Mingus Mountain Watershed

Results and Current Status

As expected, only small increases in streamflow occurred as a result of treatment on the Mingus Watersheds. Annual streamflow from Mingus A (prescribed burn) increased 0.30 inch and Watershed B (chemical treatment) increased 0.22 inch (Hibbert et al. 1986). The magnitude of response was similar to that measured on the low-precipitation watersheds of the Natural Drainages study area on the Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest (Gottfried et al. 1999).

Evaluations on the Mingus watersheds were discontinued in 1983.