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Data supporting an analysis of the recurrence interval of post-fire debris-flow generating rainfall in the southwestern United States

September 29, 2020

This data release supports the analysis of the recurrence interval of post-fire debris-flow generating rainfall in the southwestern United States. We define the recurrence interval of the peak 15-, 30-, and 60-minute rainfall intensities for 316 observations of post-fire debris-flow occurrence in 18 burn areas, 5 U.S. states, and 7 climate types. These data support the analysis described in Staley et al. (2020). Debris flow occurrence data and corresponding peak rainfall intensities are from Staley et al. (2016). Recurrence interval data are from NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 1: semiarid southwestern United States (Bonnin et al., 2004), Volume 6: California (Perica et al., 2014) and Volume 8: Midwestern States (Perica et al., 2013). Climate types are from Beck et al. (2018). References Beck, H.E., Zimmermann, N.E., McVicar, T.R., Vergopolan, N., Berg, A., Wood, E.F., 2018. Present and future Koppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution. Scientific Data, 5(1), 180214. doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.214 Bonnin, G.M., Martin, D., Lin, B., Parzybok, T., Yekta, M., Riley, D., 2004. NOAA Atlas 14 Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States Volume 1 Version 5.0: Semiarid Southwest (Arizona, Southeast Californa, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah). 265pp pp. Perica, S., Dietz, S., Heim, S., Hiner, L., Maitaria, K., Martin, D., Pavlovic, S., Roy, I., Trypaluk, C., Unruh, D., Yan, F., Yekta, M., Zhao, T., Bonnin, G., Brewer, D., Chen, L.-C., Parzybok, T., Yarchoan, J., 2014. NOAA Atlas 14 Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States Volume 6 Version 2.3: California, Silver Springs, MD. Perica, S., Martin, D., Pavlovic, S., Roy, I., St. Laurent, M., Trypaluk, C., Unruh, D., Yekta, M., Bonnin, G., 2013. NOAA Atlas 14 Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States Volume 8 Version 2.0: Midwestern States (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin), Silver Springs, MD. Staley, D.M., Kean, J.W., Rengers, F.K., 2020. The recurrence interval of post-fire debris-flow generating rainfall in the southwestern United States. Geomorphology, XX, xxx-xxx. xxxx-x--x-xxxxxxxxx. Staley, D.M., Negri, J.A., Kean, J.W., Laber, J.L., Tillery, A.C., Youberg, A.M., 2016. Updated Logistic Regression Equations for the Calculation of Post-Fire Debris-Flow Likelihood in the Western United States. U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1106, 13p. 10.3133/ofr20161106.

Publication Year 2020
Title Data supporting an analysis of the recurrence interval of post-fire debris-flow generating rainfall in the southwestern United States
DOI 10.5066/P9CHY45I
Authors Dennis M Staley, Jason W Kean, Francis K Rengers
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization Landslide Hazards Programs