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Monitoring The Alteration And Natural Recovery Of A Monsoon-Dominated Stream System After A Wild Fire Disturbs Its Watershed, Stout Canyon, Utah, Peter D. Christensen, Jennifer E. Hargrave

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

The alteration of a stream’s morphology and recovery following a watershed fire is well documented in streams where high flow events occur during spring runoff. However, there are very little data regarding the alteration and natural recovery of streams that have high flow events during the late summer monsoon rains. Stout Canyon, a tributary to the East Fork of the Virgin River, is located approximately 30 miles southeast of Cedar City, Utah, and is a monsoon-dominated stream system whose watershed was burned by the Shingle Fire of 2012. Employees of the Dixie National Forest have monitored Stout Canyon since 2002, …