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FARSITE Surface Fire InteractiveFARSITE Surface Fire InteractiveBy Jacob LaCroix, LEES Lab, UTBy Jacob LaCroix, LEES Lab, UT

► IntroductionIntroduction► Fire SpreadFire Spread

Red PineRed Pine► Site PhotosSite Photos► SimulationSimulation► Data TableData Table► GraphGraph

HardwoodHardwood► Site PhotosSite Photos► SimulationSimulation► Data TableData Table► GraphGraph

Jack PineJack Pine► Site PhotosSite Photos► SimulationSimulation► Data TableData Table► GraphGraph

► AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments► ContactContact

Jacob.LaCroix@utoledo.eduJacob.LaCroix@utoledo.edu► AboutAbout

FARSITEFARSITE JFSPJFSP LEESLEES Lab University of Toledo Lab University of Toledo

Introduction:

My goal with this project was to place fires on

the Chequamegon National Forest, in the model

FARSITE, in different habitats and to vary

the weather in the simulations to see if landscape

structure and/or moisture would affect how far the

fires would spread in 15 days.

Choose a locationfrom the map.

Choose a Location.

Red Pine StandsNorthern HardwoodsJack Pine Barrens

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LegendRed = Litter with no under

story, Red PinesGreen = Litter with under

story, Northern HardwoodsYellow = Brush < 2 ft high,

Pine BarrensBrown = Light Logging Slash, Clear cuts

Moquah NaturalArea

Fire Tower

Pipeline

Pipeline

Bladder Lake

Lake Lenawee

Twin LakesCampground

Horseshoe LakeHorse Camp

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1 2 3 Miles

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Northern Hardwoods Forest Type

Characterized by FARSITE as fuel with litter and under story.

Northern Hardwoods may include species like Sugar Maple, Red Maple, Red Oak, White Oak,Ironwood, Hazelnut and can, in this exercise, include softer Birches and Aspens.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf/reports/report1999/ http://sevilleta.unm.edu/research/crosssite/carbon/images.htm

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Northern Hardwoods:Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired.

Low RainLow Rain Average Average RainRain

High RainHigh Rain

5 Days5 Days 5_Lo Rain5_Lo Rain 5_Ave Rain5_Ave Rain 5_Hi Rain5_Hi Rain

10 Days10 Days 10_Lo Rain10_Lo Rain 10_Ave Rain10_Ave Rain 10_Hi Rain10_Hi Rain

15 Days15 Days 15_Lo Rain15_Lo Rain 15_Ave Rain15_Ave Rain 15_Hi Rain15_Hi Rain

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Jack Pine Barrens Habitat

Characterized by FARSITE as surfacefuel that is brushy, up to 2 feet high.

Jack Pine can grow on sand left behind by the glaciers. The sand barrens in Michigan have Jack Pines that are the only habitat of the Kirtland’s Warbler.

http://www.americanforests.org/productsandpubs/magazine/archives/2002winter/feature1_1.php http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/images/veg/Savanna/Jack_pine,_aspen_VK.html http://www.parkpoint.org/reports/vegetation_survey_report/vegsurvey.htm

Kirtland's WarblerAn endangered species that requires JackPine habitat.

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Jack Pine Barrens: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired.

Low RainLow Rain Average Average RainRain

High RainHigh Rain

5 Days5 Days 5_Lo Rain5_Lo Rain 5_Ave Rain5_Ave Rain 5_Hi Rain5_Hi Rain

10 Days10 Days 10_Lo Rain10_Lo Rain 10_Ave Rain10_Ave Rain 10_Hi Rain10_Hi Rain

15 Days15 Days 15_Lo Rain15_Lo Rain 15_Ave Rain15_Ave Rain 15_Hi Rain15_Hi Rain

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Red Pine StandsCharacterized by FARSITE as fuel with litter but no under story.

http://sevilleta.unm.edu/research/crosssite/carbon/images.htm http://www.johndee.com/pix/2002/mar15-3.jpgBack to outline

Red Pine Stands: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired.

Low RainLow Rain Average Average RainRain

High RainHigh Rain

5 Days5 Days 5_Lo Rain5_Lo Rain 5_Ave Rain5_Ave Rain 5_Hi Rain5_Hi Rain

10 Days10 Days 10_Lo Rain10_Lo Rain 10_Ave Rain10_Ave Rain 10_Hi Rain10_Hi Rain

15 Days15 Days 15_Lo Rain15_Lo Rain 15_Ave Rain15_Ave Rain 15_Hi Rain15_Hi Rain

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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

► This work is supported by This work is supported by a grant from the Joint Fire a grant from the Joint Fire Science Program.Science Program.

► Persons involved are from Persons involved are from the Landscape Ecology the Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences and Ecosystem Sciences Laboratory (LEES) at the Laboratory (LEES) at the University of Toledo in University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.Toledo, Ohio.

► Thanks go to the United Thanks go to the United States Forest Service and States Forest Service and the creators of FARSITE. the creators of FARSITE.

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