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Title:
Runoff and erosion from small forest watersheds on the Priest River Experimental Forest Data publication contains GIS data
Author(s):
Miller, Ina S.; Elliot, William J.; Glaza, Brandon D.
Publication Year:
2021
How to Cite:
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Miller, Ina S.; Elliot, William J.; Glaza, Brandon D. 2021. Runoff and erosion from small forest watersheds on the Priest River Experimental Forest. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0038
Abstract:
Ten small watersheds ranging in size from 1.7 to 6.5 hectares (ha) were installed at the Priest River Experimental Forest (PREF) in the northern panhandle of Idaho approximately 12 kilometers (km) (7 miles (mi)) northeast of Priest River, Idaho. The long term objective of the study was to compare impacts of different management activities, simulated wildland fire and salvage logging from those wildland fire simulations. No natural disturbances or treatments occurred on any of the watersheds during the first three years of the study. Two watersheds were designated as controls and the remaining eight watersheds received treatments between 2006-2009; a timeline with the treatment schedule is provided within the supplement folder. Weather data for this publication contains daily temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, wind speed, and solar radiation recorded from approximately 2003 through 2010. During 2006-2007, hemispheric photos were collected at the snow water equivalent (SWE) collection points for nine of the ten watersheds before and after the treatments. Last the GIS folder provides a shaded relief map of the hillslope and raster image file of the PREF area, along with shapefiles providing the boundaries of each watershed, point locations for weather stations, and the snow course within each watershed.

Keywords:
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; environment; geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Fire; Wildland/urban interface; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; biomass reduction; sedimentation; wildland fire; small watershed; hydrology; Priest River Experimental Forest; Idaho
Related publications:
  • Elliot, William J.; Glaza, Brandon D. 2007. Variability in runoff and erosion from small forest watersheds. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 2007 ASAE Annual Meeting; June 17-20 in Minneapolis, MN. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.22994
  • Elliot, William J.; Glaza, Brandon D. 2009. Impacts of forest management on runoff and erosion. pages 117-127. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/34683 In: Webb, Richard M. T.; Semmens, Darius J. 2009. Planning for an Uncertain Future-Monitoring, Integration, and Adaptation; Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report. 2009-5049. 8-11 September, 2008, Estes Park, CO.
  • Srivastava, Anurag; Dobre, Mariana; Wu, Joan Q.; Elliot, William J.; Bruner, Emily A.; Dun, Shuhui; Brooks, Erin S.; Miller, Ina S. 2013. Modifying WEPP to improve streamflow simulation in a Pacific Northwest watershed. Transactions of the ASABE. 56(2): 603-611. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/43824 https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.42691
  • Dobre, Mariana; Elliot, William J.; Wu, Joan Q.; Link, Timothy E.; Miller, Ina S. 2011. Effects of forest cover and environmental variables on snow accumulation and melt. p. 114-119. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/41500 In: Medley, C. Nicolas (ed.); Patterson, Glenn (ed.); Parker, Melanie J. (ed.). 2011. Proceedings of the Fourth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: Observing, Studying, and Managing for Change. Scientific Investigations Report. 2011-5169. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey. Sept 26-30, 2011; Fairbanks, AK.
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