Fuel treatment effectiveness at the landscape scale: a systematic review of simulation studies comparing treatment scenarios in North America

Ott, Jeffrey E.; Kilkenny, Francis F.; Jain, Theresa B.

doi:10.1186/s42408-022-00163-2

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Landscapes of the USA and Canada represented by simulation studies testing landscape-scale fuel treatment effectiveness

From: Fuel treatment effectiveness at the landscape scale: a systematic review of simulation studies comparing treatment scenarios in North America

State/province	Location	Landscape area (ha)	Fire modeling technique	Timeframe (yr)	Citation
AB	Bob Creek Provincial Park	20,775	Burn-P3	1	Stockdale et al. 2019b
AB	Edson^a	250,000	SEM-LAND	1	Cary et al. 2009
AB	West-central Alberta	20,790	WILDFIRE, FPV	80	Acuna et al. 2010
AB/SK	Cold Lake Caribou Range	2,100,000	Burn-P3	1	Stockdale et al. 2019a
AZ	Camp Navajo	11,610	LANDIS-II	100	Hurteau 2017
AZ	Coconino NF	23,204	FFE-FVS	45	Bagdon et al. 2016
AZ	Coconino NF	168,853	MTT	1	Finney 2007
AZ	Coconino NF	63,298	FlamMap	1	Fitch et al. 2018
AZ	Coconino/Kaibab NF	386,100	LANDIS-II	90	McCauley et al. 2019
AZ	Grand Canyon NP/Kaibab NF	155,439	LANDIS-II	100	Loehman et al. 2018
AZ	Grand Canyon NP/Kaibab NF	335,000	LANDIS-II	100	O’Donnell et al. 2018
BC	Premier/Diorite forest	44,000	custom model	100	Ohlson et al. 2006
CA	Angeles NF	191,012	SIMPPLLE	50	Jones et al. 2008
CA	Angeles NF	234,061	FETM	100	Schaaf et al. 2008
CA	Eldorado/Stanislaus NF	149,869	FSim, FlamMap	1	Buckley et al. 2014
CA	Klamath NF	42,000	FlamMap	1	Osborne 2011
CA	Klamath NF	28,000	FARSITE	1	Schmidt et al. 2008
CA	Lake Tahoe Basin	7820	FlamMap, FARSITE	1	Stevens et al. 2016
CA/OR	Klamath-Siskiyou region	3,200,000	LANDIS-II	85	Maxwell et al. 2020
CA/NV	Lake Tahoe Basin	85,000	LANDIS-II	100	Loudermilk et al. 2014
CA	Lassen/Plumas NF	1,092,700	FlamMap	30	Ganz et al. 2007
CA	Plumas NF	19,236	FlamMap	40	Collins et al. 2013
CA	Plumas NF	19,236	FlamMap	1	Dow et al. 2016
CA	Plumas NF	18,623	FlamMap, FARSITE	1	Moghaddas et al. 2010
CA	Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP	324	MTT	1	Wei 2012
CA	Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP	15,552	FlamMap	1	Wei et al. 2008
CA	Sierra Nevada Range	2,200,000	LANDIS-II	50	Syphard et al. 2011b
CA/NV	Sierra Nevada Range	3,400,000	LANDIS-II	90	Liang et al. 2018
CA	Sierra NF	87,500	LANDIS-II	100	Krofcheck et al. 2018
CA	Sierra NF	1,430,000	Fsim	1	Scott et al. 2016
CA	Sierra NF	525,000	FSim	1	Thompson et al. 2017
CA	Stanislaus NF	40,500	FFE-FVS	50	Finney et al. 2007
CA	Tahoe NF	4300	FlamMap	40	Collins et al. 2011
CA	Tahoe NF	13,482	FARSITE	1	Tempel et al. 2015
CA	Tahoe NF	4594	FlamMap, FARSITE	1	Vaillant 2008
CA	Tahoe/Eldorado NF	55,398	FlamMap	1	Chiono et al. 2017
CO	Arapaho-Roosevelt NF	4000	WFDS-LS	50	Ex et al. 2019
CO	Pike-San Isabel NF	21,800	FlamMap	1	Jones et al. 2017
CO	Pike-San Isabel NF	40,000	FlamMap	1	Rideout et al. 2014
FL	Merritt Island NWR^a	8000	FARSITE	1	Duncan et al. 2015
FL	Osceola NF	90,000	LANDIS-II	100	Krofcheck et al. 2019b
ID	Idaho Panhandle NF	271	FlamMap, FARSITE	1	Jain et al. 2008
MO	Mark Twain NF	71,142	LANDIS	200	Shang et al. 2004
