Burn Winter 4 plot: 2002
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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 fifth prescribed burn, on April 8, 2002. To return to the Burn Winter 4 Main Page or the Cape Cod Main Page, use the links at the bottom of the page.
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Photo of Burn Winter 4 plot in July 2002, three months after the fifth burn on 4/8/02.
BehavePlus Inputs (from 2001, pre-5th burn sampling) |
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Behave Input |
Fuel Load |
1 hr fuel load (tons/acre) |
3.07 |
10 hr fuel load (tons/acre) |
0.48 |
100 hr fuel load (tons/acre) |
0.00 |
live woody fuel load (tons/acre) |
0.36 |
fuel bed depth (ft) |
0.42 |
Table of Fuel loads of Burn Winter 4 plot from 2001 (pre-fifth burn) sampling. Fuel bed depth estimate from 1997 Downed Woody Fuel inventory data and 2001 40x100cm harvest plot data.
| Observed Fire Behavior from 4/8/02 prescribed burn | |
| Dry Bulb Temperature (°F) | 49 |
| Wind Speed (mph) | 3.6 |
| Relative Humidity (%) | 68 |
| Flame length (ft) | 2.5 |
| Rate of Spread (ft/min) | 5 |
| Fuel Moistures (%): | |
| 1hr | 9.9 |
| 10hr | 17.4 |
| 100hr | 18.3 |
| Live woody | 100 |
Table of Observed Fire Behavior from the fifth prescribed burn of Burn Winter 4 plot on 4/8/02.
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