In the global carbon cycle, greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide (CO?) and methane (CH?) interact with soils through photosynthesis, decomposition, and soil respiration, creating gas fluxes between the soil and the atmosphere. Temperate forest soils keep these fluxes in balance by acting as carbon sinks, storing carbon as soil organic carbon (SOC). These nutrient cycles are dependent on soil qualities such as moisture, texture, and pH, which can affect SOC storage in soils. Natural disturbances, such as hurricanes, can affect soil qualities and microbiota which in turn can disrupt soil respiration over time. An earlier study examined the effect of hurricane events on temperate forest soils by measuring gas fluxes before and after a simulated hurricane event at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts. Results from this study found that there were no changes in CO? and CH? fluxes before and after the hurricane event. Here, we follow up on the original study 30 years later to assess how gas fluxes may correlate with SOC stored between the simulated and control plots, and how this differs from the initial simulated blowdown. As time has passed, the forest has recovered so that the two plots have similar forest cover, but the simulation plot has had an increased carbon input due to the decomposing blowdown trees. We hypothesize that the felled trees in the simulation plot added additional carbon inputs into the soil as they decompose, resulting in a higher concentration of SOC compared to the control plot. Understanding carbon content in these two plots will give insight into how temperate forest soils are able to absorb and retain organic carbon for long periods of time, and how the temperate forests' role as a carbon sink might be impacted with the increasing frequency and intensity of disturbance events due to climate change.