MT	Bitterroot NF	23,487	SIMPPLLE	30	Chew et al. 2003
MT	Bitterroot NF	14,000	FlamMap	20	Chung et al. 2013
MT	Bitterroot NF	23,505	SIMPPLLE	50	Jones et al. 1999
MT	Bitterroot NF	161,874	VDDT, SIMPPLLE	50	Merzenich et al. 2003
MT	Bitterroot NF	9364	FARSITE, FFE-FVS	1	Stockmann et al. 2010
MT	Flathead NF	334,675	FIRECLIM, FireBGCv2	50	Prato and Paveglio 2018
MT	Glacier NP^a	250,000	LANDSUM	1	Cary et al. 2009
MT	Lolo/Kootenai NF (Baldy)	not given	FFE-FVS	50	Finney et al. 2007
MT	Lolo/Kootenai NF (Prospect)	not given	FFE-FVS	50	Finney et al. 2007
MT	West Yellowstone^a	10,000	iLand	120	Braziunas et al. 2021
NM	Santa Fe NF	45,000	LANDIS-II	50	Krofcheck et al. 2019a
NM	Santa Fe NF	77,489	FireBGCv2	100	Loehman et al. 2018
OK	Tallgrass prairie^a	15,552	FARSITE	1	Kerby et al. 2007
ON	Pickle Lake area	127,548	FastFire	1	Rytwinski and Crowe 2010
ON	Quetico Provincial Park	202,500	Prometheus	1	Suffling et al. 2008
OR	Central Oregon	1,023,808	MC1	90	Halofsky et al. 2017
OR	Deschutes NF	70,245	FlamMap	1	Ager et al. 2007a
OR	Deschutes NF	756,634	Randig	1	Ager et al. 2014b
OR	Deschutes NF	1,250,000	Envision	50	Ager et al. 2018
OR	Deschutes NF	1,336,176	LSim	50	Ager et al. 2020
OR	Deschutes NF	1,200,000	Envision, FFE-FVS	50	Barros et al. 2017
OR	Deschutes NF	160,930	FlamMap	1	Kreitler et al. 2020
OR	Deschutes NF	1,252,900	Envision	50	Spies et al. 2017
OR	Deschutes NF	209,207	FSim	1	Thompson et al. 2013
OR	Deschutes NF^a	2000	custom model	80	Campbell and Ager 2013
OR	Fremont-Winema NF	68,474	FlamMap	1	Ager et al. 2010a
OR	Malheur/Wallowa-Whitman NF	938,786	LANDIS-II	90	Cassell 2018
OR	Southwest Oregon^a	1036	FFE-FVS, BEHAVE	150	Lauer et al. 2017
OR	Southwest Oregon^a	1036	FFE-FVS, BEHAVE	not given	Lauer et al. 2020
OR	Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman NF	16,336	FFE-FVS	60	Ager et al. 2005
OR	Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman NF	16,343	FFE-FVS	60	Ager et al. 2007b
OR	Umatilla/Wallowa-Whitman NF	16,343	FFE-FVS, FlamMap	1	Ager et al. 2010b
OR	Umpqua NF	325,000	FlamMap, FARSITE	40	Roloff et al. 2005
OR	Umpqua NF	336,000	FlamMap	75	Roloff et al. 2012
OR	Wallowa-Whitman NF	178,000	VDDT, TELSA	200	Hemstrom et al. 2007
OR	Wallowa-Whitman NF	178,000	FARSITE	100	Kim et al. 2009
OR/WA	Blue Mountains	2,500,000	FlamMap, Fsim	1	Ager et al. 2016
SK	Prince Albert NP	165,3467	Burn-P3	1	Parisien et al. 2007
UT	Ash Creek area	809	FlamMap, FARSITE	1	Stratton 2004
UT	Bryce Canyon NP	216	FlamMap	1	Sidman et al. 2016
UT	Camp Williams	11,130	FlamMap	1	Frost 2015
UT	Zion NP	2297	FlamMap	1	Sidman et al. 2016
WA	Cascade Range	1000	BEHAVE, custom	50	Wilson and Baker 1998
WA	Gifford Pinchot NF	6070	custom model	30	Calkin et al. 2005
WA	Gifford Pinchot NF	6070	FFE-FVS	30	Hummel and Calkin, 2005
WA	Umatilla NF	54,600	FFE-FVS	50	Finney et al. 2007
WI	Chequamegon-Nicolet NF	6586	FARSITE	1	Ryu et al. 2007
WI	Chequamegon-Nicolet NF	78,000	LANDIS	250	Sturtevant et al. 2009
None	Unspecified location^a	not given	MTT	1	Finney 2007
None	Unspecified location^a	2500	Custom model	1	Loehle 2004

^aArtificial landscape representing the location

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