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Table 1 Rain events, duration, 15 minute rainfall intensity (I15), and total event rainfall amount for 2003, 2004, and 2005 hydrologic years. Table represents rain events with total amounts >2.5 cm. No rainfall events <2.5 cm resulted in I15 >3 mm hr−1.

From: Post-Fire Soil Water Repellency, Hydrologic Response, and Sediment Yield Compared between Grass-Converted and Chaparral Watersheds

Rain event start and end date

Duration (hr)

I15 (mm hr−1)

Total amount (mm)

 

2003 hydrologic year

  

8 Nov to 9 Nov, 2002

47

5.1

110

16 Dec to 16 Dec, 2002

10

2.5

51

20 Dec to 20 Dec, 2002

11

2.0

32

10 Feb to 13 Feb, 2002

72

3.8

103

24 Feb to 28 Feb, 2002

79

2.0

42

14 Mar to 15 Mar, 2003

24

3.8

114

14 Apr to 15 Apr, 2003

26

2.0

57

2 May to 2 May, 2003

27

2.0

38

 

2004 hydrologic year

  

24 Dec to 25 Dec, 2003

25

5.1

114

31 Jan to 1 Feb, 2004

10

6.4

38

21 Feb to 23 Feb, 2004

50

2.0

47

24 Feb to 25 Feb, 2004

12

2.5

92

 

2005 hydrologic year

  

17 Oct to 21 Oct, 2004

90

7.6

280

25 Oct to 26 Oct, 2004

26

4.6

79

21 Nov to 22 Nov, 2004

6

3.8

35

8 Dec to 10 Dec, 2004

naa

na

178

16 Dec to 18 Dec, 2004

na

na

156

8 Jan to 10 Jan, 2005

na

na

533

28 Jan to 31 Jan, 2005

72

5.1

38

9 Feb to 11 Feb, 2005

41

4.6

75

17 Feb to 20 Feb, 2005

74

12.7

182

27 Feb to 1 Mar, 2005

65

6.4

146

23 Mar to 23 Mar, 2005

17

5.1

29

27 Apr to 28 Apr, 2005

6

2.5

30

6 May to 7 May, 2005

15

12.7

37

  1. a Gauge malfunction data not available. Only total rainfall amounts collected.