Data Resources for Big Beef Creek Field Station

Big Beef Creek Geographical Information System

This project was completed using data from Kitsap County and the UW Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model Program by M. Grant Logsdon, an undergraduate summer intern from Whitman College. The internship was to set up data sets within the UW Spatial Analysis Laboratory for hydrological modeling and basin monitoring. The project was funded from the Phase III Salmon Recovery grant awarded for work at Big Beef Creek by the State Salmon Recovery Funding Board to the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group.

Other GIS Resources

• WA State Geospatial Clearinghouse
• WA Geospatial Framework
  from the WA Geospatial Information Council

Aerial Photographs

• Big Beef Creek Collection
• UW Map Library
• Terraserver images of Big Beef Creek
• WA Department of Ecology Shoreline Aerial Photos of Big Beef Creek

Fish Scale Collection

Hydrology and Water Quality

• USGS Station Number 12069550 on Big Beef Creek
• WA State Dept. of Ecology WRIA 15 Ecology Links
• USGS Water Science for Schools
  The U.S. Geological Survey maintains an educational site on water that includes water basics, uses, activities, surveys and questionnaires for teachers and students
• Water Quality Curriculum from the Washington Virtual Classroom
• Kids in the Creek from the Bonneville Power Administration. The Kids in the Creek program provides information on simple methods of assessing the long-term health of a stream. It explains the importance of a healthy watershed and the effect of a vibrant forest canopy and riparian area on the stream and its water quality. It also connects the conditions of the stream to the immediate food chain as well as the entire ecosystem.

Meteorology

• Area Weather Near Big Beef Creek
  Get the current weather conditions, forecasts, tides and weather satellite for Subase Bangor (4 miles northeast of Big Beef Creek) from the Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Facility at Bangor.

Tides

• Today's Tide at Subase Bangor Wharf (4 miles northeast of Big Beef Creek)
  Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Facility source. Note the tide chart for today follows the weather forecast and current conditions.
• 2000 Tide Tables for Subase Bangor Wharf (4 miles northeast of Big Beef Creek) and Straits of Juan de Fuca
  Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Facility source, the tide charts are under the index for: NPMOF COMP Bangor WA: Tides & Currents: Tides for Bangor Wharf. You can select the date and see the tide chart for any date in 2000.
• Tide Datum — Bangor
• Tide Datum — Seabeck

Hood Canal and Puget Sound

• UW Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM)
• Hood Canal Bridge Web Cam
  The WA Dept. of Transportation Hood Canal Bridge (14.4 miles northeast of Big Beef Creek) live camera and weather data.
• EPA "Surf Your Watershed" Page for Hood Canal

Maps

• UW Libraries Map Collection

Historical Photographs

• CEV Photo Archive

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