AKA: CZU wildfire geochemistry
Other ID: CZU wildfire geochemistry
Status: Pending
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Renee Takesue
Affiliate Investigator(s): Amy East (charcoal), Nancy Prouty (radiocarbon and carbon isotopes), Ferdinand Oberle (stream chemistry), Matthew Malkowski (Stanford Univ., detrital zircon)
Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Meteorology, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize sediment geochemical, carbon, and contaminant changes associated with wildfire and potential loading to coastal systems.
Vehicle(s): Mitsubishi Outlander G61-0912R
Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, California
End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, California
Start Date: 2020-09-09
End Date: 2023-09-30
Equipment Used: Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge, Handheld GPS, Hand-grab sample
Information to be Derived: Grain size, carbon, charcoal, detrital zircon, carbon isotopes, radiocarbon, rare earth elements, metals, PAHs
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Pamela Campbell-Swarzenski, Miranda Baker, Leticia Hallas, Matthew Malkowski, Ferdinand Oberle, Nancy Prouty, Amy East
Affiliate Staff:
Leticia Hallas
Miranda Baker
Pam Campbell
Notes: End date was changed from a 1-year period ending 9/30/21 to a total 3 yr period ending 9/30/23. End date was changed from original 3/31/21 to a 1-year period ending 9/30/21 to allow for sample collection for a weathering study 6 mo. and 12 mo. postfire.
Location:
Santa Cruz county and San Mateo county coastal watersheds, California, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.60378762 | South: 36.92179151 | West: -122.64260752 | East: -121.83870808 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
East, A.E., and Dailey, E.T., 2021, Rain measurements in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, 2020 to 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Y9HJSN.
East, A.E., and Williamson, J.L., 2022, Rain measurements in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, 2021 to 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9J7JOMP.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge | --- | Meteorology | Rain measurements in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, 2021 to 2022 (Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire (hereafter, "CZU Fire") burn area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California. This data release contains rain records from the Big Basin, Berry Creek, Brookdale, and Green Valley locations, measured over the second wet season after the CZU Fire.) Rain measurements in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California, 2020 to 2021 (Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the CZU Lightning Complex Fire (hereafter, "CZU Fire") burn area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California. The CZU Fire ignited in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, on August 16, 2020. ) |
| Handheld GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology |
