut Gulch
Hydrology: Surface water stream order: 
Sixth Order
Hydrology: Surface water - Stream Flow Performance: 
Ephemeral
Hydrology: Groundwater: 
Arrangment of Aquifer Components - Single, dominant unconfined aquifer
Climate: 
Temperate
Sub-Climate: 
Semiarid
Group visibility: 
Public - accessible to all site users