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In small headwater channels coupled to hillslopes, episodic supplies of sediment from events like landslides can dominate local channel morphodynamics and impact ecosystem health. In this study we investigate the response of a small mountain stream in British Columbia to a sediment input event that was up to 150 times the volume of sediment transported in an average flood year caused by the upstream installation of a road bridge. Using four years of repeated UAV surveys, bedload tracers, and other field monitoring techniques, we examined the spatial and temporal changes in sediment storage along the reach, identified changes to channel morphology, and characterized the interaction between the channel bed and the supplied sediment. Historical monitoring of the reach allowed for a comparison of the response to nearly 20 years of information about bedload transport and morphologic change. We observed that most of the change within the reach occurred during the first flood after bridge installation. The supplied sediment mostly moved across the bed surface with little interaction, as tracers installed in the bed had lower than expected rates of mobility. A narrow, steep segment of the channel proximal to the bridge installation stored little sediment, whereas a wider, less steep segment further downstream absorbed much of the change. This effect was exacerbated by a logjam that formed during the first flood after bridge installation. Despite the relative magnitude of the sediment transport event, there was little change to the channel pattern, with the added sediment increasing the relief of the already existing morphologic units. This suggests river managers should focus their restoration attention on segments likely to respond to a disturbance and that the pool-riffle channel morphology can persist across a wide range of sediment-supply conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]