2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 331
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 307 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T54. Geomorphology and Hydrology of Wildland Fires

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division
Daniel Cadol and Francis K. Rengers, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
POST-FIRE HILLSLOPE RUNOFF AND EROSION RESPONSES: NUGGETS AND GAPS FROM EMPIRICAL STUDIES
WAGENBRENNER, Joe, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr, 100b UJ Noblet Forestry Bldg, Houghton, MI 49931, jwwagenb@mtu.edu
1:55 PM
PREDICTING FUTURE, POST-FIRE EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION FOR WATERSHEDS OF THE WESTERN USA
SANKEY, Joel B., U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, KREITLER, Jason, Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS-531, Menlo Park, CA 94025, HAWBAKER, Todd J., USGS, Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center, PO Box 25046, MS 516, Denver, CO 80225, MCVAY, Jason, Northern Arizona University, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics Lab, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, VAILLANT, Nicole, USDA Forest Service, Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Prineville, OR 97754 and LOWE, Scott, Boise State University, Department of Economics, Boise, ID 83725, jsankey@usgs.gov
2:10 PM
SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT PREDICTION OF RAINFALL INTENSITY-DURATION THRESHOLDS FOR THE GENERATION OF POST-FIRE DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
STALEY, Dennis M., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, NEGRI, Jacquelyn, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and KEAN, Jason W., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225-0046, dstaley@usgs.gov
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2:25 PM
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2:40 PM
HOLOCENE FIRE HISTORY AND GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE IN EASTERN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA, USA
MACGREGOR, Kelly, Geology, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, KUTVIRT, Jacqueline, Geology, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN 55105, RIIHIMAKI, Catherine A., Council on Science and Technology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, MYRBO, Amy, LacCore/CSDCO, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, LOCATELLI, Emma, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and BRADTMILLER, Louisa, Environmental Studies Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, macgregor@macalester.edu
2:55 PM
A SYNTHESIS OF ALLUVIAL RECORDS OF WILDFIRE IN THE WESTERN USA: A COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
PIERCE, Jennifer L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, MEYER, Grant A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, BIGIO, Erica, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, NELSON, Nathan, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID 83702, POULOS, Michael, Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Dept. of Geosciences, Boise, ID 83725, JENKINS, Sara, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, WEPPNER, Kerrie N., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725-1535, RILEY, Kerry, Luminescence Laboratory, Utah State University, 1770 N Research Pkwy, Suite 123, North Logan, UT 84341, FITCH, Erin, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, University of Hawai'i, Manoa, HI 96822 and FRECHETTE, Jed, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87110, jenpierce@boisestate.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
WILDLAND FIRE IMPACTS ON HILLSLOPE SURFACE RUNOFF GENERATION DURING AN EXTREME RAINFALL EVENT IN THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE
EBEL, Brian A., U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Box 25046, MS410, USGS, Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 53, Lakewood, CO 80225, bebel@usgs.gov
3:50 PM
FIRE AND FLOOD IN FOURMILE CANYON, COLORADO —ANALYZING THE GEOMORPHIC EFFECTS OF CATASTROPHIC EVENTS USING LIDAR AND FIELD STUDIES
WICHERSKI, Will, Geosciences Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, DETHIER, David P., Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4148 and KASTE, James M., Geology, The College of William and Mary, McGlothlin-Street Hall, Williamsburg, VA 23187, ww3@williams.edu
4:05 PM
SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN THE SOUTH FORK CACHE LA POUDRE FOLLOWING THE HIGH PARK FIRE
RYAN, Sandra E., US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 West Prospect Rd, Fort Collins, CO 80526, RATHBURN, Sara L., Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and DIXON, Mark, Mountain Studies Institute, 1309 E. 3rd Avenue #106, Durango, CO 81301, sryanburkett@fs.fed.us
4:20 PM
IMPACTS OF A RECENT WILDFIRE AND MAJOR FLASH FLOOD ON ENDANGERED HUMPBACK CHUB HABITAT - SHINUMO CREEK, GRAND CANYON
SCHENK, Edward R.1, HEALY, Brian D.2, SMITH, Emily O.2, TOBIN, Benjamin W.3, VALLE, Cynthia M.1 and MACKINNON, Peter D.4, (1)National Park Service, Grand Canyon NP, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, (2)National Park Service, Grand Canyon NP, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (3)Science and Resource Management, Grand Canyon National Park, 1824 S Thompson St, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (4)Utah State University, Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT 84322, edward_schenk@nps.gov
4:35 PM
WATERSHED-SCALE HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS OF LARGE WILDFIRES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN USA
WINE, Michael Louis and CADOL, Daniel, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, mlw63@me.com
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