Wondzell, S. 2016. Stream stage and water table elevation in hyporheic and ground water from McRae Ck well network, Andrews Experimental Forest, 1989-1993 Long-Term Ecological Research Andrews Forest LTER Site. [Database]. Available: https://andrewsforest-stage.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/fsdb-data-catalog/HF010 Accessed 2026-05-10.

Measurements of stream stage of McRae Ck and water table heights from a network of shallow wells located adjacent to the stream. Data were collected from September 1989 to September 1992 on an irregular basis to sample both baseflow periods and storm events across seasons of the year. Stage height was read from staff plates permanently located at several location in the mainstem channel and in a small back channel; water table elevations were measured with a weighted measuring tape with a visible signal when the tape touched the water in the well.

Temporal coverage: 1989-09-14 to 1993-03-25

Geographic coverage: N/A

Bounds: W N/A, E N/A, N N/A, S N/A

• To monitor changes in flows of stream water, hyporheic water and groundwater among seasons of the year and during storms in the fall, winter and spring. Data were used to parameterize a groundwater flow model (MODFLOW) which was then used to estimate fluxes of hyporheic water and groundwater through the study site. Water flux estimates were combined with water chemistry data (see CF004) to estimate nitrogen fluxes.

Title: Long-Term Ecological Research

• Steven M. Wondzell
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Pacific Northwest Research Station; Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab; 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
  Phone: 541-758-8753
  Email: steve.wondzell@usda.gov
  URL: https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/lwm/aem/people/wondzell.html
• Steven M. Wondzell
  Role: Abstractor
  Pacific Northwest Research Station; Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab; 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
  Phone: 541-758-8753
  Email: steve.wondzell@usda.gov
  URL: https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/lwm/aem/people/wondzell.html
• Steven M. Wondzell
  Role: Creator
  Pacific Northwest Research Station; Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab; 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
  Phone: 541-758-8753
  Email: steve.wondzell@usda.gov
  URL: https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/lwm/aem/people/wondzell.html

• Information Manager
  Andrews Forest LTER Program, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331
  Email: hjaweb@fsl.orst.edu
  URL: http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/
• Donald L. Henshaw
  Pacific Northwest Research Station; Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab; 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon, 97331
  Email: hja_admin@fsl.orst.edu

• Andrews Forest LTER Site
  Role: Publisher
  Forest Ecosystems and Society Department in Forestry, Oregon State University, 201K Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5752
  Phone: (541) 737-8480
  Email: lterweb@fsl.orst.edu
  URL: http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/

Measurements of stream stage of McRae Ck and water table heights from a network of shallow wells located adjacent to the stream. Data were collected from September 1989 to September 1992 on an irregular basis to sample both baseflow periods and storm events across seasons of the year. Stage height was read from staff plates permanently located at several location in the mainstem channel and in a small back channel; water table elevations were measured with a weighted measuring tape with a visible signal when the tape touched the water in the well. To monitor changes in flows of stream water, hyporheic water and groundwater among seasons of the year and during storms in the fall, winter and spring. Data were used to parameterize a groundwater flow model (MODFLOW) which was then used to estimate fluxes of hyporheic water and groundwater through the study site. Water flux estimates were combined with water chemistry data (see CF004) to estimate nitrogen fluxes. Field Methods - HF010

Purpose: To monitor changes in flows of stream water, hyporheic water and groundwater among seasons of the year and during storms in the fall, winter and spring. Data were used to parameterize a groundwater flow model (MODFLOW) which was then used to estimate fluxes of hyporheic water and groundwater through the study site. Water flux estimates were combined with water chemistry data (see CF004) to estimate nitrogen fluxes.

Method Steps

Sampling

No software entries listed in this EML file.

• LTER controlled vocabulary: hydrology (theme), storms (theme), disturbance (theme), physical processes (theme), hydrologic processes (theme), streamflow (theme), modeling (theme), inorganic nutrients (theme), groundwater (theme), hyporheic zone (theme), forests (theme), aquatic ecosystems (theme), streams (theme)
• Andrews Experimental Forest site thesaurus: peak flows (theme), low flows (theme)
• LTER core research areas: disturbance (theme), inorganic nutrients (theme)

No taxonomic hierarchy listed in this EML file.

• CF004

• Wondzell, Steve. 1994. Flux of ground water and nitrogen through the floodplain of a fourth-order stream. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. 113 p. Ph.D. dissertation.
• Wondzell, Steven M.; Swanson, Frederick J. 1996. Seasonal and storm dynamics of the hyporheic zone of a 4th-order mountain stream. I: Hydrologic processes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 15(1): 3-19.
• Wondzell, Steven M.; Swanson, Frederick J. 1996. Seasonal and storm dynamics of the hyporheic zone of a 4th-order mountain stream. II: Nitrogen cycling. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 15(1): 20-34.

• Well Location Map
  Locations of wells
  URL: https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/data/studies/hf10/welltran.jpg
• Well Locations on gravel bar
  Well Locations on gravel bar
  URL: https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/data/studies/hf10/gravelba.jpg

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General acknowledgement: Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.

License: N/A

Maintenance update frequency: notPlanned

Description

• An update history is logged and maintained with each new version of every dataset.

Change History

• Version1 (2000-04-04)
  Original metadata creation
• Version2 (2005-04-15)
  Moved database to SQL server
• Version7 (2016-11-01)
  Updated with true datetime and other minor attribute name and definition changes, Preparation for putting into PASTA.