Contradictions and continuities: a historical context to Euro-American settlement era fires of the Lake States, USA

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Fire interval metrics (years) for fires recorded on ≥ 10% of recording trees at each site (n = 25) until the time of disruption of fire events were apparent

Site	Region	Years	No. samples	No. fires	No. Int.	MFRI	WMPI	Min-max interval
Totogatic River	NWS	1710–1946	27	206	43	6	5	1–25
Inch Lake	NWS	1699–1926	34	127	37	6	6	1–16
Lampson Pines	NWS	1747–1947	14	96	36	6	4	1–25
Sand Lake	NWS	1737–1884	29	270	38	4	4	1–10
Bruce Mound	CS	1707–1935	59	219	20	11	10	1–31
Wildcat Ridge	CS	1771–1857	49	216	13	7	6	1–16
Stoney Bluff	CS	1704–1934	20	118	25	9	7	1–47
Quincy Bluff	CS	1694–1930	23	180	71	3	3	1–10
Wisconsin Dells	CS	1681–1924	28	225	58	4	4	1–11
Pine Bluff	B&C	1684–1895	17	168	51	4	4	1–17
Cathedral Point	NH	1797–1908	24	60	4	6	4	1–14
Frog Lake	NH	1833–1941	14	53	14	8	7	1–15
Squirrel River	NH	1744–1910	16	48	19	9	7	1–31
Finnerud Pines	NH	1736–1907	39	147	19	9	8	1–18
Buckatabon	NH	1697–1910	15	45	26	8	6	1–38
Camp Bird	NES	1764–1925	17	141	28	6	5	1–14
Wolf Lane	NES	1818–1926	16	109	16	7	6	3–17
Tar Dam Road	NES	1714–1855	25	151	13	11	10	3–31
Bears Den	KBM	1721–1909	13	40	13	15	9	1–55
Pine Bluff Trail	KBM	1659–1927	25	82	26	10	8	1–34
Betchler Lake	GML	1548–1920	62	190	43	9	7	1–32
Bay View	GML	1777–1932	15	67	19	8	7	2–25
Hwy 13	GML	1574–1910	17	75	29	12	7	1–70
Corner Lake	GML	1699–1946	20	63	16	15	9	1–84
Ramsey Lake	SSP	1637–1932	41	133	27	11	9	1–35

I report both mean fire return interval (MFRI) and Weibull Median Probability Interval (WMPI) which is where half of the probability distribution is below and half above the value