Luke A Mcguire
- Associate Professor, Geosciences
- Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics - GIDP
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-6000
- Gould-Simpson, Rm. 208
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- lmcguire@arizona.edu
Bio
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Interests
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Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Earth Surface Processes
GEOS 300 (Spring 2025) -
APPL Research
APPL 900 (Fall 2024) -
Dissertation
GEOS 920 (Fall 2024) -
Geologic Hazards
GEOS 415 (Fall 2024) -
Geomorph-Quart Geology
GEOS 596C (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
GEOS 599 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Directed Research
GEOS 392 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
GEOS 920 (Spring 2024) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
GEOS 920 (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
APPL 599 (Fall 2023) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Fall 2023) -
Senior Capstone
GEOS 498 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Directed Research
GEOS 392 (Spring 2023) -
Directed Research
GEOS 492 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
GEOS 920 (Spring 2023) -
Earth Surface Processes
GEOS 300 (Spring 2023) -
Thesis
GEOS 910 (Spring 2023) -
Directed Research
GEOS 392 (Fall 2022) -
Dissertation
GEOS 920 (Fall 2022) -
Geologic Hazards
GEOS 415 (Fall 2022) -
Geomorph-Quart Geology
GEOS 596C (Fall 2022) -
Independent Study
GEOS 599 (Fall 2022) -
Thesis
GEOS 910 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Dissertation
GEOS 920 (Spring 2022) -
Geomorphology and Landscape Ev
GEOS 450 (Spring 2022) -
Geomorphology and Landscape Ev
GEOS 550 (Spring 2022) -
Directed Research
GEOS 492 (Fall 2021) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Independent Study
GEOS 399 (Summer I 2021) -
Earth Surface Processes
GEOS 300 (Spring 2021) -
Geomorph-Quart Geology
GEOS 596C (Spring 2021) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Spring 2021) -
Programming and Data Analysis
GEOS 280 (Fall 2020) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Fall 2020) -
Thesis
GEOS 910 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Fld Study Geomorphology
GEOS 650 (Spring 2020) -
Geosciences
GEOS 596H (Spring 2020) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Spring 2020) -
Programming and Data Analysis
GEOS 280 (Fall 2019) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Master's Report
GEOS 909 (Summer I 2019) -
Earth Surface Processes
GEOS 300 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
GEOS 499 (Spring 2019) -
Research
GEOS 900 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
GEOS 399 (Fall 2018) -
Master's Report
GEOS 909 (Fall 2018) -
Programming and Data Analysis
GEOS 280 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Independent Study
GEOS 399 (Summer I 2018) -
Independent Study
GEOS 499 (Summer I 2018) -
Fld Study Geomorphology
GEOS 650 (Spring 2018) -
Programming and Data Analysis
GEOS 280 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Geomorphology
GEOS 450 (Spring 2017) -
Topics in Geosciences
GEOS 595A (Spring 2017) -
Topics in Geosciences
GEOS 595A (Fall 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Ganesh, I., McGuire, L. A., & Carter, L. M. (2021). Modeling the dynamics of dense pyroclastic flows on Venus: insights into pyroclastic eruptions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126(9), e2021JE006943.
- Goodrich, D. C., Rengers, F. K., Wei, H., Liu, T., McGuire, L. A., Gupta, H., & Ji, L. (2021). The timing and magnitude of changes to Hortonian overland flow at the watershed scale during the post‐fire recovery process. Hydrological Processes, 35(5). doi:10.1002/hyp.14208
- Hoch, O. J., McGuire, L. A., Youberg, A. M., & Rengers, F. K. (2021). Hydrogeomorphic Recovery and Temporal Changes in Rainfall Thresholds for Debris Flows Following Wildfire. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(12), e2021JF006374.
- Liu, T., McGuire, L. A., Wei, H., Rengers, F. K., Gupta, H., Ji, L., & Goodrich, D. C. (2021). The timing and magnitude of changes to Hortonian overland flow at the watershed scale during the post-fire recovery process. Hydrological Processes, 35(5), e14208.
- McGuire, L. A., Rasmussen, C., Youberg, A. M., Sanderman, J., & Fenerty, B. (2021). Controls on the Spatial Distribution of Near-Surface Pyrogenic Carbon on Hillslopes 1 Year Following Wildfire. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(6), e2020JF005996.
- McGuire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Oakley, N., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., Tang, H., Orla-Barile, M., & Youberg, A. M. (2021). Time since burning and rainfall characteristics impact post-fire debris-flow initiation and magnitude. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 27(1), 43--56.
- McGuire, L. A., Youberg, A. M., Rengers, F. K., Abramson, N. S., Ganesh, I., Gorr, A. N., Hoch, O., Johnson, J. C., Lamom, P., Prescott, A. B., & others, . (2021). Extreme precipitation across adjacent burned and unburned watersheds reveals impacts of low severity wildfire on debris-flow processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(4), e2020JF005997.
- Rengers, F. K., McGuire, L. A., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., Dobre, M., Robichaud, P. R., & Swetnam, T. (2021). Movement of sediment through a burned landscape: Sediment volume observations and model comparisons in the San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(7), e2020JF006053.
- Thomas, M. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., McGuire, L. A., Staley, D. M., Barnhart, K. R., & Ebel, B. A. (2021). Postwildfire soil-hydraulic recovery and the persistence of debris flow hazards. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(6), e2021JF006091.
- Raymond, C., Mcguire, L. A., Youberg, A. M., Kean, J. W., & Staley, D. M. (2020). Thresholds for post‐wildfire debris flows: Insights from the Pinal Fire, Arizona, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
- Rengers, F. K., Mcguire, L. A., Kean, J. W., & Staley, D. M. (2019). Progress in simplifying hydrologic model parameterization for broad applications to post-wildfire flooding and debris flow hazards. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
- Tang, H., Mcguire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., & Smith, J. B. (2019). Evolution of debris flow initiation mechanisms and sediment sources during a sequence of post-wildfire rainstorms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.
