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Author : Cheng, J.D.; and Bondar, B.G.
Date : 1984.
Title : The impact of a severe forest fire on streamflow regime and sediment production
Publication : Proceedings Canadian Hydrology Symposium. NCR Canada, Assoc. Comm. on Hydrology, University of Laval, Quebec, June 10-12
Issue : 15:
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Abstract
This study analyzes changes in streamflow regime and sediment production during the 10 year period after roughly 50 percent of the 18 km2 Palmer Creek watershed was burned in the Eden Fire. Hydrologic changes included increased seasonal (April-August) and monthly runoff, as well as increased peak flows. Both snowmelt runoff and annual peakflows were advanced. Sediment production increased due to landsliding and increased channel erosion. These impacts were more severe than a comparable extent of logging in part because the wildfire affected hydrologically sensitive areas such as streamside zones and unstable terrain.
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