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Boise NF Post-Fire BAER 2024

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Unit Information

1249 S. Vinnell Way 
Boise, 
Idaho 
83709 
1249 S. Vinnell Way 
Boise, 
Idaho 
83709 

Incident Contacts

  • BAER Information
    Email:
    cathleen.thompson@usda.gov

Photographs Gallery

BAER Hydrologist digs a hole for applying water drops to test for hydrophobicity (water repellency) – for soil burn severity classification

Trail Creek Hot Springs within the Snag Fire burn area

Tree canopy almost completely consumed by the Snag Fire is another soil burn severity level indicator

Tree canopy not completely consumed by the Snag Fire

Trail Creek Hot Springs within the Snag Fire burn area

This clump of burned soil shows strong hydrophobicity (water repellency) as evidenced by the beading of water drops

BAER Hydrologists Tracy Weddle and Connor Gallagher assess soil burn severity level within the Snag Fire perimeter

Burn area within the Snag Fire perimeter having a validation assessment of moderate to high soil burn severity

Trail Creek Hot Springs within the Snag Fire burn area

Beading water as a result of water repellency from the fire

BAER Hydrologists Tracy Weddle and Connor Gallagher assess soil burn severity level within the Snag Fire perimeter

BAER Soil Scientist Assessing Post-Fire Soil Burn Severity within the Snag Fire perimeter