Sagehen Creek Field Station

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Sagehen Creek Field Station
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Location Nevada County, California
Coordinates 39°25′57″N120°14′13″W / 39.43250°N 120.23694°W / 39.43250; -120.23694
Governing body University of California, Berkeley
Website http://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.

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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: 6337ft (1932m)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °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)
Average low °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)
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)
Source 1: NOAA [5]
Source 2: NOAA (Precipitation) [6]


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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.