Sagehen Creek Field Station

Sagehen Creek Field Station
Map showing the location of Sagehen Creek Field Station
Map showing the location of Sagehen Creek Field Station
Map showing the location of Sagehen Creek Field Station
Map showing the location of Sagehen Creek Field Station
LocationNevada County, California
Coordinates39°25′57″N 120°14′13″W / 39.43250°N 120.23694°W / 39.43250; -120.23694
Governing bodyUniversity of California, Berkeley
Websitehttp://sagehen.ucnrs.org/

Sagehen Creek Field Station is a research and teaching facility of the University of California at Berkeley's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Berkeley Natural History Museums & the University of California Natural Reserve System. Sagehen is also a member of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.

The Station was established in 1951 with the signing of a long-term special use permit with the USDA Forest Service; today, this relationship includes the Tahoe National Forest which manages the land, & the Pacific Southwest Research Station, which created the Sagehen Experimental Forest on 28 Nov. 2005.

Sagehen serves as the hub of a much broader network of research areas known as the Central Sierra Field Research Stations.[1] CSFRS consists of:

The Station is not generally open to the public. However, Sagehen hosts periodic public events.[2]

Sagehen also maintains a public news blog[3] and video log.[4]

Climate

Sagehen Creek has a continental Mediterranean climate (Köppen Dsb) with subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) characteristics.

Climate data for Sagehen Creek, California, 1991–2020 normals, 1966-2020 extremes: 6337ft (1932m)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 62
(17) 		64
(18) 		72
(22) 		78
(26) 		84
(29) 		90
(32) 		96
(36) 		95
(35) 		90
(32) 		85
(29) 		70
(21) 		62
(17) 		96
(36)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 54.6
(12.6) 		54.7
(12.6) 		63.3
(17.4) 		68.1
(20.1) 		76.8
(24.9) 		83.2
(28.4) 		88.7
(31.5) 		87.1
(30.6) 		82.9
(28.3) 		74.9
(23.8) 		63.1
(17.3) 		53.1
(11.7) 		89.1
(31.7)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 40.1
(4.5) 		40.5
(4.7) 		48.3
(9.1) 		52.9
(11.6) 		62.0
(16.7) 		71.8
(22.1) 		79.8
(26.6) 		79.2
(26.2) 		72.6
(22.6) 		61.4
(16.3) 		49.4
(9.7) 		38.8
(3.8) 		58.1
(14.5)
Daily mean °F (°C) 27.7
(−2.4) 		27.7
(−2.4) 		33.4
(0.8) 		37.5
(3.1) 		45.1
(7.3) 		52.2
(11.2) 		58.4
(14.7) 		57.3
(14.1) 		51.6
(10.9) 		42.9
(6.1) 		34.8
(1.6) 		26.5
(−3.1) 		41.3
(5.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 15.4
(−9.2) 		14.9
(−9.5) 		18.5
(−7.5) 		22.1
(−5.5) 		28.2
(−2.1) 		32.5
(0.3) 		37.0
(2.8) 		35.3
(1.8) 		30.6
(−0.8) 		24.5
(−4.2) 		20.1
(−6.6) 		14.3
(−9.8) 		24.5
(−4.2)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −4.4
(−20.2) 		−0.8
(−18.2) 		1.3
(−17.1) 		10.9
(−11.7) 		20.8
(−6.2) 		24.1
(−4.4) 		28.1
(−2.2) 		27.1
(−2.7) 		23.5
(−4.7) 		15.6
(−9.1) 		3.9
(−15.6) 		−4.5
(−20.3) 		−9.9
(−23.3)
Record low °F (°C) −21
(−29) 		−33
(−36) 		−9
(−23) 		−3
(−19) 		10
(−12) 		18
(−8) 		24
(−4) 		25
(−4) 		16
(−9) 		7
(−14) 		−10
(−23) 		−28
(−33) 		−33
(−36)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 5.02
(128) 		5.16
(131) 		4.43
(113) 		2.10
(53) 		1.56
(40) 		0.48
(12) 		0.29
(7.4) 		0.44
(11) 		0.60
(15) 		1.81
(46) 		3.02
(77) 		5.63
(143) 		30.54
(776.4)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 40.9
(104) 		45.0
(114) 		36.9
(94) 		7.1
(18) 		1.9
(4.8) 		0.4
(1.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.5
(1.3) 		2.5
(6.4) 		21.8
(55) 		32.8
(83) 		189.8
(481.5)
Source 1: NOAA (Independence Creek precipitation)[5][6]
Source 2: XMACIS2 (1981-1998 snowfall, records & monthly max/mins)[7]

References

  1. ^ "Central Sierra Field Research Stations". The Regents of the University of California. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Sagehen Events". The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Sagehen News". The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Sagehen TV". The Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Sagehen Creek, California 1991-2020 Monthly Normals". Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Independence Creek, California 1991-2020 Monthly Normals". Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. ^ "xmACIS". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 15 November 2023.