Table 2 Vegetation types (Colorado GAP Analysis Project 1998, augmented with San Juan National Forest vegetation map as described in the text) and associated fuel models (Albini 1976) used in the analysis of wildfire hazard in La Plata County, Colorado.
From: A wildfire hazard assessment and map for La Plata County, Colorado, USA
VEGETATION TYPE | FUEL MODEL |
|---|---|
Urban / Built-up land | 0 |
Dryland crops | 1 |
Irrigated crops | 1 |
Foothills / mountain grassland | 2 |
Deciduous oak | 4 |
Big sagebrush | 4 |
Aspen | 5 |
Spruce-fir | 10 |
Douglas fir | 10 |
Ponderosa pine | 9/4 |
Juniper woodland | 6 |
Pinyon-juniper woodland | 6/4 |
Mixed conifer | 10 |
Mixed forestland | 10 |
Open water | 0 |
Riparian vegetation | 1 |
Prostrate shrub / tundra | 0 |
Subalpine meadow | 1 |
Bare ground tundra | 0 |
Mixed tundra | 0 |