LeConte Creek NEON - United States of America

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Basic Information
Site Name
LeConte Creek NEON
Short name
LECO
Country
United States of America
Site Manager
Site Description
LeConte Creek (LECO) is an aquatic NEON field site in the northwest part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, located in eastern Tennessee. LECO is hosted by the National Park Service. LeConte Creek is a second-order wadeable stream with a series of steps and pools, consisting of many large granitic boulders and bordered by thick vegetation. It drains a 9.13 km2 (2256 acre) watershed. The park is characterized by abundant rainfall, variable elevations, and an exceptional richness of biota hosted by closed-canopy deciduous old growth forests. As one of the largest protected areas in the eastern U.S., it is the most biodiverse park in the national park system and the most visited. LECO is part of NEON Domain 07 - Appalachians & Cumberland Plateau, which includes eastern Tennessee, most of Kentucky, southern Ohio, and parts of North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, and Illinois. D07 includes four other NEON field sites, including three terrestrial sites and one additional aquatic site. LECO is colocated with the GRSM terrestrial field site.
Last modified
2025-09-18 08:09:00

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2015
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERIThis site is a verified "GERI" member.
NEON (LECO)This site is a verified "NEON" member.
Photos
LECO stream
LECO stream
Geographic
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 35.69043 Longitude: -83.50379

Size
ca. 939.00ha
Elevation (average)
579.00msl
Elevation (min)
426.00msl
Elevation (max)
1978.00msl
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