Manual well measurements from 9 Hillslope Project sites located in Macon County, North Carolina, within the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin

The hillslope study was established to directly link land use impacts to streamwater quality in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Nine sites were selected in the Little Tennessee Riverwatershed in Macon County, NC, representing four land use types: forest, mountain development,traditional valley, and large river valley. At each of these sites, three subsurface flowpathswere identified, and four plots were established along the flowpath following the elevation gradient. At seven of the nine sites, the three lower elevation plots at each of the subsurface flowpaths had ground water wells installed in order to measure groundwater stage along an elevational gradient. Measurements were taken every two weeks. Water depth in these wells was manually measured every two weeks using a water level indicator. Please see the accompanying well construction data for additional groundwater well information.