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Yellow River [S-1370] is one of 1 sites monitored by Group [ G-1176] Newton High Environmental Science Classes

Site Description: Site adjoins school property and is easily accessed by environmental classes. All testing can be completed from the bank of the river.
Bottom of river is entirely sand. Depth is from 4'to 1' depending the amount of rain that has fallen up stream.

Special Information:This section of the Yellow River has flooded twice this year. The school property wasn't flooded but some homes across the river were damaged. The science dept. won a $250,000 grant from Hewlett Packard to develop a sustainable wetland between the baseball field and the agricultural buildings. This project will take several years to construct.

This site has 8 recorded monitoring events.

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At a glance

Site:

Yellow River [S-1370]

Group:

[G-1176] Newton High Environmental Science Classes

Lat, Long:

33.5747 , -83.9102

Altitude:

194 meters ( 636 feet )

Watershed:

Upper Ocmulgee River Watershed

City:

Covington, Georgia

County:

Newton

Events:

First sampled:

09/24/2010

Local Coordinator:

Deborah Ortiz

Hannah Penn

Jeff Scott

Javier Sayago

Shaundon Moore