Table 1 Weather, fire behavior, and fuel consumption was measured during spring (June 2003) and fall (November 2003) prescribed fires at Lava Beds National Monument, California, USA (taken from Kauffman et al. 2006).
From: Native Bunchgrass Response to Prescribed Fire in Ungrazed Mountain Big Sagebrush Ecosystems
Gillems Camp | Fleener Chimneys | Merrill Caves | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spring | Fall | Spring | Fall | Fall | |
Weather (min-max) | |||||
Temperature (°C) | 17–28 | 7–12 | 14–24 | 6–11 | 8–16 |
Relative humidity (%) | 28–53 | 41–55 | 30–54 | 53–60 | 30–68 |
Wind speed (m s− 1) | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Fine fuel moisture (%) | 6–10 | 8–9 | 5–10 | 10–11 | 7–12 |
Fire behavior (min-max) | |||||
Rate of spread (m s− 1) | 0.04–0.07 | 0.01–0.46 | 0.01–0.05 | 0.04–0.41 | 0.00–0.03 |
Flame length (m) | 0.3–3.0 | 0.1–3.7 | 0.2–1.5 | 0.2–1.8 | 0.3–4.6 |
Fuel consumption (mean ± 1 SE) | |||||
Fine surface fuels (Mg ha− 1) | 2.00 ± 0.36 | 2.63 ± 0.29 | 0.35 ± 0.18 | 1.06 ± 1.21 | 1.36 ± 0.87 |
Total fuels (Mg ha− 1) | 6.15 ± 1.27 | 5.31 ± 1.51 | 5.50 ± 2.31 | 3.02 ± 1.48 | 12.11 ± 6.18 |