Soil property measurements in the Eaton Fire burn area, Angeles National Forest, California
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Soil property measurements in the Eaton Fire burn area, Angeles National Forest, California. A scientist uses a Mini Disk infiltrometer to measure how fast water infiltrates the ground's surface in the 2025 Eaton Fire burn area. Infiltrometer measurements help determine soil burn severity. Soil burn severity is one factor that determines how hillslope hydrology changes as a result of wildfire and the implications for postfire debris-flow hazard.
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Postfire debris-flow hazards
Wildfires can significantly alter the way water interacts with the landscape to the extent that even modest rainstorms can produce dangerous flash floods and debris flows. Recent fires in the western U.S. have impacted hundreds of thousands of acres of steep land, much of it public, making it susceptible to increased erosion and debris-flow activity. With the risk of severe wildfires continuing to...
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Postfire debris-flow hazards
Wildfires can significantly alter the way water interacts with the landscape to the extent that even modest rainstorms can produce dangerous flash floods and debris flows. Recent fires in the western U.S. have impacted hundreds of thousands of acres of steep land, much of it public, making it susceptible to increased erosion and debris-flow activity. With the risk of severe wildfires continuing to...