The Luckiamute
Watershed Project at WOU
Undergraduate
Education - Research - Service Learning - Community Outreach
Steve Taylor, Ph.D.
Department of Earth and Physical Sciences
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 838-8398
503 838-8072 FAX
taylors@wou.edu
Bulletin Board **Check Here for Project News and Events**
Winter 2023 - Ash Creek GIS Data - Lidar Download
Ash Creek Lidar 1-m DEM (ArcGIS Grid File in *.zip compressed folder)
Ash Creek Lidar 1-m Hillshade Model (ArcGIS Grid File in *.zip compressed folder)
Ash Creek Lidar-Based Hillshade Published Map
Ash Creek Topo Base DRG Published Map
Click Here for Link to Luckiamute NetMap Terrain Modeling Project Page (November 2016)
Click Here for Link to Kemper Falls City Groundwater Data (October 2015)
Click Here for Link to Luckiamute Rapid Bio-Assessment Project Page (July 2015)
Fall 2010 American Geophysical Union Meeting Poster - Land Cover Analysis in the Willamette Basin
Multi-Temporal Land Cover Analysis in the Mid-Willamette Basin, Oregon:
Assessment of Riparian Forest Canopy Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data (*.ppt; Stanley and Taylor, 2010)
Multi-Temporal Land Cover Analysis in the Mid-Willamette Basin, Oregon:
Assessment of Riparian Forest Canopy Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data (*.pdf; Stanley and Taylor, 2010)
2010 RBA Landowner Access Maps
HUC601 Upper Luckiamute (*.ppt)
HUC602 Vincent - NORTH (*.ppt)
HUC602 Vincent - SOUTH (*.ppt)
HUC603 Maxfield (*.ppt)
HUC604 Pedee (*.ppt)
HUC607 Middle Little Luckiamute
All 2010 RBA Landowner Maps (*.ppt)
2010 Landowner Permissions Contact List (*.xlsx; from Hollis LWC Outreach 7/2010)
2009-2010 Luckiamute State Natural Area Development Project
OPRD LSNA Masterm Plan (Final April 2009)
Taylor (2010) Proposal for Hydrogeologic Analysis and Aquifer Characterization at LSNA
Link to Benton County Water Project (groundwater, Luckiamute)
2008-2009 Fish Survey (RBA) Project
Click Here for Link to Luckiamute Fish Survey Project Page
2008-2009 Landuse Analysis Project
Click Here for Link to Luckiamute Landuse Analysis Project Page
BLM Luckiamute - "Megawatershed Analysis" (1998)
2008 Landowner Survey Information
Luckiamute 6th Field HUC Subbasin Map
ODFW 6th Field Tributaries (Luckiamute)
Luckiamute 6th Field HUC GIS Data (subbasins, streams, landowners; shapefiles, State Plane; *.zip)
2008 Benton County Taxlot Data (shapefiles, State Plane)
2008 Polk County Taxlot Data (shape files, State Plane)
Luckiamute Subbasin Landowner Access Maps (July 2008)
2008 Luckiamute Landowner/Taxlot Shapefiles (State Plane; *.zip)
2008 Landowner Outreach and Taxlot Info (by subbbasin, *.xls)
New Releases...
