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Rain measurements in the Dolan Fire Area, Los Padres National Forest, California, 2021 to 2022

Dates

Start Date
2021-10-22
End Date
2022-09-19
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Citation

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.

Summary

Rainfall measurements were collected in and near the Dolan Fire burn area, Los Padres National Forest, California. The Dolan Fire ignited on August 18, 2020. By the time of full containment on December 31, 2020, the fire had burned 518 km2 (128,050 acres) in Monterey County. Post-fire debris flows occurred in many watersheds burned by the Dolan Fire during the first post-fire wet season, in winter 2021. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) installed seven rain gages within the Dolan Fire burn area in October 2021 to measure rainfall during the second post-fire wet season. The USGS gratefully acknowledges permission granted by Los Padres National Forest for the collection of these data.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Originator :
Amy East, Jessica (Contractor) L Williamson
Metadata Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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DolanFire_RainData_2021-2022_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
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DolanFire_RainData_2021-2022.csv 719.18 KB text/csv
DolanFire_Dolan2Gage.JPG
“Photo of USGS rain gage deployed in the Dolan Fire burn area” 		thumbnail 1.84 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

Direct measurements of rain amount, duration, and intensity such as these can be used to evaluate causes of post-fire landscape change and to help refine post-fire debris-flow thresholds.

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Photo of USGS rain gage deployed in the Dolan Fire burn area
Photo of USGS rain gage deployed in the Dolan Fire burn area

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  • Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
  • USGS Data Release Products

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9VVYKJ7

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