AKA: NapaSonoma
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue
Affiliate Investigator(s): Brett Tipple (UCSC)
Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize sediment from wildfire-burned areas in Napa and Sonoma watersheds.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Sonoma, CA
End Port/Location: Napa, CA
Start Date: 2018-03-17
End Date: 2018-03-17
Equipment Used: Handheld GPS, Hand-grab sample
Information to be Derived: Sediment geochemical composition and contaminants
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 20 hand-grab samples from Sonoma Creek and Napa River, and 1 petit ponar grab sample from Napa River.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Ecosystems Priority Ecosystems Mini-Project
Location:
Napa and Sonoma watersheds, California
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.43372646 | South: 38.08952574 | West: -122.58609966 | East: -122.21406326 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
Takesue, R.K., 2020, Geochemistry of sediment and organic matter in drainages burned by the Altas and Nuns wildfires in October 2017 and of nearshore seabed sediment in north San Francisco Bay from March to April 2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VDTDSC.
Takesue, R.K., Conaway, C.H., and Tipple, B.J., 2021, Parent and alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in north San Francisco Bay, Napa River, and Sonoma Creek in 2018 and 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B080YI.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology |
