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USGS: Erosion following wildfire has increased in California since 1984

source: Postfire Sediment Mobilization and Its Downstream Implications Across California, 1984–2021
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007725

Large amounts of soil erode following wildfire, particularly if heavy rainfall occurs on the burned area within the first year after the fire.

Here’s the link to a new report on this topic. However, in my experience studying and walking parts of all the large fires that have burned in the Klamath Mountains since 1987, I found that most…

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