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Geochemical data for post-fire surface water, streambed sediment, and soils from areas affected by the 2018 Camp Fire, Butte County, California

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2018-11-30
End Date
2019-03-01

Citation

Alpers, C.N., Roth, D.A., Scheiderich, K.D., Hudson, A.M., Webster, J.P., and Matiasek, S.J., 2024, Geochemical data for post-fire surface water from areas affected by the 2018 Camp Fire, Butte County, California, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XOMVMH.

Summary

During November 2018, the Camp Fire burned more than 150,000 acres in Butte County, California. The fire was the deadliest and most destructive in California history, destroying more than 18,000 structures and causing at least 85 fatalities. The U.S. Geological Survey sampled surface water in areas affected by the Camp Fire, plus an unburned control site, during two post-fire sampling events, January 21-23, 2019 and February 28 - March 1, 2019. During each of those two sampling events, surface-water samples were collected at 8 stream locations. These 16 water samples were filtered using filters with multiple pore sizes (1.2 µm, 0.8 µm, 0.45 µm, and 0.22 µm) to evaluate colloid transport of trace elements. The filtrates were analyzed [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Charles N Alpers
Originator :
Charles N Alpers, David A Roth, K D Scheiderich, Adam M Hudson, Jackson P Webster, S.J. Matiasek
Metadata Contact :
Charles N Alpers
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
California Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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metadata_CampFire.xml
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View 		21.06 KB application/fgdc+xml
Table-1_Data-dictionary_CampFire.csv 68.66 KB text/csv
Table-2_Water_CampFIre.csv 36.86 KB text/csv
Table-3_Sediment+Soil_CampFire.csv 11.88 KB text/csv

Purpose

The data were collected for use in evaluating the effects of wildfire on water quality, soil, and sediment. The 2018 Camp Fire is an extreme example of a wildfire affecting the Wildland Urban Interface because of the large number of structures and vehicles affected.

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