ABSTRACT:

The Crow Creek Study Watershed sits at ~2,500 masl in elevation near Laramie, WY and is used as a teaching and research laboratory for the Mountain Hydrology Research Group at the University of Wyoming. The watershed is a small headwater tributary to crow creek adjacent to National Forest System Road 707. There is a Crow Creek SNOTEL site within the watershed for meteorological time series data with a median peak snow water equivalent of ~170 mm that occurs in late March. There is a strong north and south aspect within the delineated watershed area of approximately 0.3 km^2. Site plots A, B, C, D, and E were each approximately 100 m^2 along a transect of north to south facing aspect respectively. Average slopes of the north aspect were approximately 15 degrees, while slopes of the south aspect were approximately 16 degrees.