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Post-Fire Treatment Impacts on Fine Fuels in Westside Sierra Nevada Forests


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Star Fire

--Dates: August - September, 2001
--Area w/i Perimeter: 16,800 acres
--Cost of Suppression: $24 million (estimated)

Statistics:

Woody Plant Species List: Abies concolor, Abies magnifica, Amelanchier sp., Arctostaphylos patula, Artemisia sp., Calocedrus decurrens, Ceanothus cordulatus, Ceanothus cuneatus, Ceanothus integerrimus, Ceanothus prostratus, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Chrysolepis sempervirens, Cornus nuttallii, Nama lobbii, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana, Prunus emarginata, Prunus virginiana, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus vaccinifolia, Ribes sp., Ribes roezlii, Rubus leucodermis, Rubus parvifolius, Sambucus mexicana, Salix sp., Symphoricarpos albus, Symphoricarops sp.


Plot

Observed Treatment
(Click for Definitions)

13
SL, GL, PC
14
SL, GL, PC
15
SL, GL, PC
17
SL, GL, PC
18
SL
19
SL
20
NT
21
SL
22
NT
23
SL
24
NT
25
NT
26
NT
94
SL, PC, HE
95
SL
96
SL, PC, HE
97
NT
99
NT
100
SL
101
SL
102
SL
103
NT
104
SL, PC
105
SL, PC, LBF
106
PC, LBF
108
SL
109
SL, PC
110
SL
111
SL, PC
113
HSL, PC, HE
114
SL, PC, HE
115
SL, PC, HE
116
CSL, PC, HE
117
SL, PC, HE
118
SL, PC, HE
119
SL, PC, HE
120
SL, PC, HE
121
NT
122
NT
123
NT

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Cleveland Fire

--Dates: September 29, 1992 - October 15, 1992
--Area w/i Perimeter: 22,485 acres
--Cost of Suppression:

Statistics:

Woody Plant Species List: Abies concolor, Abies magnifica, Arctostaphylos patula, Arctostaphylos viscida, Betula sp., Calocedrus decurrens, Ceanothus cordulatus, Ceanothus integerrimus, Ceanothus parvifolius, Ceanothus prostratus, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Chrysolepis sempervirens, Cornus nuttallii, Mahonia sp., Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, Prunus emarginata, Prunus sp., Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus kelloggii, Rhododendron occidentalis, Ribes sp., Ribes roezlii, Rubus parvifolius, Sambucus mexicana, Salix sp., Sequoiadendron giganteum, Symphoricarpos sp., Vaccinium parvifolium



Plot

Observed Treatment
(Click for Definitions)

46
PC
48
NT
49
SL, HE, PC
50
HE, PC
51
HE, PC
52
NT
53
HE, PC
54
HE, PC
55
SL
56
PC
57
SL, HE, PC
58
SL, HE, PC
59
NT
60
NT
124
SL, PC, HE
125
SL, PC, HE, TH
127
SL, PC, HE, TH
128
SMZ
129
SL, PC, HE, TH
130
SMZ
131
SMZ
132
SL, PC, HE, TH
133
SL, PC, HE
134
SMZ
135
SL, PC, HE, TH
136
SL, PC, HE, TH
137
SMZ
138
SMZ
139
SL, PC, HE
140
SMZ
141
SL, PC, HE, TH
142
SL, PC, HE, TH
143
SMZ
144
SMZ
145
SL, PC, HE, TH
146
SL, PC, HE, TH
147
SL, PC, HE, TH
148
SL, PC, HE, TH, LI
149
SL, PC, HE, TH
150
SL, PC, HE, TH
151
NT
152
PC, HE, TH
153
PC, HE, TH
154
SL, PC, HE, TH
194
SL, PC, HE
195
SL, PC, HE
196
SL, PC, HE
197
SL
198
SL
199
SL
200
SL, PC, HE
201
NT
202
NT
203
NT
204
SL
205
NT


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'87 Stanislaus Complex

--Dates: September 1987
--Area w/i Perimeter: 147,000 acres
--Cost of Suppression:

Statistics:

Woody Plant Species List: Abies concolor, Abies magnifica, Acer macrophyllum, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctostaphylos mewukka, Arctostaphylos viscida, Calocedrus decurrens, Ceanothus cuneatus, Ceanothus fresnensis, Ceanothus integerrimus, Ceanothus prostratus, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Chryosthamnus nauseosus, Chrysothamnus parryi, Cornus nuttallii, Eriodictyon californicum, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Pinus attenuata, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus lambertiana, Pseudostsuga menziesii, Quercus chrysolepsis, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus wizlizenii, Ribes roezlii, Ribes sp., Toxicodendron diversilobum, Umbellularia californica



Plot

Observed Treatment
(Click for Definitions)

29
DT, PC, H, PB
30
DT, PC, H, PB
31
NT
32
NT
34
DT, PC, H
35
DT, PC
36
NT
37
DT, PC, H, PB
38
NT
39
NT
40
PC, DT, HX
41
PC, DT, HX
42
NT
43
PC, DT, HX
44
DT, PC
45
PC
64
DT, PC, HE, PB
65
DT, PC, HE, PB
66
M, DT, PC, HE
67
M, DT, PC, HE
68
NT
69
M, DT, PC, HE
70
NT
72
M, PC, HE
73
M, PC, HE
74
PC, HE
75
DT, PC, HE, TH
76
DT, PC, HE
77
DT, PC, HE
79
NT
80
NT
81
NT
87
DT, PC, HE, PB
88
M, PC, HE, TH
89
DT, PC, HX, TH
90
DT, PC, HX
92
DT, PC, HX
93
DT, PC, HX, TH
182
SL, PC, HE
183
DT, PC, HE, TH
184
SL, DT, PC, HE, TH
186
SL, HE
187
SL
188
SL
189
SL
190
SL
191
SL
192
SL
193
NT

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McNally Fire

--Dates: July 21 - August 29, 2002
--Area w/i Perimeter: 150,670 acres
--Cost of Suppression: $45.7 million (estimated)

Statistics:

Woody Plant Species List: Abies magnifica, Arctostaphylos patula, Artemisia tridentata, Artemisia sp., Ceanothus cordulatus, Ceanothus cuneatus, Ceanothus pinetorum, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Chrysothamnus parryi, Chyrsolepis sempervirens, Holodiscus discolor, Penstemon sp., Pinus contorta, Pinus jeffreyi, Prunus emarginata, Prunus sp., Prunus virginiana, Purshia tridentata, Quercus kelloggii, Ribes sp., Ribes nevadense, Sambucus mexicana, Symphoricarpos sp.



Plot

Observed Treatment
(Click for Definitions)

1
SL
2
NT
3
NT
4
SL
5
SL
6
NT
7
NT
9
SL
11
SL
12
NT
155
SL
156
NT
157
NT
158
SL
159
SL
160
NT
161
NT
162
SL
163
SL
164
NT
165
SL
166
NT
167
NT
168
SL, PC
169
SL
170
SL
171
NT
172
NT
173
SL
174
NT
175
SL
177
PC
178
SL, PC
179
NT
180
SL
181
NT
318
NT
319
SL

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