Table 2 Proportional area burned, patch size (mean and SE), and maximum patch size classified as unburned or as low, moderate, or high burn severity, averaged across two large wildfires in each of four geographic regions. The minimum patch size for all severity levels was <1.
| Â | Unburned | Low severity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Patch size | Â | Â | Patch size | Â | ||
Location | Area | Mean | SE | Maximum patch size | Area | Mean | SE | Maximum patch size |
| Â | % | ha | % | ha | ||||
CA | 33 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 10,444 | 28 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 8,270 |
MT-W | 43 | 21.1 | 11.1 | 4,893 | 9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 759 |
MT-NW | 14 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1,876 | 38 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 3,703 |
AK | 7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 3,899 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 488 |
| Â | Moderate severity | High severity | ||||||
| Â | Â | Patch size | Â | Â | Patch size | Â | ||
Location | Area | Mean | SE | Maximum patch size | Area | Mean | SE | Maximum patch size |
| Â | % | ha | % | ha | ||||
CA | 35 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 10,410 | 4 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 385 |
MT-W | 45 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 2.900 | 4 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 253 |
MT-NW | 43 | 16.6 | 5.8 | 2,637 | 5 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 1,297 |
AK | 30 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 6,212 | 58 | 14.4 | 7.3 | 128,510 |