Monitoring Live Fuel Moisture Using Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Proxies

Fire Ecology

Table 1 Description of ten study sites in northern Utah, USA, including geographic locations, species, soil texture at 20 cm depth, slope, aspect (in degrees from north), elevation, soil moisture measurement start date, number of LFM observations, and maximum and minimum of LFM measurements.

Site	Lat	Long	Species	Soil Texture	Slope (°)	Aspect (°)	Elevation (m)	Start Date	n	LFM (%)
Site	Lat	Long	Species	Soil Texture	Slope (°)	Aspect (°)	Elevation (m)	Start Date	n	Max	Min
Little Cottonwood	40.57	−111.77	Gambel oak	Loamy sand	15	208	1718	18/5/09	26	191	79
Hobble Creek	40.15	−111.54	Gambel oak	Sandy loam	33	202	1910	6/6/10	14	217	76
Maple Canyon	40.13	−111.53	Gambel oak	Sandy loam	29	162	1870	6/6/10	16	201	79
Squaw Peak	40.30	−111.62	Gambel oak	Clay	8	50	2073	8/6/10	12	152	81
Black Cedar	38.98	−112.24	Gambel oak	Clay loam	6	285	1979	7/6/10	20	231	89
Vernon	40.06	−112.33	big sagebrush	Gravelly loam	2	35	1712	28/4/09	59	237	57
Mud Springs	39.88	−112.22	big sagebrush	Sandy loam	6	18	1790	5/5/09	38	221	67
Muskrat	40.64	−112.65	big sagebrush	Very gravelly loam	16	259	1582	3/6/10	36	210	63
Sevier Reservoir	39.33	−112.06	big sagebrush	Sandy loam	9	44	1662	7/6/10	22	197	71
Black Cedar	38.98	−112.24	big sagebrush	Clay	6	285	1979	7/6/10	22	230	78