NRCS-USFS Soil Moisture Measurements - Fernow Experimental Forest, WV, 2022-2025

This dataset consists of soil moisture (volumetric water content and water potential), temperature, and electrical conductivity measurements at multiple depths within 20 soil pedons distributed across Watersheds 4, 5, 6, and 7 at the Fernow Experimental Forest from September 2022 to June 2025. This work is a part of a larger partnership between the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to install, monitor and generate long-term soil moisture datasets across multiple forested watersheds in the U.S. Associated data packages from both the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory and Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest can be found on the EDI Data Portal. Dataset contributors: Fernow site selection and project planning conducted by Ben Rau (USFS), Ann Tan (NRCS), and James Leonard (NRCS). Megan Thomas (NRCS) and Joel Gebhard (NRCS) assisted with site installation. Site visits, data downloading, and logger maintenance was by Tyler Sharretts (USFS) and Chris Cassidy (USFS). The dataset was curated by Emily Piche (USFS, ORISE) and Amanda Pennino (NRCS). Overall partnership initiation and project management was by Stephanie Connolly (USFS) and Skye Wills (NRCS).