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\section*{Methods} The wildfire started on the 31 of July 2014 in the county of Västmanland, located in the central parts of Sweden. The forest fire lasted for 12 days and a total of 14 000 ha were consumed by the fire. During the initial days (31/7 – 3/8) the spreading of the fire were of moderate intensity but during the fourth of august the wind and fire intensity increased which drastically enlarged the fire affected area. Seven streams and ten lakes, larger than 1 ha, located inside the affected area and three lakes adjacent to the area were investigated. Two selected reference streams (Soltorpsbäcken and Säckenbäcken) were located in the same region as the fire affected area. One measured stream (Gärsjöbäcken) is part of the Swedish regional monitoring program (RMÖ) since 1995. Sampling points and catchment characteristics are presented in Figure 1 \ref{fig:figure1}  and table \ref{tab:table1}. \subsection*{Sampling and chemical analysis}