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Title:
Wildland fire impacts on water supply (FIWAS) data for the contiguous United States
Author(s):
Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; McNulty, Steven G.
Publication Year:
2019
How to Cite:
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Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; McNulty, Steven G. 2019. Wildland fire impacts on water supply (FIWAS) data for the contiguous United States. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0012

Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Norman, Steven P.; Cohen, Erika C.; Liu, Yongqiang; Bladon, Kevin D.; McNulty, Steven G. 2018. Burned forests impact water supplies. Nature Communications 9(1): 1307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03735-6
Abstract:
We obtained data about 168 locations across the contiguous United States (CONUS) that were affected by wildland fire during the period 1984 - 2013. Wildland fire locations, dates, extent, and burn severity were obtained from the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) dataset. We obtained watershed attributes (watershed boundaries, drainage areas, and perimeters) and daily time series of river flow from the GAGES-II dataset (Geospatial Attributes of Gages for Evaluating Streamflow, version II). The boundaries of the water resource regions were acquired from the Watershed Boundary Database. Climate data were extracted from the daily high resolution (1×1 kilometer) Daymet v3 dataset, and obtained the gridded PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) dataset. For topographic data (elevation, slope, and aspect), we used the highest resolution version (244×244 meter) of the Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010, principally obtained during the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Finally, we obtained land cover data from the 2001 National Land Cover Database (NLCD).

Keywords:
economy; environment; geoscientificInformation; society; Climate change; Climate change effects; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Landscape ecology; Fire; Fire effects on environment; Natural Resource Management & Use; Ecosystem services; Policies and law; Water; wildfire; streamflow; hydrology; climate change; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; contiguous United States
Related publications:
  • Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Norman, Steven P.; Cohen, Erika C.; Liu, Yongqiang; Ward, Eric J.; McNulty, Steven G. 2016. Assessment of wildland fire impacts on watershed annual water yield: Analytical framework and case studies in the United States. Ecohydrology. 10(2): e1794. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1794
  • Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Bladon, Kevin D.; Norman, Steven P.; Caldwell, Peter V.; Liu, Yongqiang; McNulty, Steven G. 2017. Regional patterns of postwildfire streamflow response in the Western United States: The importance of scale-specific connectivity. Hydrological Processes. 31(14): 2852-2598. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11208
  • Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Norman, Steven P.; Cohen, Erika C.; Liu, Yongqiang; Bladon, Kevin D.; McNulty, Steven G. 2018. Burned forests impact water supplies. Nature Communications. 9: 1307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03735-6
  • Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Robinne, François-Nicolas; Bladon, Kevin D.; Norman, Steven P.; Liu, Yongqiang; Cohen, Erika; McNulty, Steven G. 2019. Wildland fire impacts on water yields across the contiguous United States. General Technical Report. SRS-238. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 109 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/58095
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