16 Wildland Fire: An Agent of Geomorphic, Ecologic, and Societal Change

This session will consider the impacts of wildland fire on landscapes and society and invites presentations from a wide variety of disciplines, such as water quality management, post-fire hazard prediction, fire ecology, soil science, and landscape and community recovery.

Sunday, 19 October 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
HBGCC, 301C

Participants

• Chair Alexander Gorr
• Chair Andrew Graber
• Chair Luke McGuire
• Chair Jennifer Pierce
• Chair Ann Youberg

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  Characterizing Wildfire-Induced Alteration to Soil Hydraulic Properties Across a Gradient of Burn Severity in Three Distinct Ecosystems, British Columbia, Canada
  Jorrin Lenton, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia and Brendan Murphy, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia and Thomas Millard, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Nanaimo, British Columbia
  411920 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  Wildfire and Human Behavior Before, During, and After
  Jeff Rubin, |, Wilsonville, OR
  412550 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  Ash Mapping After Wildfire: A Geospatial Approach to Hydrologic Response
  Sarah Lewis, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID and Peter Robichaud, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID and Mary Ellen Miller, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI and Alex Watanabe, Dept of Soil and Water Systems, Moscow, ID
  411993 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  A review and synthesis of surface and subsurface streamflow generation processes following wildfire disturbance
  Brian Ebel, U.S. Geological Survey, Burlington, VT and John Hammond, U.S. Geological Survey, Catonsville, MD and Michelle Walvoord, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO and Trevor Partridge, U.S. Geological Survey, Hanover, NH and David Rey, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO and Sheila Murphy, USGS, Boulder, CO
  412663 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:35 AM
  Lessons Learned from Three Pre-wildfire Assessments of Postfire Flow Hazards in Arizona
  Ann Youberg, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Joseph Loverich, JE Fuller Hydrology and Geomorphology, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ and Chandler Adamaitis, JE Fuller Hydrology and Geomorphology, Tempe, AZ and Mike Kellogg, JE Fuller Hydrology and Geomorphology, Inc., Tempe, AZ
  412931 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:50 AM
  Post-fire Watershed Emergency Response Team (WERT) efforts for the 2024 Airport Fire, Orange and Riverside Counties, California
  W. Paul Burgess, California Geological Survey, Los Angeles, California and Leah Sabbeth, California Geological Survey, Los Angeles, California and Kevin Callahan, California Geological Survey, Los Angeles, California and Meerea Kang, California Geological Survey, Los Angeles, California and Deshawn A. Brown Jr., California Geological Survey, Los Angeles, California and David B. Cavagnaro, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, California and Don Lindsay, California Geological Survey, Redding, California
  414178 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:10 AM
  Modeling Post-fire Debris-flow Likelihood in the Southwest USA.
  Ana Isabel Fernandez Sirgo, University of Arizona, Department of Mathematics, Program in Applied Mathematics, Tucson, AZ and Luke McGuire, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ and Ann Youberg, University of Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Tao Liu, University of Arizona, Los Alamos, NM
  413234 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  An Improved Model for Predicting Postfire Debris-Flow Volume in the Western United States
  Alexander Gorr, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Francis Rengers, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Katherine Barnhart, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Matthew Thomas, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO and Jason Kean, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO
  413645 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  Effects of successive high severity fires on sediment yield and debris-flow volume
  Corey Crowder, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ and Luke McGuire, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ and Francis Rengers, U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards, Lakewood, CO and Ann Youberg, University of Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ and Rebecca Beers, Arizona Geological Survey at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  414324 (Technical Sessions)