Field Activity 2021-629-FA

Identifier 2021-629-FA
Also known as Dolan Fire fieldwork
Purpose Monitoring rainfall and post-fire sediment transport in the area of Los Padres National Forest burned in the 2020 Dolan Fire.
Location Dolan Fire burn area, Monterey County, California
Summary 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.
Info derived River profiles (elevation) and grain size of streambed in Nacimiento River through pebble counting.
Comments Study end date is approximate, not known yet.
Projects
Platform
Unknown
Vehicles
Mitsubishi Outlander G61-0912R
Itinerary
Start N/A 2021-05-24
End N/A 2023-12-31
Days in the field Yes
Bounds
West -121.71779544
East -121.34947286
North 36.20882309
South 36.07574222

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
University of California, Santa Cruz(UCSC)
Santa Cruz, CA
Principal investigators Amy East
Crew members
Joshua Logan
Scientist, Staff
Amy East
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
(not identified)
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Noah Finnegan, UC Santa Cruz

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation
Data type: Meteorology, Transects

Moorings

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Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge Meteorology 2
Total Station Benchmarks, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Rain measurements in and near the Dolan Fire Area, 2022 to 2023 Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California. Amy East
Rain measurements in the Dolan Fire Area, 2021 to 2022 Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California. Amy East

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity