Crazy Woman Creek, Wyoming 



Location 



Johnson Co., WY; Sec. 8, R. 79 W., T. 51 N; GPS-UTM 4917608 N, 3901 12 E. 

 About 20 miles southeast of Buffalo. 



Upon exiting U.S. Interstate 25 at Buffalo, travel east on the main road before turning right onto 

 county road TW. Continue southeast 8.4 miles to Tipperary Road before turning left (northeast) 

 onto a secondary road. Continue northeast for 15 miles. Photopoint is on hill 50 yards north of 

 road. 



Description 



September8, 1999 



Photopoint to Road 



Grasses. Poa secunda, 

 Agropyron spicatum, Agropy 

 ron smithii. Bromus 

 japonicus, Carexjilifolia 



Shrubs. Sarcobatus 

 vermiculatus, Artemisia 

 tridentata 



Beyond Road 



Grasses. Agropyron smithii, 

 Poa secunda, Bromus 

 japonicus, Bromus tectorum, 

 Bouteloua gracilis, Buchloe 

 dactyloides 



Shrubs and Trees. 



Sarcobatus vermiculatus, 

 Artemisia tridentata, Populus 

 deltoides 



Synopsis 



In the 1917 photo, an old road is 

 visible and more sagebrush is 

 growing in the foreground than 

 in more recent photos. Populus 

 deltoides trees present in 1917 

 showed a significant increase in 

 size on both drainages until 

 1959. However, 1998 gave a 

 significantly different result, 

 with Populus deltoides density 

 and size reducing in the closer 

 drainage and very little change 

 in the distant creek. By 1959, a 

 more permanent gravel road was 

 established, and a ponded area 

 is visible on the left side of the 

 photo. After 1959, a few more 

 buildings were constructed. 



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