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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-667-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Conconully Wildfire

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, Tacoma, Washington

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Contact(s): Renee Takesue

Information Specialist(s): Renee Takesue

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Explore how fire activity contributed to reservoir sedimentation.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Conconully, WA

End Port/Location: Conconully, WA

Start Date: 2022-06-25

End Date: 2025-06-25

Equipment Used: Gravity Core, core, Hand-grab sample, Garmin

Information to be Derived: Historical records of fire activity and sediment accumulation rates from sediment compositional chemistry, charcoal counts, and radionuclide chronologies.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collect watershed soil, stream sediment, and historical sediment records from the reservoir.

Notes:

Location:

Conconully, WA

Boundaries
North: 48.88308168 South: 48.28227826 West: -120.15380856 East: -119.35546854

Platform(s):

photo of Frontier
Frontier

Other
photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Gravity Core --- Geology
core --- Biology
Geology
Hand-grab sample --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Garmin --- Navigation

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