Topographic Change Models From Seven Erosion Plots After UK Wildfire

2018-2019 data contains digital elevation models and orthomosaic photographs of seven 5x5 meter erosion plots on Iron Tongue Hill, Tameside, UK. The plots were surveyed on ten occasions following a severe moorland wildfire in July 2018 using ground-based photogrammetry and Structure-from-Motion methods. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council.

Use Cases

• Quantify post-wildfire erosion rates by analyzing topographic changes between sequential digital elevation models.
• Assess vegetation recovery patterns across the seven plots using orthomosaic photographs.
• Model sediment transport dynamics from the 5x5 meter plot DEMs following the July 2018 fire event.

Strengths

• Contains data from ten distinct survey occasions across 2018-2019, providing a temporal series.
• Covers seven specific 5x5 meter erosion plots, enabling comparative spatial analysis.
• Includes both digital elevation models and orthomosaic photographs for multi-modal assessment.

Limitations

• Geographic scope is limited to a single hill (Iron Tongue Hill) in Tameside, UK.
• The dataset size, row count, and specific column structure are unknown.
• Data collection ended in 2019, limiting analysis to immediate post-fire recovery.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Ground-based photogrammetry and Structure-from-Motion surveys.

Time Range

2018-2019

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but underlying data covers 2018-2019.

Geography

Iron Tongue Hill, Tameside, Manchester, UK.