Teakettle Creek – Watershed 2 NEON - United States of America

Teakettle 2 Creek (TECR) is an aquatic NEON field site located in the Sierra National Forest, 80 km (50 mi.) east of Fresno, CA, near Courtright and Wishon Reservoirs. 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).