Table 4 Land-cover types and their respective fuel models assignments used in Cherry Road FARSITE simulations. Assignments were cross walked from the top performing FARSITE simulations for the Soda wildfire, and GR3 was added because of the greater annual grass cover in the mixed perennial/annual grasslands in the Cherry Road pre-fire data
Land-cover type | Shrub cover (%) | Perennial grass cover (%) | Annual herbaceous cover (%) | Bare soil cover (%) | Assigned fuel models |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perennial grassland | 19 ± 6 | 45 ± 10.9 | 21 ± 7 | 15 ± 5.8 | GS2 |
Mixed perennial/annual grassland | 9 ±4.2 | 35 ± 7.4 | 47 ± 6.2 | 10 ± 2.8 | GR2, GR3 |
Exotic annual grassland | 4 ±2.1 | 21 ± 5.7 | 69 ± 8.4 | 6 ± 2.1 | GR4 |