Burn Winter 4 plot: 1997

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Below are Fuel Load and Fire Behavior data for the Burn Winter 4 plot (a plot that is burned every fourth dormant season) for the fourth prescribed burn, on April 28, 1998. To view data for the next date in the series (2002), click Next.

Photo of Burn Winter 4 plot in August 1997, three years after the third burn on 4/22/94.

BehavePlus Inputs (from 1998, pre-4th burn sampling)
Behave Input
Fuel Load
1 hr fuel load (tons/acre)
4.33
10 hr fuel load (tons/acre)
1.15
100 hr fuel load (tons/acre)
1.93
live woody fuel load (tons/acre)
0.33
fuel bed depth (ft)
0.34

Table of Fuel loads of Burn Winter 4 plot from 1997 (pre-fourth burn) sampling.

Observed Fire Behavior from 4/28/98 prescribed burn
Dry Bulb Temperature (°F)
52
Wind Speed (mph)
2
Relative Humidity (%)
54
Flame Length (ft)
3.7
Rate of Spread (ft/min)
11.7
Fuel Moistures (%):
1hr
8.4
10hr
8.8
100hr
40
Live woody
97

Table of Observed Fire Behavior from the fourth prescribed burn of Burn Winter 4 plot on 4/28/98.

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