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Field guide for mapping post-fire soil burn severity
Parsons, Annette; Robichaud, Peter R.; Lewis, Sarah A.; Napper, Carolyn; Clark, Jess T. 2010.
Field guide for mapping post-fire soil burn severity.
Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-243. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
49 p.
Keywords: BAER, photo series, post-fire mapping, post-fire rehabilitation, remote sensing, burn severity
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Abstract:
Following wildfires in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of the
Interior mobilize Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams to assess immediate post-fire watershed
conditions. BAER teams must determine threats from flooding, soil erosion, and instability. Developing a postfire
soil burn severity map is an important first step in the rapid assessment process. It enables BAER teams to
prioritize field reviews and locate burned areas that may pose a risk to critical values within or downstream of
the burned area. By helping to identify indicators of soil conditions that differentiate soil burn severity classes,
this field guide will help BAER teams to consistently interpret, field validate, and map soil burn severity.
Moscow FSL publication no. 2010f
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