GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 130
Monday, 23 September 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
209A (Anaheim Convention Center)

T53. Wildland Fire in the Anthropocene: An Agent of Geomorphic, Ecologic, and Societal Change

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Soils and Soil Processes Division

 

Andrew Graber, James Guilinger, Alexander Gorr and Natalie Collar, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
EFFECTS OF RECENT DISTURBANCE HISTORY ON POSTFIRE DEBRIS FLOW ACTIVITY
MCGUIRE, Luke1, YOUBERG, Ann M.2 and GORR, Alexander1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Arizona Geological Survey, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
1:50 PM
CONSTRAINING POSTFIRE DEBRIS-FLOW VOLUME IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
GORR, Alexander1, MCGUIRE, Luke1 and YOUBERG, Ann M.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Arizona Geological Survey, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
2:05 PM
THE IMPACT OF LANDSCAPE POSITION ON POST-FIRE SOIL CARBON CYCLING (Invited Presentation)
ABNEY, Rebecca, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 180 E Green St, Athens, GA 30602
2:25 PM
CONSTRAINING DECADAL-SCALE EROSION OF POST-WILDFIRE DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS
LANGSTROTH, Casey, Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84341, MURPHY, Brendan P., School of Environmental Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada and BELMONT, Patrick, Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, 5210 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
2:40 PM
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON POST-FIRE DEBRIS FLOW YIELD RATES IN THE GRIZZLY CREEK BURN AREA
GUIDO, Lauren, Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401 and SANTI, Paul, Department of Geology & Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401
2:55 PM
PRE-FIRE HAZARD PLANNING IN COLORADO WITH WILDFIRE READY ACTION PLANS
COLLAR, Natalie, Wright Water Engineers, Inc., 2490 West 26th Ave. Ste 100A, Denver, CO 80211
3:10 PM
POST-WILDFIRE DRY RAVEL LOADING AND SUBSEQUENT DEBRIS FLOW SCOUR FOLLOWING THE 2020 APPLE, BOBCAT, AND EL DORADO FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FONG, Brandon, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 116 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and DIBIASE, Roman, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
3:25 PM
EVALUATING THE CAPABILITY OF FLO-2D AND HEC-RAS-MDF TO MODEL THE ST. SOPHIA DEBRIS FLOW OF DEC. 25, 2003 AT THE ST. SOPHIA CHURCH CAMP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
HINZMANN, Alice and WEIRICH, Frank, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 115 Trowbridge Hall and IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering,, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
 
3:40 PM
Discussion
 
3:50 PM
Break
4:00 PM
IMMEDIATE PRESCRIBED FIRE IMPACTS ON NITRIFICATION RATES WITHIN AN INTERMITTENT STREAM CHANNEL
SCLAFANI, Michelle1, LOHSE, Kathleen A.2, AHO, Ken A.2, MATHISON, Rylee2, GODSEY, Sarah E.1 and KRAFT, Maggi1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209, (2)Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, 921 S 8th Ave, MSC 8007, Pocatello, ID 83209
4:15 PM
WILDFIRES IN WATERSHEDS: WHAT DETERMINES THE WATER-QUALITY RESPONSE? (Invited Presentation)
MURPHY, Sheila F.1, AKIE, Garrett2, BLAKE, Johanna3, CLARK, Gregory4, CLOW, David2, ELLIOTT, Sarah M.5, HAMMOND, John6, HORNBERGER, Michelle7, MARTIN, Deborah A.8, PETERMAN-PHIPPS, Cara9, SLEETER, Rachel10, TOMASZEWSKI, Elizabeth11 and EBEL, Brian A.12, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, 3215 Marine St. Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science Center, Denver, CO 80303, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, NM 87113, (4)US Geological Survey, Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, Helena, MT 59601, (5)USGS, Upper Midwest WSC, Mounds View, MN 55112, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Water Science Center, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228, (7)USGS, Water Resources Mission Area, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (8)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, (9)WMA - Observing Systems Division, U.S. Geological SurveyKansas Water Science Center, 1217 Biltmore Dr, Lawrence, KS 66049-1996, (10)WMA Observing Earth Systems Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, National Center,John W Powell FB, Reston, VA 20192, (11)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA 20192, (12)U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Denver, CO 80225
4:35 PM
A TWENTY-YEAR EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSE OF COASTAL WATER QUALITY TO WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA
SWINDLE, Carl, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90095
4:50 PM
POST-WILDFIRE SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN MINED WATERSHEDS
BLAKE, Johanna, U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, NM 87113, MURPHY, Sheila F., USGS, Upper Midwest WSC, Mounds View, MN 55112, EBEL, Brian A., U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Mission Area, Denver, CO 80225, TOMASZEWSKI, Elizabeth, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, Reston, VA 20192 and HORNBERGER, Michelle, USGS, Water Resources Mission Area, Menlo Park, CA 94025
5:05 PM
REMOTE-SENSING ASSESSMENT OF POST-FIRE VEGETATION REGROWTH IN THE LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM WATERSHED, OREGON
SLEETER, Rachel, WMA Observing Earth Systems Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, National Center,John W Powell FB, Reston, VA 20192, BEAN, Robert, Colorado Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 25 Denver Federal Center, W 6th Ave, DFC Bldg 53, Lakewood, CO 80215 and CREIGHTON, Andrea, Colorado Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Colorado Office, 201 E 9th St, Pueblo, CO 81003
 
5:20 PM
Discussion #2
 
5:28 PM
Concluding Remarks
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