SNOTEL survey site visits

See also: The Sample processing log, and sample tables for tracking samples.

No sites were visited in 2010

2012

  • Sept 5 Little Bear visit - There are no conifers directly around the SNOTEL, so I visited a site around 6km to the WNW. All normal soil samples plus several leaf samples, tree cores, and 9 intact cores.
  • Aug 17 Smith and Morehouse visit - All normal soil samples plus 3 needle samples, and 8 intact cores. The tree corer jammed on the first core, so I was unable to collect a usable set of tree cores.
  • Aug 7 Snowbird visit - All normal soil samples plus 9 tree cores, 3 needle samples, and 8 intact cores. Intact cores were difficult to extract and most are incomplete. Gave up on many of the deeper ones.
  • July 30-31 Hole in Rock visit - All normal soil samples plus 9 tree cores, 3 needle samples, and 8 intact cores. Intact cores were difficult to extract and most are incomplete. Could not extract one for Plot 3 20-30cm.

2011

  • August??? - Revisit to Ben Lomond Trail for soil cores, tree cores, needles. I forget which day I actually did this.
  • Aug 16-18 - Did Mosby Mountain and Chepeta (Eastern Uintas, south slope), and revisited Rock Creek SNOTEL to collect soil cores, tree cores, and needles.
  • Aug1 - Hayden Fork and Trial Lake revisits. Collected tree cores (2 per plot at HF, 3 at TL), intact cores (0-10cm, 10-20cm, 20-30cm at each plot), and needles (bulked 3 trees per plot).
  • 2 or more of the cores from HF were from recently dead trees, and many of the trees in this stand are dead now due to beetles.
  • Trial lake P2 core 20-30 is incomplete
  • Noticed many large tree stumps at Trial Lake (these are quite old, just not sure if I noticed them last time)
  • July 27 - Ben Lomond Peak revisit, with Richard. Sampled a 4th plot - all normal samples (including tree cores and intact cores). Also revisited plot 1 & 2 to collect needles, cores, and intact cores (3 at each plot).
  • July 19 - Timpanogos Divide, with Richard and Davis. All normal soil samples, plus 9 tree cores, 8 intact cores, and 6 tins.

\^ Site name \^ Date \^ Plots \^ Leaves \^ Litter \^ Org \^ Min 0-10 \^ Tin1 \^ Tin2 \^ Soil Cores \^ Tree cores \^ Notes\^ \^ Ben Lomond Trail | Aug ??, 2011 | 1-3 | x | | | | | | x | x | Revisit - added soil/tree cores, needles | \^ Rock Creek | Aug 18, 2011 | 1-3 | x | | | | | | x | x | Revisit - added soil/tree cores, needles | \^ Chepeta | Aug 18, 2011 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | | | x | x | | \^ Mosby Mtn. | Aug 17, 2011 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | | | x | x | | \^ Trial Lake | Aug 1, 2011 | 1-3 | x | | | | | | x | x | Revisit - added soil/tree cores, needles | \^ Hayden Fork | Aug 1, 2011 | 1-3 | x | | | | | | x | x | Revisit - added soil/tree cores, needles | \^ Ben Lomond Pk. | July 27, 2011 | 1,2,4 | x | x | x | x | | | x | x | Revisit - added plot 4, soil/tree cores, needles in plots 1 & 2 | \^ Timpanogos Divide | Jul 19, 2011 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |

2009

\^ Site name \^ Date \^ Plots \^ Leaves \^ Litter \^ Org \^ Min 0-10 \^ Tin1 \^ Tin2 \^ Soil Cores \^ Tree cores \^ Notes\^ \^ Louis Meadow | 9/2/2009 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | 1 | 1 | | x | Missing some tins | \^ Lookout Peak | 8/25/2009 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | 2 | 2 | | x | Missing some tins | \^ Payson Rs. | 8/21/2009 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | | | | x | No tins | \^ Monte Cristo | 8/13/2009 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | | \^ Hayden Fork | 7/13/2009 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | | \^ Clear Creek 2 | 7/10/2009 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | | \^ Beaver Divide | 7/9/2009 | 1-3 | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | |

2008

Note that all plot Ohz and Min 0-10 samples came from 5 quads per plot (6 in 2009 on)

\^ Site name \^ Date \^ Plots \^ Leaves \^ Litter \^ Org \^ Min 0-10 \^ Tin1 \^ Tin2 \^ Soil Cores \^ Tree cores \^ Notes\^ \^ Farmington Upper | 10/9/2008 | 1-3 | | x | x | x | | | | | | \^ Farmington Lower | 10/3/2008 | 1-3 | | ? | x | x | | | | | No quad litter samples | \^ Ben Lomond Pk. | 9/21/2008 | 1-3 | | x | x | x | | | | | | \^ Ben Lomond Tr. | 9/20/2008 | 1-3 | | x | x | x | | | | | | \^ Brown Duck | 9/18/2008 | 1-3 | | x | x | x | | | | | | \^ Clear Creek 1 | 9/11/2008 | 1-3 | | x | x | x | | | | | | \^ Trial Lake. | 9/4/2008 | 1-3 | | x | x | x | | | | | | \^ Rock Creek | 8/31/2008 | 1-3 | | x | x | x | | | | | |