Blue River Wildfire/Watershed Assessment
Dillon Reservoir, CO
Project Summary
Completion Date: May 2011
Partners
US Forest Service
Colorado Watershed Protection Data Refinement Group
JWA revised the Blue River Watershed/Wildfire Assessment. This assessment followed a procedure prescribed by the Watershed Wildfire Protection Group titled “Protecting Critical Watersheds in Colorado from Wildfire: A Technical Approach to Watershed Assessment and Prioritization”.
The report and related documents can be found below in the Documents section. A slide show of the maps from the report can be viewed below in the Maps section. The basic analysis for the Blue River Watershed was completed as part of the Bark Beetle Incident project.
Project Actions
Identification and prioritization of watersheds of concern
Recommendations for measures to protect identified watersheds of concern – those that provide or convey critical community water supplies
Completion of an opportunities and constraints analysis to identify potential next steps for watershed protection
Benefits
Protect critical water supplies and natural resources from the adverse effects of post-wildfire hydrologic changes, including:
Flooding
Erosion
Debris flows
Deposition
Protect ecosystem functions and health
Provide technical assessments to support short- and long-term watershed planning & protection actions
Maps
The maps in the slide show below are from the Blue River Wildfire/Watershed Assessment. Click on the slide show to view the priority maps. The legend text identifies the ranking item. Descriptions of the maps and how they were created are contained in the report located in the Documents section.