Taylor et al. (2009), Historic Land-Cover Analysis of the Luckiamute River Basin, Central Oregon Coast Range (Geological Society of America Meeting) (*.ppt)
Stanley and Taylor (2009), GIS Methodology for Land Cover Analysis in the Luckiamute River Basin(Geological Society of America Meeting)(*.ppt)
Taylor and Dutton (2009) Invasive Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed (Association of American Geographers Meeting) (*.ppt)
Taylor and Dutton, 2009, Invasive Plant
Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed (AAG Abstract; *.doc)
Dutton and Taylor (2009) Luckiamute Invasive Plant Presentation for the WOU Oregon 150 Symposium
Taylor and others, 2007, Riparian Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed (GSA Poster, *.ppt)
Taylor and others, 2007, Riparian Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed
Noll and others, 2007, Spatial Distribution
of Invasive Plant Species, Luckiamute River
Invasive Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed - Fall 2006 - Online Slide Presentation
Geology and Geomorphology of the Luckiamute Watershed
- Online Slide Presentation
Spatial Distribution Patterns of Invasive Species
In the Luckiamute Watershed, Online Slide Presentation (Noll and others, 2007
AES Showcase)
U.S. Geological Survey
- OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds Project
IWW Small-Grants Proposal (Taylor, 2003-2004):
Hydrogeomorphic Analysis of the Luckiamute Watershed, Central Coast Range, Oregon
IWW Interim Report (Taylor, 2005)
IWW Final Report (Taylor, 2006)
Project Links
Oregon State University - Institute
for Water and Watersheds
National Institutes for Water Resources
U.S. Geological Survey - State Water Resources Research Institute Program
Oregon State Parks - Luckiamute Natural Area Master Plan
Luckiamute Watershed - Contextual Learning Modules
ES322 Geomorphology - Introduction to Watershed Analysis - Luckiamute Basin
ES322 Geomorphology - Introduction to GIS Data Exploration - Luckiamute Basin
ES322 Geomorphology - Baker Creek Landslide Problem (Soap Creek Subbasin)
ES322 Geomorphology - Helmick State Park Soil Survey Exercise (Luckiamute River)
ES322 Geomorphology - Luckiamute Field Hydrology (part 1)
ES322 Geomorphology - Luckiamute Fluvial Hydrology (part 2)
ES322 Geomorphology - Luckiamute Watershed Field Portfolio Guidelines
ES473/573 Environmental Geology - Mountain Fir Groundwater Contamination Case Study
ES473/573 Environmental Geology - Luckiamute Watershed Assessment Exercise
ES476/576 Hydrology - Luckiamute Flood Hazards Lab
Luckiamute Watershed - Field Guides
Taylor et al. (2007) Field Guide to Environmental Studies in the Luckiamute Watershed (Oregon Academy of Science 2007 Meeting)
Taylor (2005) Hydrogeology of the Ash Creek Subbasin (Monmouth-Independence Area)
Taylor (2004) Field Guide to the Coffin Butte Landfill, Soap Creek Subbasin
Taylor (2004) Appended Field Guide - Geology and Geomorphology of the Luckiamute Watershed
Taylor et al. (2002) Field Guide to the Luckiamute Watershed (GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting)
Field Photos - Students in Action on the Luckiamute!
Luckiamute Watershed - Reports and Publications
BLM Luckiamute - "Megawatershed Analysis" (1998)
Taylor and others, 2007, Riparian Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed
Noll and others, 2007, Spatial Distribution of Invasive Plant Species, Luckiamute River
Geology and Geomorphology of the Luckiamute Watershed
- Online Slide Presentation
Invasive Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed - Fall 2006 - Online Slide Presentation
Taylor et al., 2002; Field Guide to the Luckiamute Watershed
Taylor (2002), American Geophysical Union Meeting
Taylor (2005), Association of American Geographers-Mountain Rivers Session
Geology of the Luckiamute Basin (Taylor, 2004)
Oregon State Parks - Luckiamute Natural Area Master Plan
ORSP Luckiamute Natural Area Draft
Master Plan (Dec. 2006)
