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<br />US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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<br />EROSION a SEDIMENT COHTRO'L
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<br />10 ""'"'8''''''' nalllr.illy,
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<br />ncxur. On("e sllper satur:ned with water.
<br />denude !<lib Iosc thcir ooIic.m<: :<n:ngtb .00
<br />Ole .IUbjec;t 10 >I<>Jghing.
<br />The Jlooding h=d,. ond incre:L...!...d.
<br />itnenllooding fJOI'tltl:lI ~ with Iw-
<br />..... WlltetSheds WlIS dmnatiallly evidonl at
<br />llWlilIo Crnk ofier]uly U,l996.
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<br />lDIlIaIl'Ion~
<br />PriOr fI) 0lr1l1d of the Mlly 1996 BuffuJo
<br />Creek fire, USDA Foteor Service pet'Ollnel
<br />were initialing me
<br />devdopment of a
<br />~~(JVecy p[.n. The
<br />F<RS< Setviee ~
<br />a llum Area I'mf:tgellcy
<br />Rehabilitation (BAE&)
<br />Team, he:lded by G"'l:
<br />Beveo.ser, from lhe
<br />Shoshone National
<br />Forest. The BAER t<am
<br />..se..ed the dlIrnased
<br />acca.1 and ~de
<br />recommendations
<br />concenling the
<br />~iIon of much of
<br />the distUrbed land.
<br />Valuable planning and
<br />flold fnstall2lion olforts
<br />w.re aIw c:tltIlIlbuD<d by
<br />peISOIllIel from the Pike
<br />& san Isabel N.tional
<br />Forests. Early in the
<br />ewlll2lioo1 pWe, F<mt
<br />Service and local
<br />tcsideots reali2ed the ae<d 10 e5tablOO "Best
<br />,Mon2gemenr Pr.tcti.<.. (BMP) a1ran2liv<s
<br />within the bum 2re:L E2rly:lclinn me..<ure;
<br />included the uoe of aV1ll1able work fo<<:e
<br />orews to focu. on .ediment and debri<
<br />, oornrol and 10 ~-Oiloih vegt!t:UIo," The
<br />""""""'" of tlOI1lpOtO'y velocity reOuonS
<br />measures. check
<br />darn!, and oilt fenu:
<br />was iIliti:tted.
<br />Clilia! area.! were
<br />iden;ificd iltld =i>l
<br />seeding was
<br />coLUiuctctl to
<br />enC;:Q1,lrage
<br />vegeation growth.
<br />on a 5,000 acre
<br />parcel that was
<br />sublect to the hlghest bum lnterl5lty. M. b
<br />the ~ase in m()$l posl,fire lreallllent
<br />pnl8l2ftI>. ....m of the area showed .igns of
<br />lllUlm1l n=verr, so much a the area ..... left
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<br />Po5l-HoodPImD=lopmcnt
<br />Of The 12.000 :oaeo thllt w"'" bumod,
<br />applv.4...z"Jy 8,000 acrco were bumc:d by
<br />high inhmsity aown m... The Bnos bumed
<br />so be" the ablllty of lb8 soli to absorb and
<br />retiIn moisture were slgniftCIlll!y impacTed.
<br />A l1ydroplmic IX water repelling soil coodi-
<br />linn OCOllTCd OVa much d the bum area.
<br />The hydrophcbic soil CXXlditions, oombined
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<br />montof ~ me2S\lteS EO l3Ice inrc con-
<br />.ideration both sbort-1eml and long-wm
<br />s=ogi.. 10 lllldR:oo IiDeils 10 publh: heallh
<br />ond llafayand fuIlJl1!.flood domow: to publh:
<br />and pdwtepropeny.
<br />The ~ stepS lllken in deYdoplng
<br />the mltf82lion plan wefe; ()) ldemify llle
<br />issues and COllCl!tt\!: (2) Develop goals ond '
<br />objealves; C3l Identify mdotl areas, (4)
<br />Develop best DI8ll2sement practia: (BMp)
<br />!deaion criteria; (5) EWJate allemotives; (6)
<br />5oto'l :and select l!z(:ma..
<br />liv'os; (J) Devclop a mill-
<br />g;uion pion; (8)
<br />T"'I"_1he pion, and
<br />(9) ()pe!3tirm and_
<br />mnce.
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<br />'lVoodward,C1yde
<br />Coo.sultaIlts, REVEO
<br />Environmental
<br />Coruulring, ,Inc.,
<br />aev.~ Excl\2nge,
<br />Tnc. (RRVF.XJ. -and ~I
<br />Weyerbaeusc:r Company .~,
<br />voIuntcmd the proies- ,
<br />sional services of local' ,j;
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<br />stlIf hydrologists: wate, m, ~
<br />resou:rces engineers and ;i
<br />emho.........J pI2mleo; [0 I
<br />assist the OS 1'000e8t j
<br />Service, COlo....do Slate I
<br />Forest Service, and the I
<br />local C01Ilntunily in the I
<br />deve1opm~n.t of mitigation techniqub.
<br />Woodw>m.clJde, ...i.sted ,by
<br />REVEG/REVEX 2nd Weyem..euser, pr0-
<br />duced two guid1Dce docutnorJIs 10 aid in the:
<br />=toraIion :and mMVr1r'H1 effotu, -Streim
<br />;-~,;".!i~i StaliJW.\uon Teclutiques fur .the .
<br />Buffillo Creek _!amation ProJect' and
<br />",AppUcatlon of
<br />Bonded fiber
<br />MItrix at Buffillo
<br />Cleek'.
<br />The wide
<br />....nge of condi-
<br />tions (.5teep
<br />$!Opel, soil dUfw:l-
<br />ences, hydropho-
<br />bic conditions,
<br />etc.) following the
<br />fheIllood l1!quited a ..n.ty of best manago-
<br />meat pmalces. E.,uu2lion ala!ri:t for BMP
<br />scl...x.. IndudecL e!I'ealYeness, cost, en.....
<br />roornentd irnp2<lS, ampmbility, ""sheIk...
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<br />B<ndedPlherMoIrlx_CIlMPIinll1e__",_a-l<. ~
<br />......... P.... _.......... '" _tho ImpocI '" _Iwl_... sIHp
<br />~;ood......._~~
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<br />_!be storm event d]uly 12lhot deliv=d
<br />appro:<im..:ly 2.5 in:he$ of lain in a 2,b::<Jr
<br />time p"001- in the ~ con-
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<br />The Oev.sl:ilion lhat fOUo....d !he July
<br />12d1 6.,.....' .-dcrodJed. bcalr.t.y n:spect for the
<br />1""'.... of fire and the noed for more concio;e
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<br />!:A~5~h-'; e';~ion' cioid~I':iWa'cti~~' (straw ;~~i~~
<br />~Yd.raQ~e )1~illdi;-bon'deci fiber ,;~;(e~i~n;cqll~)t'il
<br />:\~I!!"k~~ ,bi~~I',iIP~~6~:c;~1 mcxr~~,fis'
<br />"and seed miXture) were PnlpoMd to"proVide immediate:.
<br />::,~mporary cOver thai: reduced thf, ero~!&b' .Df'sOIls'~:,
<br />Pennanent soil stabilizing vegetation was re estabRshtid'. ~
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<br />pre- and pa;r-event plan development The
<br />l'a'esl semce, in <:a$lnalat wilb]dferson
<br />County and CCXlIllllJI1ily pIaMers ~,
<br />ed !he exisllt>8 plan and began the develop-
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