WEPPcloud-(Un)Disturbed for United States
The WEPPcloud-Disturbed allows users to upload a burn severity map and predict erosion
based on fire severity. Optionally, the user can forgo uploading a burn severity map to model unburned
conditions. It uses SSURGO to create 7778 soils and NLCD to parameterize landuse for unburned
conditions. For fire and treatment conditions soils and managements are procedurally generated and
parameterized from the disturbed database based on soil texture and landuse. This allowing forests,
shrubs, and grass to be burned based on landuse. The parameterization is intended to provide meaningful
comparisons between unburned, burned, and treatment conditions. In the long-term disturbed is envisioned
to replace the WEPPcloud-PEP interface.
This interface also incorporates the Wildfire Ash Transport And Risk estimation tool (WATAR).
15740 projects and 911,475 hillslopes (649,657 WATAR hillslopes) ran since January 1, 2024
WEPPcloud-Revegetation for United States
The WEPPcloud-Revegetation allows users to upload a burn severity map and use historic vegetative cover data
from RAP to model post-fire hydrology and erosion.
The WEPPcloud-Revegetation allows users to upload a Soil Burn Severity map and use historical vegetative cover data from the
Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) to model streamflow and soil erosion both before and after a fire. This interface also supports
the modeling of stochastic wildfires and their subsequent recovery. Users can specify a cover transformation that describes the
recovery of perennial, annual, shrub, and tree covers following the simulated fire.
1869 projects and 108,125 hillslopes ran since January 1, 2024
WEPPcloud-EU
WEPPcloud for Europe.
Managements are assigned based on ESDAC landuses. Soils are built from ESDAC and EU-SoilHydroGrids data. U.S. climate stations are selected based on E-OBS monthly precip and temperatures.
The PeP interfaces provide post fire erosion modeling and ash transport modeling. Parameterizes soils based on burn severity and soil texture using Disturbed WEPP soil files. The PeP interface incorporates the Wildfire Ash Transport And Risk estimation tool (WATAR).
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 10100389.
2353 EU projects and 135,978 hillslopes ran since January 1, 2024
EU WATAR hillslopes ran since January 1, 2023 56,704
WEPPcloud-AU
WEPPcloud for Australia.
Managements are assigned based on Land Use of Australia 2010-11. Soils are built from ASRIS soil data. U.S. climate stations are selected based on AGDC monthly precip and temperatures.
1006 EU projects and 58,481 hillslopes ran since January 1, 2024
EU WATAR hillslopes ran since January 1, 2023 43,877
WEPPcloud-RHEM
Run the Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model (RHEM) over the US.
Where available foliar and ground covers are estimated from NLCD Shrubland 2016 data.
SURGO/STATSGO is used to identify soil textures
1044 RHEM projects and 60,380 RHEM hillslopes ran since January 1, 2024
Site Specific Resources
Lake Tahoe
The Lake Tahoe Project incorporates region specific soil, phosphorus, and estimated soil burn severity.
Hazards and Disasters (Hazard SEES) - FireEarth Project
Data portals related to the Hazard SEES - FireEarth Project
Legacy Interfaces
WEPPcloud
Run WEPP anywhere in the continental U.S.
Legacy interface. From 2021 we recommend users to switch to WEPPcloud-US instead of WEPP-PEP. WEPP-PEP is limited to four general soils based on textures. WEPPcloud-Disturbed incorporates spatial variability in soils from SSURGO/STATSGO data bases. A full comparison between the two interfaces has not been made, however, WEPPcloud-US for undisturbed conditions has been successfully validated in multiple watersheds in Western US. Elevation data is from the USGS National Elevation Set. This interface uses TOPAZ for watershed delineation. The soils are built using SURGO/STATSGO. Landcover is selected based on the USGS National Landcover dataset. Climates are generated from the CLIGEN database.
This interface has been deprecated. For new projects run (Un)Disturbed without a burn severity map.
Start WEPPcloud Run 10m (Experimental)
0 projects and 0 hillslopes ran since January 1, 2024
WEPPcloud-PEP w/ WATAR
The WEPPcloud Post-Fire Erosion Prediction (PEP) allows users to upload a burn severity map and predict erosion
based on fire severity.
Legacy interface. From 2021 we recommend users to switch to WEPPcloud-US instead of WEPP-PEP. WEPP-PEP is
limited to four general soils based on textures. WEPPcloud-Disturbed incorporates spatial variability in soils
from SSURGO/STATSGO data bases. A full comparison between the two interfaces has not been made, however,
WEPPcloud-US for undisturbed conditions has been successfully validated in multiple watersheds in Western US.
Soil textures are identified from SSURGO. Unburned conditions are assigned 2006.2
forest soils and managements based on soil texture. Burned areas are assigned burned soils and managements
based on soil texture.
The PeP interface incorporates the Wildfire Ash Transport And Risk estimation tool (WATAR).
View 15 May 2019 USDA Forest Service Webinar:
An Introduction to WEPPcloud-PEP
This interface has been deprecated. For new projects run (Un)Disturbed without a burn severity map.
0 projects and 0 hillslopes (0 WATAR hillslopes) ran since January 1, 2024
WEPPcloud Utilities
Combined Watershed Viewer URL GeneratorWEPPcloud Test Watersheds
Test WatershedsContact
For technical assistance please contact Roger Lew at rogerlew@uidaho.edu
For other requests please contact Mariana Dobre at mdobre@uidaho.edu or Roger Lew at rogerlew@uidaho.edu
Documentation
WEPPcloud Documentation can be found at: https://doc.wepp.cloud
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