Shope Fork of Coweeta Creek streamflow at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory from 1934 to 1999

Coweeta Watershed 08 is Shope Fork, one of the four headwater streams forming Coweeta Creek which drains into the Little Tennessee River near Otto (Macon County) North Carolina. WS089 has 759.6 ha, entirely forested except for gravel roads servicing research sites, and ranges in elevation from 701.6 m at the weir to 1600 m at the peak of Albert Mountain. The majority of the watershed has been covered with mixed deciduous forest for the entire period of record except for small clearings associated with raingage and climate station sites and watershed treatments. The two largest treatments were cutting of all forest vegetation on 43.7 ha in 1963 and 59.6 ha in 1977. Natural regeneration revegetated both areas quickly with canopy closure occurring within 10 years or less.考伊塔流域08号（Coweeta Watershed 08）即肖普溪（Shope Fork），为构成考伊塔溪（Coweeta Creek）的四条源头溪流之一，考伊塔溪最终汇入位于北卡罗来纳州梅肯县奥托镇附近的小田纳西河（Little Tennessee River）。WS089流域面积达759.6公顷，除服务研究站点的碎石公路外，全域均为林地；其海拔范围介于堰坝处的701.6米至阿尔伯特山（Albert Mountain）峰顶的1600米。在整个观测记录周期内，该流域绝大多数区域均覆盖有混合落叶阔叶林，仅存在与雨量计、气象站点布设及流域治理相关的小片空地。流域内两次规模最大的治理行动分别为1963年对43.7公顷林地的全植被清除，以及1977年对59.6公顷林地的全植被清除。两处区域均通过自然更新快速完成植被恢复，林冠郁闭耗时不超过10年。