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Hendrickson
1950
Journal
Sept. 6 Stubby Spring, 4750-4500 ft., Riverside Co., Calif.
Rain which continued, fluctuating somewhat in intensity, until about
3:00 P.M. At about 11:00 A.M., walked to
Stubby Spring, 4500 ft. The water
emerges from an E-facing slope as a seep. It is collected in a small
(18" x 36") concrete trough at the bottom of
the seep, and in a large (18' diam.) masonry
tank about 40 ft. down canyon from the
above trough. The tank is about 4' deep;
at the base of the down-canyon side of the
tank are two low concrete troughs
filled by overflow from the tanks. At
this time the pipe carrying water to the
tank has an estimated flow of about
2 gts./min. The canyon bottom around
the trough has a rather dense growth
of Chrysothamnus. Below the tank is
an area about 200 sq. ft. of sedge (?) and stubble about 2" high. Above the seep,
on the hillside is a single large
willow, with several smaller shrubby
trees. Above this, or a somewhat more
gentle slope than much of the rest
of the hillside, is another area of Chryso-
thamnus. I picked a nearly complete
bat skeleton (really a rain-wetted mummy)