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It is a wadeable stream on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains with a watershed size of approximately 3.0 km2 (740 acres). The TECR catchment is entirely located within the Teakettle Experimental Forest (TEF), which is located in the northern part of the Kings River watershed. The TEF was established in 1936 for timber management research and is owned and operated by the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. TECR is located at an elevation that spans 2109 - 2489 m (6900 - 8166 ft.). The TECR watershed is southeast-facing and passes through senescent red fir. TECR is part of the Pacific Southwest Domain (D17), which is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the east, and encompasses most of California. There are four other NEON field sites in D17, including three terrestrial sites and one additional aquatic site. TECR is colocated with the NEON terrestrial site Lower Teakettle (TEAK).","citation":null,"relatedIdentifiers":null,"status":{"label":"Operational","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/elter_cl\/10772"},"yearEstablished":2018,"yearClosed":null,"relatedSites":[{"typeOfRelationship":{"label":"groups with","uri":"null"},"listOfSites":[{"type":"site","title":"Lower Teakettle NEON - United States of America","id":{"prefix":"https:\/\/deims.org\/","suffix":"16d02952-7cb5-487b-a5a3-7bc9ba0d557e"},"changed":"2025-09-18T15:16:31+0200"}]}],"siteName":"Teakettle Creek \u2013 Watershed 2 NEON","shortName":"TECR","siteType":"Platform","protectionLevel":null,"landUse":null,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-06\/48755062231_7e8037cce6_z.jpg","alt":"Dissolved gas sampling at TECR"}]},"environmentalCharacteristics":{"airTemperature":{"yearlyAverage":8.7,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"\u00b0C","referencePeriod":null},"precipitation":{"yearlyAverage":1175,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"mm","referencePeriod":null},"biogeographicalRegion":null,"biome":"evergreen_forest","ecosystemType":[{"label":"Evergreen Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Fresh Water Rivers","uri":null},{"label":"Rivers","uri":null}],"eunisHabitat":null,"landforms":null,"geoBonBiome":["Fresh water rivers"],"geology":"The Teakettle 2 Creek watershed lies in the Sierra Nevada batholith within the southern extent of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. This batholith is comprised mainly of granodiorite and quartz monzonite and was formed approximately 200 million years ago.","hydrology":"The flow regime of Teakettle Creek (TECR) is typical of snowmelt-dominated mountainous streams in the west. Base flows are lowest in the winter (November - March) and highest in the late spring (April \u2013 June). TECR has a mean base flow of 11 liters per second in the autumn months. Snow melt begins in March and peaks in June. Discharge during the peak flow months of May and June is approximately 18 times greater than base flow.","soils":"Major soil series that are mapped near the TECR site include Cannell (Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Dystroxerepts), Cagwin (Mixed, frigid Dystric Xeropsamments), and Stecum (Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryorthents). The soils in the region are poorly formed due to the climate (cold winters, dry summers), the resistance of the granite to weathering, and the removal of eroded material into drainages before further weather and soil formation can occur. Therefore, soils in this region have low horizonation, clay content, and weak structure. Weathering of granite rocks results in runoff with low dissolved solid content and leads to low nutrient waters.","vegetation":"Teakettle Creek is located in the Teakettle Experimental Forest, a subalpine forest that is dominated by a mix of conifers. Vegetation is characterized by distinct patch conditions of closed-canopy tree clusters, persistent gaps, and shrub thickets. The composition of the vegetation follows the elevation gradient with white fir (Abies concolor), sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), and red fir (Abies magnifica) at the lower elevations, to red fir, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), and western white pine (Pinus monticola) at higher elevations. The riparian area is extremely dense with shrubs."},"geographic":{"boundaries":null,"coordinates":"POINT (-119.02699 36.95528)","country":["United States of America"],"elevation":{"avg":2011,"min":2086,"max":2734,"unit":"msl"},"size":{"value":302,"unit":"ha"},"relatedLocations":null},"focusDesignScale":{"experiments":{"design":"mainly experimentation","scale":"catchment scale"},"observations":{"design":"mainly observation","scale":"entire catchment"},"observedProperties":[{"label":"DNA sequence","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/21400"},{"label":"genetic parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20942"},{"label":"land cover","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22142"},{"label":"landscape parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20943"},{"label":"water parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20945"},{"label":"water quality","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22312"}]},"infrastructure":{"accessibleAllYear":true,"accessType":null,"allPartsAccessible":null,"maintenanceInterval":null,"permanentPowerSupply":true,"operation":{"permanent":true,"notes":null,"siteVisitInterval":null},"notes":null,"collection":null,"data":{"policy":{"url":null,"rights":null,"notes":null}}},"relatedResources":null,"projectRelated":{"lter":{"lterSiteClassification":null}}}}