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Type: Report
Publication Date: 2007
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected ash and burned soils from about 28 sites in southern California wildfire areas (Harris, Witch, Ammo, Santiago, Canyon and Grass Valley) from Nov. 2 through 9, 2007 (table 1). USGS researchers are applying a wide variety of analytical methods to these samples, with the goal of helping identify characteristics of the ash and soils from wildland and suburban burned areas that may be of concern for their potential to adversely affect water quality, human health, endangered species, and debris-flow or flooding hazards. These studies are part of the Southern California Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project, and preliminary findings are presented here.
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Citation: Plumlee, Geoffrey S.; Martin, Deborah A.; Hoefen, Todd; Kokaly, Raymond; Hageman, Philip; Eckberg, Alison; Meeker, Gregory P.; Adams, M., Anthony, Monique; Lamothe, Paul J. 2007. Preliminary analytical results for ash and burned soils from the October 2007 southern California Wildfires. USGS Open-File Report 2007-1407. Reston, VA: US Geological Survey. 13 p.
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- ash
- BAER - Burned Area Emergency Response
- burned soil
- debris flows
- endangered species
- flooding
- human health
- soils
- water quality
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