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Table 2 Fire history summaries and tests of difference between Pre-Euro-American (pre-settlement, ≤ 1850) and Euro-American settlement (settlement) eras

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

 

Pre-settlement

Settlement

 

Years

MFRI 10% (# Int.)

Min-max

Years

MFRI 10% (# Int.)

Min-max

P-value

Northwest Sands

 Totogatic River

1710–1840

5 (26)

1–14

1854–1946

6 (16)

1–25

0.648

 Inch Lake

1699–1847

8 (21)

1–31

1853–1926

5 (15)

2–14

0.092*

 Lampson Pines

1747–1846

6 (17)

1–25

1851–1947

6 (18)

1–18

0.548

 Sand Lake

1737–1849

3 (32)

1–7

1852–1884

6 (5)

3–10

< 0.001*

Central Sands

 Bruce Mound

1707–1847

11 (13)

1–31

1850–1934

11 (7)

4–18

0.738*

 Wildcat Ridge

1771–1841

6 (12)

1–11

1851–1857

x

x

x

 Stoney Bluff

1704–1847

9 (16)

1–18

1851–1934

10 (8)

1–47

0.268

 Quincy Bluff

1694–1848

3 (45)

1–9

1852–1930

3 (25)

1–10

0.594

 Wisconsin Dells

1681–1850

4 (44)

1–9

1853–1924

5 (13)

1–11

0.232

Blufflands and Coulees

 Pine Bluff

1684–1847

4 (45)

1–11

1851–1895

9 (5)

4–17

0.008

Northern Highlands

 Cathedral Point

1797–1846

6 (4)

1–14

1851–1908

x

x

x

 Frog Lake

1833–1846

x

x

1855–1941

7 (12)

1–15

x

 Squirrel River

1744–1847

10 (10)

1–31

1855–1910

7 (8)

3–15

0.870

 Finnerud Pines

1736–1842

8 (13)

1–18

1850–1907

11 (5)

2–16

0.172

 Buckatabon

1697–1845

9 (17)

1–38

1854–1910

7 (8)

1–15

0.447

Northeast Sands

 Camp Bird

1764–1840

8 (10)

1–14

1860–1925

4 (16)

1–9

0.046*

 Wolf Lane

1818–1843

x

x

1850–1926

6 (13)

3–16

x

 Tar Dam Road

1714–1840

11 (12)

3–31

x

x

x

x

Keweenaw-Baraga Moraines

 Bears Den

1721–1829

14 (8)

1–31

1884–1909

6 (4)

3–11

0.943

 Pine Bluff Trail

1659–1829

11 (16)

1–26

1862–1927

7 (9)

1–22

0.833

Grand Marais Lakeshore

 Betchler Lake

1548–1835

9 (32)

1–32

1853–1934

7 (10)

2–18

0.802

 Bay View

1777–1848

8 (9)

2–25

1856–1932

8 (9)

3–13

0.189

 Hwy 13

1574–1846

10 (25)

1–70

1857–1910

x

x

x

 Corner Lake

1699–1812

14 (8)

1–36

1896–1946

7 (7)

1–20

0.798

Seney-Tahquamenon Sand Plain

 Ramsey Lake

1637–1847

10 (21)

1–34

1856–1932

10 (5)

9–12

0.121