2021-629-FA (CMHRP activity #8746)

Field Activity 2021-629-FA

Identifier

2021-629-FA

Also known as

Dolan Fire fieldwork

Purpose

Monitoring rainfall and post-fire sediment transport in the area of Los Padres National Forest burned in the 2020 Dolan Fire.

Location

Dolan Fire burn area, Monterey County, California

Summary

Data collection was completed in 2023 and the rain gages removed in May that year. Two data releases were published: East, A.E., and Williamson, J.L., 2023, Rain measurements in the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2021 to 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VVYKJ7. East, A.E., Logan, J.B., and Williamson, J.L., 2023, Rain measurements in and near the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2022 to 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9CVG5AL.

Info derived

River profiles (elevation) and grain size of streambed in Nacimiento River through pebble counting.

Comments

Study end date is approximate, not known yet.

Projects

Other

Platform

Unknown

Vehicles

Mitsubishi Outlander G61-0912R

Itinerary

Start	N/A	2021-05-24
End	N/A	2023-12-31
Days in the field	Yes

Bounds

West	-121.71779544
East	-121.34947286
North	36.20882309
South	36.07574222

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center(PCMSC)

2885 Mission Street

Santa Cruz, CA95060

(831) 460-7401

Organization

University of California, Santa Cruz(UCSC)

Santa Cruz, CA

Principal investigators

Amy East

Crew members

Joshua Logan	Scientist, Staff
Amy East	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

(not identified)

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Noah Finnegan, UC Santa Cruz

Data types and categories

Data category:	Environmental Data, Location-Elevation
Data type:	Meteorology, Transects

Moorings

Sorry, I don't know what this means

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge		Meteorology	2
Total Station		Benchmarks, Profiles, Transects	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
Rain measurements in and near the Dolan Fire Area, 2022 to 2023	Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge	Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California.	Amy East
Rain measurements in the Dolan Fire Area, 2021 to 2022	Onset HOBO RG3-M Rain Gauge	Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California.	Amy East