Rain measurements in and near the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2022 to 2023

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Amy E. East
Originator: Joshua B. Logan
Originator: Jessica L. Williamson
Publication_Date: 20230828
Title:
Rain measurements in and near the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2022 to 2023
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: comma-delimited text
Series_Information:
Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9CVG5AL
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
Suggested Citation: East, A.E., Logan, J.B., and Williamson, J.L., 2023, Rain measurements in and near the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2022 to 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CVG5AL.
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CVG5AL
Description:
Abstract:
Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California. The CZU Fire ignited in Los Padres National Forest, California, on August 18, 2020. By the time of full containment on December 31, 2020, the fire had burned 518 km2 (128,050 acres) in Monterey County. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) installed seven rain gages in and near the Dolan Fire burn area in October 2021 to measure rainfall during two post-fire wet seasons. This data release contains rain records from the Mill Creek and upper Nacimiento River watersheds collected during water year 2023 (October 1, 2022, through spring 2023). Previous datasets from this region included an additional rain gage (Dolan1), but due to vandalism its data are not usable over winter 2022-2023 and are not reported. Two other gages (Dolan4 and Dolan6) ran out of battery power and so did not record rain over part of the winter of 2022-2023; extreme rain conditions closed access to Los Padres National Forest so that batteries could not be replaced. This affected the following gages after the following dates: Dolan4 did not record data after 2022-11-03 00:54:39, and Dolan6 did not record data after 2022-11-10 16:07:27. Gages Dolan2, Dolan3, Dolan5, and Dolan7 collected complete rain records throughout the wet season. All seven rain gages were removed on May 25, 2023.
Purpose:
Direct measurements of rain amount, duration, and intensity such as these can be used to evaluate causes of post-fire landscape change and to help refine post-fire debris-flow thresholds.
Supplemental_Information:
Additional information about the field activity from which these data were derived is available online at:
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2021-629-FA
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20221028
Ending_Date: 20230525
Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition at time data were collected (time reported in Universal Time Coordinated [UTC]).
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Complete
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.71779544
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.34947286
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.20882309
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.07574222
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: precipitation (atmospheric)
Theme_Keyword: fire damage
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: precipitation measurements
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:64b9f410d34e70357a2c3ec7
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: State of California
Place_Keyword: Monterey County
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/64b9f410d34e70357a2c3ec7?name=DolanFire_Gage.JPG&allowOpen=true
Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
Photograph of USGS rain gage in Los Padres National Forest, Dolan Fire burn area.
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPG
Data_Set_Credit: Data collection was funded by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
These rain gages measure rainfall with a resolution of 0.2 millimeter (mm). Data values are within the expected values. Calibration accuracy is within 1.0 percent (up to 20 mm/hour of maximum rainfall rate of 12.7 cm).
Logical_Consistency_Report: Data values are within the expected values.
Completeness_Report:
The rain gages were programmed to record only during rain events. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. One rain gage was omitted, and two others have incomplete datasets as described in the abstract.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Reported geographic coordinates of sites are estimated to be within 5 meters.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data for all rain gages were recorded on a self-contained pendant logger housed within each unit and downloaded manually at intervals of weeks to months.
Process_Date: 20230701
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: DolanFire_RainData_2022_2023.csv
Entity_Type_Definition:
Table containing attribute information associated with the data set.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SITE_NAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of the site containing rain gage.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dolan2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Rain gage located near Lucia, CA, approximately at 35.991790, -121.486770.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dolan3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Rain gage located near Lucia, CA, approximately at 35.997771, -121.463628.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dolan4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Rain gage located near Lucia, CA, approximately at 36.008896, -121.452807.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dolan5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Rain gage located near Lucia, CA, approximately at 36.013891, -121.436747.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dolan6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Rain gage located near Lucia, CA, approximately at 36.005803, -121.392646.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dolan7
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Rain gage located near Lucia, CA, approximately at 35.991327, -121.364616.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DATE_TIME
Attribute_Definition: The date and time of the rain gage measurement.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 2022-10-28 00:42:24
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2023-05-24 13:26:26
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Date and time formatted as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RAIN_MM
Attribute_Definition:
The amount of rainfall that was recorded. The gage records the date and time every time 0.2 mm of rainfall are collected by the gage (equivalent to one tip of the electronic sensor).
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0.2
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Millimeters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.2
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CUMULATIVE_RAIN_MM
Attribute_Definition:
The cumulative amount of rainfall which was collected at the station from deployment to final recovery of the station.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.2
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2081.2
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Millimeters
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.2
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The first line of the .csv file is a header line.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
These data are available in csv format (DolanFire_RainData_2022_2023.csv), accompanied by CSDGM FGDC compliant metadata.
Distribution_Liability:
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: comma-delimited text
Format_Version_Number: RFC 4180
Format_Information_Content: Zip file contains the .csv table and the associated metadata.
File_Decompression_Technique: No compression applied.
Transfer_Size: 1.24
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/64b9f410d34e70357a2c3ec7
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CVG5AL
Access_Instructions:
Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links. The first link will begin a direct download of the data and metadata. The second link points to the landing page for the data release.
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
These data can be viewed with any text editing or spreadsheet software.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20230828
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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