Luckiamute Watershed Assessment and Restoration
OWEB Permit Guide to Watershed Restoration Work in Oregon
EPA Watershed Assessment Handbook
OWEB Watershed Assessment Handbook
The Basics of Oregon Salmonid Fisheries
Luckiamute Watershed Assessment - Final Report (Garano and others, 2004)
Appendix A. Geology (Taylor, 2004, Supplement to Watershed Assessment)
Appendix B. History and Timeline
Appendices C - H. Land Cover
Appendix I. BLM Status Supplement (Maxfield, Soap Creek and Berry Creek Subbasins)
Appendices J - L. Bird Species
Map 1. Study Area (file size = 749 kb)
Map 2. Catchments - 7th Field HUC (file size =
299 kb)
Map 3. Precipitation (file size = 656 kb)
Map 4. Geology (file size = 351 kb)
Map 5. Hydric Soils (file size = 1.03 Mb)
Map 6. Ecoregions (file size = 657 kb)
Map 7. 303d Listed Streams (file size = 103 kb)
Map 8. FEMA Floodplain Map (file size
= 86 kb)
Map 9. Slope Map (file size = 198 kb)
Map 10. Debris Flow Hazards (file size =
719 kb)
Map 11. Pre-settlement Land
Cover (file size = 120 kb)
Map 12. Present Land Cover (file size
= 179 kb)
Map 13. Channel Habitat Type (file size = 438 kb)
Map 14. Aquatic Habitat Inventory (file size =
49 kb)
Map 15. Winter Steelhead Distribution (file
size = 51 kb)
Map 16. Coho Distribution (file size = 50 kb)
Map 17. Spring Chinook Disbribution (file
size = 68 kb)
Map 18. Example of Digital Orthophoto (file size
= 388 kb)
Map 19. Priority Stream Reaches
(file size = 101 kb)
Map 20a. Species Richness (file size
= 832 kb)
Map 20b. Amphibian and Reptile Richness
(file size = 510 kb)
Map 20c. Mammal Richness (file size =
1.9 Mb)
Map 20d. Bird Richness (file size = 283
kb)
Map 21. Shadeless Riparian Areas (file
size = 895 kb)
Marys River Watershed Assessment
Marys River Watershed Assessment (Ecosystems Northwest, 1999)
Luckiamute Watershed - GIS Products, Data, and Maps
Luckiamute GIS Data (ArcView Shape Files; Projection: UTM Zone 10N, NAD_1927, meters)
Bedrock Geology
Cultural and Geographic Data
CLAMS Coast Range Watershed Data
Geomorphology and Surficial Geology
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Soils
Surface Water Hydrology
Topography / Elevation Models
Tyee Landscape Analysis
Vegetation
Water Quality
WOU Invasive Plant Surveys
ODFW/Luckiamute 6th Field Tributaries (shapefiles)
Luckiamute 6th Field HUC GIS Data (subbasins, streams, landowners; shapefiles, State Plane; *.zip)
2008 Benton County Taxlot Data (shapefiles, State Plane)
2008 Polk County Taxlot Data (shape files, State Plane)
2008 Luckiamute Landowner/Taxlot Shapefiles (State Plane; *.zip)
USGS 10-m Digital Elevation Models (DEM)
USGS Digital Raster Graphics (DRG)
Link
to Download Free ArcReader GIS Map Viewer
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Overview of Projections and Datums (from SeisSoft website)
More on Map Projections and Oregon
Step-by-step guide to map reprojection in Oregon
FGDC National Metadata Standards (Guidance Document)
Ash Creek GIS Data
Ash Creek (Monmouth-Independence) GIS Data (*.zip archive; UTM Zone10N, NAD1927)
Ash Creek (Monmouth-Independence) Print Maps (*.zip archive; *.ppt 36in x 48 in)
Luckiamute-Ash Creek National Wetlands Inventory (*.zip archive; *.shp State Plane North, NAD1983)
Luckiamute-Ash Creek Zoning Classification (*.zip archive; *.shp State Plane North, NAD1983)
Luckiamute-Ash Creek Land Ownership Inventory (*.zip archive; *.shp State Plane North, NAD1983)
MacDonald-Dunn Forest
MacDonald-Dunn Forest GIS Data - Trails (*.zip archive; UTM Zone10N, NAD1927)
MacDonald-Dunn Forest GIS Data - Forest Boundary (*.zip archive; UTM Zone10N, NAD1927)
MacDonald-Dunn Forest GIS Data - Roads (*.zip archive; UTM Zone10N, NAD1927)
MacDonald-Dunn Forest GIS Data - Streams (*.zip archive; UTM Zone10N, NAD1927)
MacDonald-Dunn Forest GIS Data - 7.5-min DRGs (*.zip archive; UTM Zone10N, NAD1927)
Luckiamute Watershed Air Photo Collection
Historical Air Photo
Collection for Select Localities in the Luckiamute Watershed (Source: Univ.
