Table 1 Fire history statistics for Hite Fork (HF) and Wall Fork (WF) during the full comparison period and during the “Boom and Bust” and “Post-Industrial” socioeconomic eras. Fire years and associated statistics are based on a two-scar minimum filter. MFI mean fire interval, SD standard deviation, WMFI Weibull median fire interval, na insufficient number of fire intervals to calculate statistics
Full comparison | Boom and Bust | Post-Industrial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1890–2020 | 1890–1969 | 1970–2020 | ||||
Fire history statistic | HF | WF | HF | WF | HF | WF |
Mean sample depth | 27.3 | 25.3 | 21.8 | 21.1 | 35.9 | 32.0 |
Number of scars | 184 | 65 | 57 | 51 | 127 | 14 |
Number of fire years | 18 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Earliest fire | 1894 | 1898 | 1894 | 1898 | 1985 | 2007 |
Latest fire | 2017 | 2007 | 1968 | 1965 | 2017 | 2007 |
MFI (years) | 7.2 | 12.1 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 6.4 | na |
SD (years) | 4.7 | 12.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2.9 | na |
Range (years) | 1–17 | 2–42 | 1–16 | 2–20 | 4–11 | na |
WMFI (years) | 6.5 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 6.3 | na |
Mean scarred (%) | 32.0 | 22.1 | 18.6 | 21.0 | 58.1 | 34.4 |