Table 1 Descriptive fire history statistics for Okmulgee Game Management Area, Oklahoma, USA. Abbreviations: EAS = Euro-American Settlement, MFI = mean fire interval, Median = median fire interval, SD = standard deviation.
From: Historic Fire Regime of an Upland Oak Forest in South-Central North America
Time period | MFI (yr) | Median (yr) | SD (yr) | Range (yr) | Number of intervals | Years with ≥7% cross-sections scarred (percent) | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-EAS | 4 | 3 | 2.8 | 1–12 | 28 | 1877 (7) | 1750–1899 |
Osage | 5.9 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 2–12 | 8 | none | 1750–1836 |
Creek | 3 | 3 | 1.6 | 1–7 | 19 | 1877 (7) | 1837–1899 |
Post-EAS | 2 | 2 | 1.1 | 1–5 | 44 | 1957 (7), 1975 (12), 1979 (13) | 1900–1988 |
Prescribed burning | 1.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 1–2 | 8 | 1989 (11), 1993 (9), 2003 (9) | 1989–2005 |
Total | 2.7 | 2 | 2.1 | 1–12 | 82 |  | 1750–2005 |