Changes in Fire Severity across Gradients of Climate, Fire Size, and Topography: A Landscape Ecological Perspective

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Fires included in the study, the total area burned, date of detection, and MEI calculated for the detection month and the 18 mo pre-fire interval. The table is sorted by the 18 mo mean. The largest fires (n = 9) were included in the within-fires analysis and are marked with an asterisk.

Fire name	Location¹	Total area (ha)	Detection date (Yr.JulianDate)	MEI month of detection	18-month mean
*Cerro Grande	SFNF NM	17349.39	2000.125	−0.34	−0.88
*Outlet 2000	GRCA AZ	4804.74	2000.131	−0.34	−0.88
*Pumpkin	KNF AZ	6383.79	2000.146	0.03	−0.81
*Viveash	SFNF NM	8811.09	2000.151	0.03	−0.81
Swamp Ridge	GRCA AZ	1295.01	2001.229	0.29	−0.28
Tower	GRCA AZ	1683.00	2001.241	0.29	−0.28
*Saddle Mountain	KNF AZ	3931.74	1960.173	−0.26	0.00
Nicole	SFNF NM	158.58	1996.175	−0.01	0.02
American Springs	SFNF NM	703.26	1954.157	−1.55	0.03
*Dome	SFNF NM	6648.57	1996.116	−0.49	0.04
*La Mesa	BAND NM	5745.60	1977.167	0.49	0.06
Walhalla	GRCA AZ	1325.16	2004.259	0.56	0.32
Bright	GRCA AZ	520.20	2004.237	0.61	0.34
Outlet 2004	GRCA AZ	450.27	2004.236	0.61	0.34
Quartz	GRCA AZ	228.96	2004.222	0.46	0.35
Long Jim	GRCA AZ	820.80	2004.126	0.27	0.48
*Poplar-Big-Rose	GRCA AZ	6839.10	2003.190	0.00	0.58
*Oso	SFNF NM	2462.67	1998.182	1.14	1.75

¹Location codes (one of potentially multiple management agencies): KNF = Kaibab National Forest, SFNF = Santa Fe National Forest, GRCA = Grand Canyon National Park, BAND = Bandelier National Monument, AZ = Arizona, NM = New Mexico.