Sheila Murphy
Sheila Murphy is a Research Hydrologist for the USGS Water Resources Mission Area.
Sheila Murphy is a hydrologist who works on assessing and predicting how disturbances (such as wildfire and floods) affect water availability. In 2023 Sheila received a Superior Service Award from the Department of the Interior for making fundamental advancements in understanding the effects that wildfire can have on water supplies.
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Wildfire effects on source-water quality--Lessons from Fourmile Canyon fire, Colorado, and implications for drinking-water treatment Wildfire effects on source-water quality--Lessons from Fourmile Canyon fire, Colorado, and implications for drinking-water treatment
Forested watersheds provide high-quality source water for many communities in the western United States. These watersheds are vulnerable to wildfires, and wildfire size, fire severity, and length of fire season have increased since the middle 1980s (Westerling and others, 2006). Burned watersheds are prone to increased flooding and erosion, which can impair water-supply reservoirs, water...
Authors
Jeffrey H. Writer, Sheila F. Murphy
Primary factors affecting water quality and quantity in four watersheds in Eastern Puerto Rico Primary factors affecting water quality and quantity in four watersheds in Eastern Puerto Rico
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) program, four small watersheds in eastern Puerto Rico were monitored to identify and evaluate the effects of geology, landcover, atmospheric deposition, and other factors on stream water quality and quantity. Two catchments are located on coarse-grained granitic plutonic rocks, which weather to...
Authors
Sheila F. Murphy, Robert F. Stallard
Selected achievements, science directions, and new opportunities for the WEBB small watershed research program Selected achievements, science directions, and new opportunities for the WEBB small watershed research program
Over nearly two decades, the Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) small watershed research program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has documented how water and solute fluxes, nutrient, carbon, and mercury dynamics, and weathering and sediment transport respond to natural and humancaused drivers, including climate, climate change, and atmospheric deposition. Together with...
Authors
Pierre D. Glynn, Matthew C. Larsen, Earl A. Greene, Heather L. Buss, David W. Clow, Randall J. Hunt, M. Alisa Mast, Sheila F. Murphy, Norman E. Peters, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, John F. Walker
Boulder Creek: A stream ecosystem in an urban landscape Boulder Creek: A stream ecosystem in an urban landscape
The Boulder Creek Watershed, within the Front Range region of Colorado, is typical of many western watersheds because it is composed of a high-gradient upper reach mostly fed by snowmelt, a substantial change in gradient at the range front, and an urban corridor within the lower gradient section. A stream ecosystem within an urban landscape not only can provide water for municipal...
Authors
Philip L. Verplanck, Sheila F. Murphy, Peter W. Birkeland, Pitlick, Larry B. Barber, Travis S. Schmidt
State of the watershed: Water quality of Boulder Creek, Colorado State of the watershed: Water quality of Boulder Creek, Colorado
No abstract available.
Authors
Sheila F. Murphy
Water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado Water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado
No abstract available.
Authors
Philip L. Verplanck, Sheila F. Murphy, Larry Billingsley Barber
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 61
Wildfire effects on source-water quality--Lessons from Fourmile Canyon fire, Colorado, and implications for drinking-water treatment Wildfire effects on source-water quality--Lessons from Fourmile Canyon fire, Colorado, and implications for drinking-water treatment
Forested watersheds provide high-quality source water for many communities in the western United States. These watersheds are vulnerable to wildfires, and wildfire size, fire severity, and length of fire season have increased since the middle 1980s (Westerling and others, 2006). Burned watersheds are prone to increased flooding and erosion, which can impair water-supply reservoirs, water...
Authors
Jeffrey H. Writer, Sheila F. Murphy
Primary factors affecting water quality and quantity in four watersheds in Eastern Puerto Rico Primary factors affecting water quality and quantity in four watersheds in Eastern Puerto Rico
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) program, four small watersheds in eastern Puerto Rico were monitored to identify and evaluate the effects of geology, landcover, atmospheric deposition, and other factors on stream water quality and quantity. Two catchments are located on coarse-grained granitic plutonic rocks, which weather to...
Authors
Sheila F. Murphy, Robert F. Stallard
Selected achievements, science directions, and new opportunities for the WEBB small watershed research program Selected achievements, science directions, and new opportunities for the WEBB small watershed research program
Over nearly two decades, the Water, Energy, and Biogeochemical Budgets (WEBB) small watershed research program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has documented how water and solute fluxes, nutrient, carbon, and mercury dynamics, and weathering and sediment transport respond to natural and humancaused drivers, including climate, climate change, and atmospheric deposition. Together with...
Authors
Pierre D. Glynn, Matthew C. Larsen, Earl A. Greene, Heather L. Buss, David W. Clow, Randall J. Hunt, M. Alisa Mast, Sheila F. Murphy, Norman E. Peters, Stephen D. Sebestyen, James B. Shanley, John F. Walker
Boulder Creek: A stream ecosystem in an urban landscape Boulder Creek: A stream ecosystem in an urban landscape
The Boulder Creek Watershed, within the Front Range region of Colorado, is typical of many western watersheds because it is composed of a high-gradient upper reach mostly fed by snowmelt, a substantial change in gradient at the range front, and an urban corridor within the lower gradient section. A stream ecosystem within an urban landscape not only can provide water for municipal...
Authors
Philip L. Verplanck, Sheila F. Murphy, Peter W. Birkeland, Pitlick, Larry B. Barber, Travis S. Schmidt
State of the watershed: Water quality of Boulder Creek, Colorado State of the watershed: Water quality of Boulder Creek, Colorado
No abstract available.
Authors
Sheila F. Murphy
Water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado Water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado
No abstract available.
Authors
Philip L. Verplanck, Sheila F. Murphy, Larry Billingsley Barber