Event scale analysis of streamflow response to wildfire in Oregon, 2020 - Long, Will B.; Chang, Heejun (Hydrology, 2022)
After wildfires, heavy rains increase runoff, leading to further degradation of a landscape. In this article, the authors examine several Oregon watersheds after the Labor Day Fires of 2020. Runoff did increase, although there were complicating factors, such as ongoing drought.
Keywords: Clackamas River; forest fires; Labor Day Fires; Little North Santiam River; Molalla River; North Santiam River; North Umpqua River; precipitation; Runoff