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Table 3 Mean duration (D, days) and size (S, ha) of all simulated wildfires, fraction of simulated fires that reach the wildland-urban interface (WUI) defense zone (FWUI), and duration (DWUI) and size (SWUI) of simulated wildfires that reach the WUI defense zone by month of fire start.

From: Quantifying the Threat of Unsuppressed Wildfires Reaching the Adjacent Wildland-Urban Interface on the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming, USA

 

D (days)

S (ha)

F WUI (%)

DWUI (days)

SWUI (ha)

May

12.6

3951

3.0

55.9

50 372

Jun

12.4

3171

2.1

53.6

43 088

Jul

10.4

1974

1.3

49.4

34 718

Aug

9.0

1288

0.7

45.1

28 895

Sep

7.2

582

0.2

32.6

14 489

Oct

6.6

490

0.1

41.5

23 732

Nov

4.7

158

0.1

39.0

25 932

Dec

3.0

34

0.0

n/a

n/a