of Oregon, Flight Years: 1936-2000)
Digital Orthophotoquads
for the Luckiamute Watershed (Source: Oregon Dept. Forestry; UTM Zone 10 N,
NAD_1927, meters, Flight Year 2000)
USGS
/ NAPP Air Photos for the Luckiamute Watershed (Flight Year 2000)
Historical
Photos from Willamette Basin Stream Survey (Source: Oregon State University,
Flight Years 1934-1945)
Data Download
USGS Water Watch Web Site (Portal to U.S. Streamflow Data)
State of Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
CLAMS GIS Data (Oregon
Coastal Landscape Analysis and Modeling Study) Library Index System
Virtual Oregon OSU Data
Portal
Oregon DEQ LASAR Database: Water Quality Monitoring Stations for USGS Watershed
1709000306 (Luckiamute)
USGS
Data for Luckiamute Gaging Station at Helmick State Park (Station 14190500)
USGS
Data for Luckiamute River at Hoskins (Station 14189500)
USGS
Data for Luckiamute River at Pedee (Station 14190000)
USGS Data for Luckiamute River at Buena Vista Road (Station 444349123094000)
Oregon
Water Resources Dept. Groundwater Well Inventory
GIS
Data for Willamette Basin Hydrogeology (USGS)
Oregon Water
Resources Dept. Groundwater-Water Level Data-Hydrographs
DEQ Historic Water Quality Data (Grab Samples)
for Luckiamute: July 1968-July 2002 (MS Access *.mdb File, 6.0 Mb)
DEQ Historic Continuous Temperature Data for Luckiamute:
June - Sept. 2001 (MS Access *.mdb File, 23.0 Mb)
Link to USGS StreamStats Website
DEQ Historic Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) for Luckiamute:
July 1968-July 2002 (MS Access *.mdb File, 6.0 Mb; rt-click-saveas)
DEQ Historic Continuous Temperature Data
for Luckiamute: June - Sept. 2001 (MS Access *.mdb File, 23.0 Mb; rt-click-saveas)
WOU Invasive Plant Transects / Survey Data (Dutton and others, 2006)
Figures and Maps
Location map of Luckiamute Watershed (pdf version)
Physiographic map of Luckiamute Watershed
(pdf version)
Bedrock geology of Luckiamute Watershed (pdf
version)
Surficial geology of Luckiamute Watershed
(pdf version)
Luckiamute Watershed - Synergistic Research Activities at Western Oregon
University
Invasive Plant Study
Kristin Species Inventory - Feb. 11, 2008 (*.xls)
Taylor and others, 2007, Riparian Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed (GSA Poster, *.ppt)
OWEB Invasives / Monitoring Grant Application Materials
USDA Field Guide to Riparian Plant Communities in NW Oregon
USDA Short Guide to Identifying Riparian Plants in NW Oregon
Invasive Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed - Fall 2006 - Online Slide Presentation
OR Community Foundation Project: Effects of Disturbance
on Invasive Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute
Property Access Letter to Riparian Landowners
Tax Records of Riparian Landowners
WOU Invasive Plant Survey GIS Data (All Files)
ArcView Shape file of Luckiamute
Riparian Landowners (*.zip)
Arcview Shape files of Luckiamute taxlots (*.zip)
Arcview Shape files of Luckiamute channels/watershed
boundary (*.zip)
Historical Air Photo
Collection for Invasive Plant Survey Transects in the Luckiamute Watershed (source:
Univ. of Oregon, Flight Years 1936-2000)
Air Photo Analysis Workplan (Sept. 2006)
Invasive Plant Transects / Survey Data
WOU Invasive Plant Presentation Powerpoint File (Dutton et al., *.ppt)
Noll and others, 2007, Presentation:
Spatial Distribution Patterns of Invasive Species In the Luckiamute Watershed
(*.ppt)
Taylor and others, 2007, Riparian Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute Watershed
Noll and others, 2007, Spatial Distribution of Invasive Plant Species, Luckiamute River
2008 Landowner Survey Information
Luckiamute 6th Field HUC Subbasin Map
ODFW 6th Field Tributaries (Luckiamute)
Luckiamute 6th Field HUC GIS Data (subbasins, streams, landowners; shapefiles, State Plane; *.zip)
2008 Benton County Taxlot Data (shapefiles, State Plane)
2008 Polk County Taxlot Data (shape files, State Plane)
Luckiamute Subbasin Landowner Access Maps (July 2008)
