GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 302
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 406 (Colorado Convention Center)

T54. Geomorphology and Hydrology of Wildland Fires

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Daniel Cadol, Francis K. Rengers, Luke McGuire and Joel B. Sankey, Advocates
1:30 PM
CRANK IT UP: AMPLIFICATION OF POST-WILDFIRE PEAK RUNOFF BY DEBRIS
KEAN, Jason W., MCGUIRE, Luke, RENGERS, Francis K., SMITH, Joel B. and STALEY, Dennis M., U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Sciences Center, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, jwkean@usgs.gov
1:45 PM
ASSESSING DEBRIS FLOWS INITIATION PROCESSES FROM HISTORIC RAINFALL IN SEPTEMBER 2013 – GILA NATIONAL FOREST, NM (Invited Presentation)
TILLERY, Anne, U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center, 5338 Montgomery Blvd. NE Ste 400, Albuquerque, NM 87109, atillery@usgs.gov
2:00 PM
FLOODING AND EROSION AFTER THE BUFFALO CREEK FIRE: A MODELING APPROACH USING LANDLAB
ADAMS, Jordan M.1, GASPARINI, Nicole M.2, HOBLEY, Daniel E.J.3, TUCKER, Gregory E.4, HUTTON, Eric5, SIDDHARTHA NUDURUPATI, Sai6 and ISTANBULLUOGLU, Erkan6, (1)Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Coooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, (5)Instaar, University of Colorado, campus Box 450, 1560 30th St, Boulder, CO 80303, (6)Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 201 More Hall, Box 352700, Seattle, WA 98195-2700, jadams15@tulane.edu
2:15 PM
HOW DO WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE POST-FIRE SEDIMENT STORAGE AND DELIVERY OVER TIME? (Invited Presentation)
BROGAN, Daniel J.1, NELSON, Peter A.1 and MACDONALD, Lee H.2, (1)Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (2)Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 80523, daniel.brogan@colostate.edu
2:30 PM
SIMULATING POST-WILDFIRE RUNOFF: HOW IMPORTANT ARE SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN INFILTRATION CAPACITY AND MEASUREMENT SCALE?
MCGUIRE, Luke1, RENGERS, Francis K.1, KEAN, Jason W.2, MIRUS, Benjamin B.2 and STALEY, Dennis M.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Sciences Center, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Sciences Center, 1711 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, lmcguire@usgs.gov
2:45 PM
HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS OF LARGE SOUTHWESTERN USA WILDFIRES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY: FACT OR FICTION? 
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
3:00 PM
SOIL-HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES AND INFILTRATION TIMESCALES IN WILDFIRE-AFFECTED SOILS AND ASH
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
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
WATER QUALITY IMPACTS FROM THE WEST FORK COMPLEX FIRE: MONITORING ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND IMPACTS ON DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES IN THE UPPER RIO GRANDE
RUST, Ashley1, RANDELL, Jackie1 and HOGUE, Terri S.2, (1)Hydrological Sciences and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois, Golden, CO 80403, (2)Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, arust@mymail.mines.edu
3:45 PM
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS PRESERVE SEDIMENTARY RECORDS OF WILDFIRE IN DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS
HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences & Dept. of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, DETHIER, D.P., Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, CLANCY, Kathleen, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, FAGAN, Chad E., Center for Integrative Geosciences, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 and HARRIS, Gregory, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Beach Hall, Storrs, CT 06269, michael.hren@uconn.edu
4:00 PM
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION RECOVERY FOLLOWING FIRE IN RIPARIAN FORESTS
CADOL, Daniel, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 and GOMEZ-VELEZ, Jesus D., Hydrology Program, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, daniel.cadol@nmt.edu
4:15 PM
SHORT AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY IN BURNED WATERSHEDS AND THE IMPACT ON STREAMFLOW DYNAMICS (Invited Presentation)
HOGUE, Terri S., SAXE, Samuel, LOGAN, Ryan, KNIPPER, Kyle and BLOUNT, William K., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, thogue@mines.edu
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5:00 PM
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4:45 PM
A MULTI-MODEL APPROACH TO PROJECT REGIONAL POST-FIRE SEDIMENT DYNAMICS
SANKEY, Joel B.1, KREITLER, Jason2, HAWBAKER, Todd J.3, STALEY, Dennis M.4, RENGERS, Francis K.5, MUELLER, Erich R.6, MCGUIRE, Luke5 and KASPRAK, Alan1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS-531, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)USGS, Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center, PO Box 25046, MS 516, Denver, CO 80225, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Hazards Sciences Center, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 966, Denver, CO 80225, (6)Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, jsankey@usgs.gov
5:15 PM
USING PAST EVENTS TO VALIDATE AND PREDICT POST-FIRE EROSION IN RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS
GIBBLE, Katie, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725 and PIERCE, Jennifer L., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, katiegibble@u.boisestate.edu
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