- Mcguire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., & Mirus, B. B. (2018). Incorporating spatially heterogeneous infiltration capacity into hydrologic models with applications for simulating post-wildfire debris flow initiation. Hydrological Processes.
- Rengers, F. K., McGuire, L. A., Ebel, B. A., & Tucker, G. E. (2018). The evolution of a colluvial hollow to a fluvial channel with periodic steps following two transformational disturbances: A wildfire and a historic flood. Geomorphology.
- Staley, D. M., Kean, J. W., Mcguire, L. A., Pauling, H. E., Rengers, F. K., Smith, J. B., & Tillery, A. C. (2018). Estimating post-fire debris-flow hazards in the western United States prior to wildfire. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
- McGuire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., & Staley, D. M. (2017). Debris flow initiation by runoff in a recently burned basin: Is grain-by-grain sediment bulking or en-masse failure to blame?. Geophysical Research Letters.
- Pelletier, J. D., Barron-Gafford, G. A., Guttierez-Jurado, H., Hinckley, E. S., Istanbulluoglu, E., McGuire, L. A., Niu, G., Poulos, M. J., Rasmussen, C., Richardson, P., & others, . (2017). Which way do you lean? Using slope aspect variations to understand Critical Zone processes and feedbacks. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
- Rasmussen, C., McGuire, L., Dhakal, P., & Pelletier, J. D. (2017). Coevolution of soil and topography across a semiarid cinder cone chronosequence. CATENA, 156, 338--352.
- Rasmussen, C., Mcguire, L. A., Dhakal, P., & Pelletier, J. D. (2016). Coevolution of soil and topography across a semiarid cinder cone chronosequence. Catena.
- Kean, J. W., Mcguire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Smith, J. B., & Staley, D. M. (2016). Amplification of post-wildfire peak flow by debris. Geophysical Research Letters.
- Mcguire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., Coe, J. A., Mirus, B. B., Baum, R. L., & Godt, J. W. (2016). Elucidating the role of vegetation in the initiation of rainfall-induced shallow landslides: Insights from an extreme rainfall event in the Colorado Front Range. Geophysical Research Letters.
- Mcguire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., & Wasklewicz, T. A. (2016). Constraining the relative importance of raindrop- and flow-driven sediment transport mechanisms in post-wildfire environments and implications for recovery time scales. Journal of Geophysical Research.
- Rengers, F. K., Mcguire, L. A., Coe, J. A., Kean, J. W., Baum, R. L., Staley, D. M., & Godt, J. W. (2016). The influence of vegetation on debris-flow initiation during extreme rainfall in the northern Colorado Front Range. Geology.
- Rengers, F. K., Mcguire, L. A., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., & Hobley, D. E. (2016). Model simulations of flood and debris flow timing in steep catchments after wildfire. Water Resources Research.
Proceedings Publications
- McGuire, L., Youberg, A. M., Hoch, O., Gorr, A., & Rebecca, B. (2021). Hydrologic and geomorphic impacts of increasing wildfire activity in the Sonoran Desert. In AGU Fall Meeting 2021.
- Mcguire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., Tang, H., & Youberg, A. M. (2019, May). Looking through the window of disturbance at post-wildfire debris-flow hazards. In 7th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation.
- Mirus, B. B., Staley, D. M., Kean, J. W., Smith, J. B., Wooten, R., Mcguire, L. A., & Ebel, B. A. (2019, May). Conceptual framework for assessing disturbance impacts on debris-flow initiation thresholds across hydroclimatic settings. In 7th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation.
- Youberg, A. M., & Mcguire, L. A. (2019, February). Comparison of an empirical and a process-based model for simulating debris-flow inundation following the 2010 Schultz Fire in Coconino County, Arizona, USA.. In 7th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation.
Presentations
- Fule, M., Beers, R., Falk, D. A., Youberg, A., Mcguire, L. A., Rasmussen, C., & Barra, C. (2023, October). Wildfire effects on soil physical, chemical and hydraulic properties in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA. Geological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Mcguire, L. A., & Falk, D. A. (2021, May). The future of the Santa Catalinas after the Bighorn Fire: Restoration, resilience, and change. Sustainable TucsonSustainable Tucson.
- Mcguire, L. A. (2018, July). Initiation mechanisms and triggering thresholds associated with post-wildfire debris flows in the western U.S.. Invited Talk at Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV. Reno, NV: Desert Research Institute.
- Mcguire, L. A., & Youberg, A. M. (2018, December). Quantifying the Impact of Successive Wildfires on Soil Hydraulic Properties and Debris Flow Hazards. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.
- Mcguire, L. A., Tang, H., Kean, J. W., Staley, D. M., & Youberg, A. M. (2018, April). Initiation mechanisms and triggering thresholds associated with runoff-generated debris flows in the western U.S.. EGU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria: European Geophysical Union.
- Mcguire, L. A., McCoy, S. W., & Kean, J. W. (2017, December). Exploring the topographic signature of debris flows with a landscape evolution model. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA: American Geophysical Union.
- Mcguire, L. A. (2016, Fall). Using Numerical Modeling to Unravel the Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Initiation Process. Mathematical Modeling and Computation Seminar. University of Arizona: Department of Mathematics.
- Mcguire, L. A., Rengers, F. K., Kean, J. W., Mirus, B. B., & Staley, D. M. (2016, Fall). Simulating post-wildfire runoff: How important are spatial variations in infiltration capacity?. 2016 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Denver, CO: Geological Society of America.