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The Santee Experimental Forest contains four gauged watersheds, draining 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order streams. Watersheds WS 77 (established in 1963) and WS 80 (established in 1968) are 1st order watersheds configured as paired watersheds, with WS 80 being the reference system and WS 77 the treatment watershed. Watershed WS 79 (established in 1966) is a 2nd order watershed containing WS 77 and WS 80, plus some additional land. Watershed WS 78 (established in 1964) is a 3rd order watershed situated largely on the Francis Marion National Forest and contains the land draining into Turkey Creek. Stream water quality data (nutrients, cations, anions, DOC, pH and other physical parameters) from each of these watersheds are available.
| Watershed | Stream Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WS 77 | Fox Gulley | 1st order, treatment watershed (155 ha) with intermittent drainage, consisting of a mosaic of upland (89%) and wetland (11%) forests (Reference: NWI, 2011). Historic data available from grab samples collected on an approximately weekly basis upstream of the WS 77 weir during the 1976-1982 and 1989-1994 periods. Data also available from samples collected by an automated sampler starting in 2003, and from approximately weekly measurements of physical stream water parameters performed using a multiprobe starting in 2006. |
| WS 78 | Turkey Creek | 3rd order watershed (5240 ha) with intermittent drainage, consisting of a mosaic of upland (90%) and wetland (10%) forests (Reference: NWI, 2011). Data available from weekly grab samples, from samples collected by an automated sampler, and from approximately weekly measurements of physical stream water parameters performed using a multiprobe starting in 2006. |
| WS 79 | 2nd order watershed (500 ha) with intermittent drainage, consisting of a mosaic of upland (75%) and wetland (25%) forests (Reference: NWI, 2011). Historic data available from weekly grab samples collected upstream of the WS 79 weir during the 1989-1994 period. Data also available from grab samples, from samples collected by an automated sampler, and from approximately weekly measurements of physical stream water parameters performed using a multiprobe starting in 2006. | |
| WS 80 | 1st order, unmanaged reference watershed (initially 206 ha; installation of a new culvert in November 2001 reduced the watershed area to 160 ha) with intermittent drainage, consisting of a mosaic of upland (70%) and wetland (30%) forests (Reference: NWI, 2011). Historic data available from grab samples collected on an approximately weekly basis upstream of the WS 80 weir during the 1976-1982 and 1989-1994 periods. Data also available from samples collected by an automated sampler starting in 2003, and from approximately weekly measurements of physical stream water parameters performed using a multiprobe starting in 2006. |