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Storm flow response to road building and partial cutting in small streams of northern California

Storm flow response to road building and partial cutting in small streams of northern California To assess the influence of road building and logging on storm flow response, a pair of watersheds were studied at Caspar Creek near Fort Bragg in northern California from 1963 to 1975. Selection cutting and tractor yarding of 85‐year‐old second‐growth redwood and Douglas‐fir forest did not significantly affect large peak streamflows. The first streamflow peaks in the fall, however, were increased about 300% after logging. These early fall storms produced small peaks, which had little, if any, hydraulic consequence. The effect of logging on peak flow was best predicted by a variable representing the percentage of the area logged divided by the sequential storm number within the year. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Water Resources Research Wiley

Storm flow response to road building and partial cutting in small streams of northern California

Water Resources Research , Volume 17 (4) – Aug 1, 1981

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Wiley
Copyright
This paper is not subject to U.S.Copyright © 1981 by the American Geophysical Union.
ISSN
0043-1397
eISSN
1944-7973
DOI
10.1029/WR017i004p00907
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Abstract

To assess the influence of road building and logging on storm flow response, a pair of watersheds were studied at Caspar Creek near Fort Bragg in northern California from 1963 to 1975. Selection cutting and tractor yarding of 85‐year‐old second‐growth redwood and Douglas‐fir forest did not significantly affect large peak streamflows. The first streamflow peaks in the fall, however, were increased about 300% after logging. These early fall storms produced small peaks, which had little, if any, hydraulic consequence. The effect of logging on peak flow was best predicted by a variable representing the percentage of the area logged divided by the sequential storm number within the year.

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Water Resources ResearchWiley

Published: Aug 1, 1981

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