Table 1 Fire histories for forests in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA, and similar forest types in Oregon (OR) and California (CA), USA. FRI = fire return interval. Ranges are shown in parentheses.
Forest type | Location | FRI (yr) | Analysis unit for FRI | Sample size | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red fir | Sequoia National Park, CA | 78 | plot (0.25 ha to 0.5 ha) | 16 | Pitcher 1987 |
Red fir | Crater Lake National Park, OR | 39 | plot (0.5 ha) | 11 | Chappell and Agee 1996 |
Red fir | Swain Mountain Experimental Forest, CA | 40 to 42 | plot (0.5 ha to 1 ha) | Â | Taylor and Halpern 1991 |
Red fir | Swain Mountain Experimental Forest, CA | 16 to 19 | plot (3 ha) | Â | Taylor 1993 |
Red fir-mountain hemlock | Thousand Lakes Wilderness, CA | 20 (9 to 91) | point | 6 | Bekker and Taylor 2001 |
Red fir-mountain hemlock | Thousand Lakes Wilderness, CA | 100 | point | Â | Bekker and Taylor 2010 |
Red fir-lodgepole pine | Mammoth Lakes, CA | 25 (13 to 38) | plot (2 ha) | 10 | Stephens 2001 |
Red fir-western white pine | Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA | 70 (26 to 109) | point | 41 | Taylor 2000 |
Red fir-western white pine | Caribou Wilderness, CA | 66 | plot (0.04 ha to 0.1 ha) | Â | Taylor and Solem 2001 |
Red fir-western white pine | Lake Tahoe, CA | 76 (25 to 175) | point | Â | Scholl and Taylor 2006 |
Lodgepole pine | Caribou Wilderness, CA | 67 | plot (0.04 ha to 0.1 ha) | Â | Taylor and Solem (2001) |
Lodgepole pine | Thousand Lakes Wilderness, CA | 47 (28 to 54) | point | 6 | Bekker and Taylor 2001 |
Lodgepole pine | Thousand Lakes Wilderness, CA | (50 to 76.5) | point | Â | Bekker and Taylor 2010 |
Lodgepole pine | Deschutes National Forest, OR | (26 to 82) | plot (0.1 ha to 0.5 ha) | 30 | Heyerdahl et al. 2014 |
Ponderosa pine | Crater Lake National Park, OR | (9 to 42) | 2 trees | 48 | McNeil and Zobel 1980 |
Ponderosa pine-white fir-mountain hemlock | Cherry Creek Research Natural Area, OR | (4 to 146) | plot (0.2 ha) | 35 | Foster 1998 |