AKA: Dolan Fire fieldwork
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Amy East
Affiliate Investigator(s): Noah Finnegan, UC Santa Cruz
Information Specialist(s): Other
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Meteorology, Location-Elevation: Transects
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitoring rainfall and post-fire sediment transport in the area of Los Padres National Forest burned in the 2020 Dolan Fire.
Vehicle(s): Mitsubishi Outlander G61-0912R
Start Port/Location: N/A
End Port/Location: N/A
Start Date: 2021-05-24
End Date: 2023-12-31
Equipment Used: Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge, Total Station
Information to be Derived: River profiles (elevation) and grain size of streambed in Nacimiento River through pebble counting.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Data collection was completed in 2023 and the rain gages removed in May that year. Two data releases were published: East, A.E., and Williamson, J.L., 2023, Rain measurements in the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2021 to 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VVYKJ7. 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.
Staff: Joshua Logan, Amy East
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Study end date is approximate, not known yet.
Location:
Dolan Fire burn area, Monterey County, California
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.20882309 | South: 36.07574222 | West: -121.71779544 | East: -121.34947286 |
Platform(s):
Unknown |
East, A.E., and Williamson, J.L., 2023, Rain measurements in the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2021 to 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VVYKJ7.
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge | --- | Meteorology | Rain measurements in and near the Dolan Fire Area, 2022 to 2023 (Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California.) Rain measurements in the Dolan Fire Area, 2021 to 2022 (Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California.) |
| Total Station | --- | Benchmarks Profiles Transects |
