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Revision as of 12:17, 6 April 2017

A watershed-related issue examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

Summary

The Soberanes wildfire started on July 22, 2016 and was not contained until October 12 of that year. [1] It burned a total of 132,127 acres, mostly in Los Padres National Forest (94,933 acres). [2]

Location

The Soberanes Fire burned approximately 132,000 acres in the northern Santa Lucia Mountains[2].

Resource/s at Stake

Water Quality

Geologic Hazards

As with past fires in the area, the Soberanes Fire burned away vegetation that provides several geomorphic functions within the watershed, such as: maintaining slopes and drainage areas, keeping structure and erosiveness of the soil, and providing overall landscape stability.[3]

Stakeholders

Laws, Policies, & Regulations

Systems

Future Research

References

  1. Incident Information Website
  2. 2.0 2.1 CalFire Incident Information
  3. U.S. Forest Service Geologic Hazard Report

Links

Disclaimer

This page may contain students' work completed as part of assigned coursework. It may not be accurate. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of CSUMB, its staff, or students.