Bark Beetles, Fuels, Fire Photo Guides

From Forest Science: Predicted Fire Behavior in Selected Mountain Pine Beetle Infested Lodgepole Pine Stands within the Intermountain Region

Wesley Green Page and Michael James Jenkins

Average stand characteristics

Table 1. on the Ashley National Forest.

Table 2. on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Table 3. on the Wasatch – Cache National Forest.

Custom fuel model values

EPIDEMIC

Table 6. for the current epidemic stands on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Table 8. for the current epidemic stands on the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.

POST–EPIDEMIC

Table 4. for the post-epidemic stands on the Ashley National Forest.

ENDEMIC

Table 5. for the endemic stands on the Ashley National Forest.

Table 7. for the endemic stands on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Table 9. for the endemic stands on the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.

Other tables

Table 10. Normal summer, drought summer, and extreme drought summer fuel moisture contents for shaded and unshaded conditions used to make fire behavior predictions.

Table 11. Comparison of total heat release, total fuel consumption, and duration during flaming and smoldering combustion between the post-epidemic and endemic stands on the Ashley National Forest under normal fire season fuel moistures.

Table 12. Crown fuel characteristics, critical crown rates of spread, and fireline intensities during normal, drought, and extreme drought fuel moisture conditions for the post-epidemic and endemic stands on the Ashley National Forest.

Table 13. Fireline intensities and fire type for the post-epidemic and endemic stands on the Ashley National Forest under normal, drought, and extreme drought fuel moistures. The fireline intensities include the contribution of 1000 hour fuels for both stand types.

Table 14. Average tree foliage characteristics for the current epidemic and endemic stands on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and the Wasatch–Cache National Forest.

Fuels Complex

Mountain Pine Beetle Induced Changes to Selected Lodgepole Pine Fuel Complexes within the Intermountain Region

Wesley Green Page and Michael James Jenkins

Average stand characteristics

Table 1. on the Ashley National Forest.

Table 2. of down woody debris for the sampled size classes on the Ashley National Forest.

Table 3. live/dead shrub and herbaceous characteristics for the stands sampled on the Ashley National Forest.

Table 4. live tree regeneration characteristics for the post-epidemic and endemic stands on the Ashley National Forest.

Table 5. structure characteristics for four stands sampled on the Sawtooth National Recreation.

Table 6. of down woody debris for the sampled size classes on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Table 7. structure characteristics for four stands sampled on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Table 8. of down woody debris for the sampled size classes on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Engelmann Spruce

Table 1. The means calculated for selected attributes measured in stands compared between spruce beetle condition classes.

Table 2. Summary of downed woody fuel data compared between spruce beetle condition classes.

Table 3. Summary of live herbaceous fuel data compared between spruce beetle condition classes.

Table 4. Summary of live shrub data compared between spruce beetle condition classes.

Table 5. Summary of live canopy fuel data compared between spruce beetle condition classes.

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