Burn Winter 4 plot: 1991
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 second prescribed burn, on March 28, 1990. To view data for the next date in the series (1997), click Next.
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Photo of Burn Winter 4 plot in June 1991, one year after the second burn on 3/28/90.
BehavePlus Inputs (from 1989, pre-2nd burn sampling) |
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Behave Input |
Fuel Load |
1 hr fuel load (tons/acre) |
4.2 |
10 hr fuel load (tons/acre) |
0.50 |
100 hr fuel load (tons/acre) |
0.25 |
live woody fuel load (tons/acre) |
0.35 |
fuel bed depth (ft) |
0.36 |
Table of Fuel loads of Burn Winter 4 plot from 1989 (pre-second burn) sampling.
Litter was not separated into hour-classes this sampling year; 10- and 100-hr
fuel
loads
are estimates based upon "Fire Regimes of Cape Cod National Seashore.
USDI/NPS North Atlantic Region Office of Scientific Studies Report OSS 83-1"
by Patterson, W. A. III, K. E. Saunders and L. J. Horton. 1984.
| Observed Fire Behavior from 3/28/90 prescribed burn | |
| Dry Bulb Temperature (°F) | 42 |
| Wind Speed (mph) | 5 |
| Relative Humidity (%) | 40 |
| Flame length (ft) | 2.5 |
| Rate of Spread (ft/min) | 4.1 |
Table of Observed Fire Behavior from the second prescribed burn of Burn Winter 4 plot on 3/28/90.
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