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Field-saturated hydraulic conductivity time series and sediment accumulations following the 2017 Nuns and Tubbs wildfires, Napa and Sonoma Counties, CA, USA

June 9, 2022

This dataset comprises repeat surveys of field-saturated hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity following the October 2017 Nuns and Tubbs wildfires as part of an effort to document soil-hydraulic recovery. A summary table includes associated physiographic properties for each site, including: pre-burn vegetation, lithology, soil burn severity, location, soil texture, and associated van Genuchten parameters determined using Carsel and Parrish (1988). Soil-hydraulic properties were calculated using the model of Zhang (1997) and Vandervaere et al. (2000). We separately include the raw cumulative infiltration measurements used for the calculation of soil-hydraulic properties. Lastly, this dataset includes a survey of dry ravel accumulations measured in July 2019 in heavily burned watershed within Mark West Creek Regional Park and Open Space Preserve. Dry ravel accumulations were measured through excavating sediment piles along road cuts and identifying the thickness of post-fire sediment layers. Carsel, R. F., & Parrish, R. S. (1988). Developing joint probability distributions of soil water retention characteristics. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/WR024i005p00755 Vandervaere, J.-P., Vauclin, M., & Elrick, D. E. (2000). Transient Flow from Tension Infiltrometers I. The Two-Parameter Equation. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 64(4), 1263-1272. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2000.6441263x Zhang, R. (1997). Determination of Soil Sorptivity and Hydraulic Conductivity from the Disk Infiltrometer. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100040005x

Publication Year 2022
Title Field-saturated hydraulic conductivity time series and sediment accumulations following the 2017 Nuns and Tubbs wildfires, Napa and Sonoma Counties, CA, USA
DOI 10.5066/P9J5BTSN
Authors Jonathan P Perkins, Carlos Diaz, Skye Corbett, Jonathan Stock, Jay Jasperse, Lisa Micheli, Corina R Cerovski-Darriau, Jeffrey P Prancevic
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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