Increased dry season water yield in burned watersheds in Southern California
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15550259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alicia M Kinoshita (0000-0002-2283-4490, Colorado School of Mines, corresponding author), T S Hogue (0000-0003-1524-8896, Colorado School of Mines, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 014003-014003 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014003 |
| OpenAlex | W2102396316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
The current work evaluates the effects of the 2003 Old Fire on semi-arid systems in the San Bernardino Mountains, California. Pre- and post-fire daily streamflow are used to analyze flow regimes in two burned watersheds. The average pre-fire runoff ratios in Devil Canyon and City Creek are 0.14 and 0.26, respectively, and both increase to 0.34 post-fire. Annual flow duration curves are developed for each watershed and the low flow is characterized by a 90% exceedance probability threshold. Post-fire low flow is statistically different from the pre-fire values ( α = 0.05). In Devil Canyon the annual volume of pre-fire low flow increases on average from 2.6E + 02 to 3.1E + 03 m ^3 (1090% increase) and in City Creek the annual low flow volume increases from 2.3E + 03 to 5.0E + 03 m ^3 (118% increase). Predicting burn system resilience to disturbance (anthropogenic and natural) has significant implications for water sustainability and ultimately may provide an opportunity to utilize extended and increased water yield
Arid · Canyon · Drainage basin · Dry season · Flow (mathematics · Geography · Hydrology (agriculture · Streamflow · Surface runoff · Watershed · Environmental Science · Fire effects on ecosystems · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Ecology · Geology
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| Citations per year | 0.55 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2019 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |