Hydrologic and water-quality data, Honey Creek State Natural Area, Comal County, Texas, August 2001-September 2003

Data Series 200
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the San Antonio Water System
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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey collected rainfall, streamflow, evapotranspiration, and rainfall and stormflow water-quality data from seven sites in two adjacent watersheds in the Honey Creek State Natural Area, Comal County, Texas, during August 2001–September 2003, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the San Antonio Water System. Data collected during this period represent baseline hydrologic and water-quality conditions before proposed removal of ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei) from one of the two watersheds. Juniper removal is intended as a best-management practice to increase water quantity (aquifer recharge and streamflow) and to protect water quality. Continuous (5-minute interval) rainfall data are collected at four sites; continuous (5-minute interval) streamflow data are collected at three sites. Fifteen-minute averages of meteorological and solar-energy-related data recorded at two sites are used to compute moving 30-minute evapotranspiration values on the basis of the energy-balance Bowen ratio method. Periodic rainfall water-quality data are collected at one site and stormflow water-quality data at three sites. Daily rainfall, streamflow, and evapotranspiration totals are presented in tables; detailed data are listed in an appendix. Results of analyses of the periodic rainfall and stormflow water-quality samples collected during runoff events are summarized in the appendix; not all data types were collected at all sites nor were all data types collected during the entire 26-month period.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrologic and water-quality data, Honey Creek State Natural Area, Comal County, Texas, August 2001-September 2003
Series title Data Series
Series number 200
DOI 10.3133/ds200
Year Published 2006
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Texas Water Science Center
Description iii, 27 p.
Time Range Start 2001-08-01
Time Range End 2003-09-30
Country United States
State Texas
County Comal County
Other Geospatial Honey Creek State Natural Area
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