Bastrop Soil Properties After 2011 and 2015 Wildfires

Soil data collected by Sol Cooperdock for his MS thesis research at the University of Texas at Austin. The study compares soils in areas near Bastrop, Texas, that were unburned, burned in 2011, burned in 2015, or burned in both fires. The dataset was last updated on March 18, 2024.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil property changes based on wildfire history mentioned in the description
• Comparing ecological recovery rates based on burn severity and timing
• Assessing land management strategies for wildfire-affected regions based on soil data

Strengths

• Data is tied to specific wildfire events in 2011 and 2015, providing a clear temporal context
• Includes a comparative study design with unburned, singly burned, and doubly burned areas
• Originates from academic thesis research at the University of Texas at Austin

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling

Provenance

Source

Sol Cooperdock, University of Texas at Austin

Collection Method

Collected as part of MS thesis research

Time Range

Covers periods after the 2011 and 2015 wildfires

Freshness

Last updated 2024-03-18 06:33:37; freshness should be verified

Geography

Bastrop, Texas, USA