Soil-physical and soil-hydraulic properties as a function of burn severity for 2013, 2015, and 2017 in the area affected by the 2013 Black Forest Fire, Colorado USA (ver. 2.0, June 2021)
Dates
Publication Date
2019-09-12
Start Date
2013-07-23
End Date
2017-06-19
Revision
2021-06-24
Citation
Ebel, B.A., Moody, J.A., and Martin, D.A., 2019, Soil-physical and soil-hydraulic properties as a function of burn severity for 2013, 2015, and 2017 in the area affected by the 2013 Black Forest Fire, Colorado USA (ver 2.0, June 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A88C67.
Summary
Wildfire can impact soil-physical and soil-hydraulic properties, with major implications for hydrologic and ecologic response. The durations of these soil impacts are poorly characterized for some forested environments. This dataset sheds light on the first four years of recovery of soil-physical properties of bulk density, loss on ignition (measure of soil organic matter), ground cover, and soil particle size distribution and of soil-hydraulic properties of sorptivity and field-saturated hydraulic conductivity. The dataset also includes a simple infiltration model used to examine infiltration as the sites recover from fire.This is a revision of an existing USGS Data Release to add ground cover data and a model archive. Sample locations [...]
Summary
Wildfire can impact soil-physical and soil-hydraulic properties, with major implications for hydrologic and ecologic response. The durations of these soil impacts are poorly characterized for some forested environments. This dataset sheds light on the first four years of recovery of soil-physical properties of bulk density, loss on ignition (measure of soil organic matter), ground cover, and soil particle size distribution and of soil-hydraulic properties of sorptivity and field-saturated hydraulic conductivity. The dataset also includes a simple infiltration model used to examine infiltration as the sites recover from fire.This is a revision of an existing USGS Data Release to add ground cover data and a model archive. Sample locations within the 2013 Black Forest Fire study area are: BF1, UTM-Easting (m) 532027, UTM-Northing (m) 4323210, Approximate elevation (± 5m) 2288; BF2, UTM-Easting (m) 532139, UTM-Northing (m) 4323273, Approximate elevation (± 5m) 2288; BF3, UTM-Easting (m) 532015, UTM-Northing (m) 4323416, Approximate elevation (± 5m) 2285; BF4, UTM-Easting (m) 532166, UTM-Northing (m) 4323576, Approximate elevation (± 5m) 2292; BF5, UTM-Easting (m) 532370, UTM-Northing (m) 4323194, Approximate elevation (± 5m) 2293; BF6, UTM-Easting (m) 532712, UTM-Northing (m) 4323283, Approximate elevation (± 5m) 2300; UTM is Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 13, NAD83 datum, GRS80 geodetic reference system.
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Purpose
This project investigated recovery of soil properties that influence flash flood generation in the area affected by the 2013 Black Forest Fire in Colorado, USA. Data were collected for three temporal snapshots (2013, 2105, and 2017) during a time period of four years following the wildfire to assess remaining flood hazards. Data include bulk density, loss on ignition, ground cover, soil particle size, soil-hydraulic properties, and simple infiltration modeling.
Revision 2.0 by Brian Ebel on June 24, 2021. To review the changes that were made, see “BlackForestPhysHydraulProps_2013_2017_v2.0.txt” in the attached files section.