Elevation change in the watershed of Rito de los Frijoles, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico from 2010 to 2016

Intense precipitation following the June 2011 Las Conchas Fire in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, led to widespread debris flows in the watershed of Rito de los Frijoles in Bandelier National Monument. Sediment eroded by these debris flows was transported along Rito de los Frijoles during floods in 2011 and 2013. This dataset contains two tabular files and one raster digital file. The tabular digital file Frijoles_Long_Profiles.csv contains longitudinal profiles of Rito de los Frijoles from 2010, before the fire, and 2016, after the debris flows and floods. These longitudinal profiles were derived from digital elevation models (DEMs) based on airborne lidar and present the elevation of the thalweg (deepest point in a channel) every 10 m along the creek. This file also includes slope profiles derived from the longitudinal profiles. The tabular digital file Frijoles_El_Vs_Time.csv gives the thalweg elevation at a single point at 9 different times. The point is the location of USGS Stream Gage 08313300, Rito de los Frijoles near Los Alamos, NM, also known as the Upper Crossing Gage, and times are between July 27, 2012 and July 15, 2016. Elevations are derived from a rectified series of ground-level photographs of the gaging station. The raster digital file DoD_2016_2010.tif is a DEM of difference showing change in elevation between 2010 and 2016. This file was created by subtracting DEMs created from lidar data collected in 2010 and 2016.