2008 Luckiamute Landowner/Taxlot Shapefiles (State Plane; *.zip)
2008 Landowner Outreach and Taxlot Info (by subbbasin, *.xls)
Stream Temperature Study
Montanaro and Andrus (2005) - Luckiamute Proprosal and Study Design
Preliminary Stream Temperature Reconnaissance Survey (Andrus, 2004)
Andrus and Pearcy (1999) - Case Study Example of Stream Temp. From Marys River
Tague and Grant (2004a) - Case Study Example: Hydrogeologic Controls on Stream Temperature in
Upper Willamette Basin
Tague and Grant (2004b) - Geological framework
for interpreting low-flow regimes in Cascade streams
DEQ Historic Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) for Luckiamute:
July 1968-July 2002 (MS Access *.mdb File, 6.0 Mb; rt-click-saveas)
DEQ Historic Continuous Temperature Data
for Luckiamute: June - Sept. 2001 (MS Access *.mdb File, 23.0 Mb; rt-click-saveas)
Geomorphic Analysis
Bedrock Control on Slope Gradients in the Luckiamute Watershed, Central Coast Range, Oregon (Taylor, 2002)
Lithologic Controls on Watershed Morphology - Luckiamute Basin, Oregon Coast Range (Taylor, 2005)
Comparative Geomorphic Analysis of Oregon Coast Range Landscapes
Underlain by the Tyee Formation
OAS Luckiamute Field Trip Figures and Data
Luckiamute-Tyee Landscape Analysis Morphometric Data
LWC Geology and Geomorphology Powerpoint File (*.ppt)
Hydrogeologic Characterization
Proposal: Hydrogeology of the Luckiamute Watershed, Central
Coast Range, Oregon
Hydrogeologic Framework of the Willamette Valley (Woodward et al., 1998; Gannett and Caldwell, 1998)
Hydrogeology of Kings Valley - Luckiamute Watershed (Penoyer and Niem, 1975)
Luckiamute Aquifer Data Sheet (Rachel update 4/29/06)
Luckiamute Aquifer GIS Data Set (*.zip; posted 4/29/06)
Link to
Oregon Water Resources Dept. Groundwater Well Inventory
Water Quality Analysis
Groundwater and Water Chemistry of the Willamette Basin
(Orzol et al., 2000)
Map of DEQ Water Quality Sampling Localities from LASAR
Database
Preliminary Temperature Survey (Chip Andrus - Water
Work Consulting)
Tague and Grant (2004) Stream Temp. Study
DEQ Historic Water Quality Data (Grab Samples) for Luckiamute:
July 1968-July 2002 (MS Access *.mdb File, 6.0 Mb; rt-click-saveas)
DEQ Historic Continuous Temperature Data
for Luckiamute: June - Sept. 2001 (MS Access *.mdb File, 23.0 Mb; rt-click-saveas)
Water Sampling Protocol
OWEB Water Quality Monitoring Guide
Oregon Plan Water Quality Monitoring Guidebook
USGS Procedures for Continuous Water Quality
Monitors
Link to USGS National Field
Manual for Collection of Water Quality Data
OSU Cooperative Central Analytical Lab Sample Collection
Procedures
Ash Creek Trail Project
Ash Creek Subbasin: Monmouth-Independence Recreational Trail Project
Luckiamute Watershed Related Links
Luckiamute Watershed Council Homepage
Oregon State Parks - Luckiamute Natural Area Master Plan
Oregon State University Institute
for Water and Watersheds
Link to Pacific Northwest Hydrologic
Observatory Web Site at OSU
EPA Aquatic Resources Monitoring Website
Willamette Basin Restoration Initiative
EPA Online Watershed Training Site
USGS Oregon Water Resources Homepage
Benton County Soil and Water Conservation
District
Marion County Soil and
Water Conservation District
Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District
Yamhill County Soil and Water Conservation
District
Rickreall Watershed Council Homepage
Marys River Watershed Council
OWEB Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Earth Design
Consultants / Luckiamute Watershed Assessment Project
1998
BLM Report: Rowell Ck-Mill Ck-Rickreall Ck-Luckiamute Watershed Analysis
Contact Information:
Stephen B. Taylor, Ph.D.
Earth and Physical Sciences Department
Western Oregon University
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, Oregon 97361
Office: Natural Science, NS 210
Phone: 503-838-8398 (Office)
Fax: 503-838-8072 (Office)
E-mail: taylors@wou.edu
Web Page: www.wou.edu/taylor