Checklist for Potomac/Mid-Atlantic Hydrologic Observatory
Name: Keith N. Eshleman Institution: UMCES, Appalachian Laboratory
Number of watersheds: 8
For each watershed where monitoring is going on, provide the following (copy to additional pages as needed)
Name of Watershed: Big Run (MD)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39° 35' 46" N, 79° 10' 33" W (gage)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 1 (162 ha)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
surface water
stream
stage
stream
discharge
Gran alkalinity
pH
dissolved
aluminum
conductivity
cations
anions
dissolved
organic carbon
dissolved N
species
Period(s) of record: 1995 - present
Frequency of record: hourly for
stream stage/discharge; variable (at least monthly) for streamwater quality
variables
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Spatial patterns of forest
disturbance and consequences for regional water quality; NASA (2004-2007)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Philip A. Townsend, Keith N. Eshleman
Name of Watershed: Black Lick Run
(MD)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39° 36' 34" N, 79° 04' 56" W (gage)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 1 (558 ha)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
surface water
stream
stage
stream
discharge
Gran
alkalinity
pH
dissolved
aluminum
conductivity
cations
anions
dissolved
organic carbon
dissolved N
species
Period(s) of record: 1995 - present (stream stage/discharge); 1990 - present (streamwater quality)
Frequency of record: hourly for
stream stage/discharge; variable (but at least monthly) for streamwater quality
variables
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Spatial patterns of forest
disturbance and consequences for regional water quality; NASA (2004-2007)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Philip A. Townsend, Keith N. Eshleman
Name of Watershed: Savage River (MD)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39° 30' 05" N, 79° 07' 25" W (gage)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 40 randomly-selected sites (275 sq. km.)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
surface water
dissolved N
species
stream
stage at 2 locations (by USGS, stations 01596500, 01597500)
stream
discharge at 2 locations (by USGS, station 01596500, 01597500)
Period(s) of record: 1999 - present
for streamwater quality, 1948 - present for stream
stage/discharge
Frequency of record: hourly for
stream stage/discharge; irregularly, but
typically quarterly under baseflow conditions, for streamwater quality
variables
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Spatial patterns of forest
disturbance and consequences for regional water quality; NASA (2004-2007)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Philip A. Townsend, Keith N. Eshleman
Name of Watershed: Fifteenmile Creek
(MD, PA)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39.624° N, 78.385° W
(outlet)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 35 randomly-selected sites (161 sq. km.)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
surface water
dissolved N
species
Period(s) of record: 2001 - present
Frequency of record: irregular, but
typically quarterly under baseflow conditions
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Spatial patterns of forest
disturbance and consequences for regional water quality; NASA (2004-2007)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Philip A. Townsend, Keith N. Eshleman
Name of Watershed: Deep Run (MD)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39.653° N, 78.452° W
(gage)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 1 (1606 ha)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
surface water
stream
stage
stream
discharge
dissolved N
species
Period(s) of record: 2001 - present
Frequency of record: hourly for
stream stage/discharge; variable for streamwater quality variables
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Spatial patterns of forest
disturbance and consequences for regional water quality; NASA (2004-2007)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Philip A. Townsend, Keith N. Eshleman
Name of Watershed: East Branch of
Neff Run (MD)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39° 36' 01" N, 78° 54' 06" W (gage)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 1 (104 ha)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
surface water
stream
stage
stream
discharge
Gran
alkalinity
pH
conductivity
total
suspended solids
cations
anions
dissolved
organic carbon
dissolved N
species
total/dissolved
P
Period(s) of record: 2000 - present
Frequency of record: 15-minute data
for stream stage/discharge; bi-weekly for streamwater quality variables
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Research opportunities and
collaboration in the Appalachians (ROCA); A.W. Mellon Foundation (1999-2005)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Louis F. Pitelka
Name of Watershed: Tributary to
Matthews Run (MD)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39° 35' 32" N, 78° 53' 49" W (gage)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 1 (27 ha)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
meteorological
precipitation
amount
atmospheric
deposition
wind speed
air
temperature
surface water
stream
stage
stream
discharge
Gran
alkalinity
pH
conductivity
total
suspended solids
cations
anions
dissolved
organic carbon
dissolved N
species
total/dissolved
P
Period(s) of record: 1999 - present
Frequency of record: weekly for
atmospheric deposition; 15-minute data for
meteorological and stream stage/discharge; irregular for streamwater quality
variables (stream is ephemeral)
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Research opportunities and
collaboration in the Appalachians (ROCA); A.W. Mellon Foundation (1999-2005)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Louis F. Pitelka
Name of Watershed: Tributary to Neff
Run (MD)
Geographic coordinates for a reference point in the watershed or at the basin outlet:
39° 35' 54" N, 78° 54' 13" W (gage)
Number of sites being monitored within the watershed, with
the range or average size of drainage areas (where relevant): 1 (3 ha)
Parameters being monitored
(list by category, e.g. streamflow; groundwater levels; meteorological variables precip, relative humidity, wind speed, components of radiation balance; temperature; water quality constituents nutrients, metals, organics, microorganisms, etc.; if there are different suites monitored at different sites, give approximate number of sites where each group of parameters is being monitored)
surface water
stream
stage
stream
discharge
Gran
alkalinity
pH
conductivity
total
suspended solids
cations
anions
dissolved
organic carbon
dissolved N
species
total/dissolved
P
Period(s) of record: 1999 - present
Frequency of record: 15-minute data
for stream stage/discharge; irregular for stream water quality variables
(stream is ephemeral)
Titles of current project or projects or scientific and management objectives of monitoring:
Research opportunities and
collaboration in the Appalachians (ROCA); A.W. Mellon Foundation (1999-2005)
Names of Principal Investigators on current projects: Louis F. Pitelka