Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Southwest Oregon Biscuit Fire.

Author: Azuma, David L.; Donnegan, Joseph; Gedney, Donald.

Date: 2004

Source: Res. Pap. PNW-RP-560. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 32 p

Station ID: RP-PNW-560

Description: The Biscuit Fire in southwestern Oregon was one of the largest and most costly in recent history, burning over 499,000 acres and costing over 150 million dollars in suppression efforts. This study uses prefire resource information in conjunction with postfire burn severity to generate statistically reliable prefire resource estimates for the land within the Biscuit Fire perimeter. Resource parameters such timber volume, down woody material, area by forest type, and understory cover compared between burn severity classes.

Keywords: Forest inventory, fire severity, forest resources, Biscuit Fire

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Azuma, David L.; Donnegan, Joseph; Gedney, Donald.  2004.  Southwest Oregon Biscuit Fire..   Res. Pap. PNW-RP-560. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 32 p