Willow Creek Watershed

The East Fork (489 acres) watershed and the West Fork (290 acres) control watershed on Willow Creek range between 8,800 and 9,300 ft in elevation. The watersheds received an average annual precipitation of 34 inches. The watersheds supported an old-growth, uneven-aged southwestern mixed conifer forest consisting of Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir, Rocky Mountain white fir, ponderosa pine, southwestern white pine, Engelmann spruce, blue spruce, corkbark fir, and quaking aspen.

• Treatments and Practices - how the study was conducted and treatments used, and management practices used.
• Data Collected - this section will provide access to data collected when we have converted it into electronic form. Data on precipitation, streamflow, sediment loads, and other data were collected on the Willow Creek Watershed over the period from 1957 to about 1983.
  • Documentation for the data - what measurements were recorded, how to interpret it, the years covered, etc.
  • Data - select the watersheds, time period, etc. then view and download the results
• Results and Current Status
• Images - available in the image database illustrating various aspects and conditions found in watersheds in the southwestern United States. These can be accessed after getting into the database by using the key word willow creek. Additional key words are available for searching the images in a drop down list within the database.