Welcome Chequamegon National Forest, Wisconsin and FARSITE Surface Fire Interactive By Jacob LaCroix, LEES Lab, UT Introduction Introduction Fire Spread Red Pine Site Photos Site Photos Site Photos Simulation Simulation Data Table Data Table Data Table Graph Graph Hardwood Site Photos Site Photos Site Photos Simulation Simulation Data Table Data Table Data Table Graph Graph Jack Pine Site Photos Site Photos Site Photos Simulation Simulation Data Table Data Table Data Table Graph Graph Acknowledgments Acknowledgments Contact About FARSITE FARSITE JFSP JFSP LEES Lab University of Toledo LEES 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 location from the map. Chequamegon National Forest LandscapeLargest AreaSmallest Area Control Rain Control Wind Control Rain Control Wind Control Rain Low Wind High Rain Control Wind Low Rain Control Wind High Rain High Wind Low Rain High Wind High Rain Low Wind Low Rain Low Wind Table 1. The results from the FARSITE simulations, each column represents a set of weather conditions. The rows represent the 12 different locations on the landscape of the starting ignition point for the fires. The ignition points were the same in every scenario. The units are hectares burned in 15 days time. Back to outline Choose a Location. Red Pine Stands Northern Hardwoods Jack Pine Barrens No more activities, end. Legend Red = Litter with no under story, Red Pines Green = Litter with under story, Northern Hardwoods Yellow = Brush < 2 ft high, Pine Barrens Brown = Light Logging Slash, Clear cuts Moquah Natural Area Fire Tower Pipeline Bladder Lake Lake Lenawee Twin Lakes Campground Horseshoe Lake Horse Camp N Miles Back to outline 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. Back to outline Northern Hardwoods: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired. Low Rain Average Rain High Rain 5 Days 5_Lo Rain 5_Lo Rain 5_Ave Rain 5_Ave Rain 5_Hi Rain 5_Hi Rain 10 Days 10_Lo Rain 10_Lo Rain 10_Ave Rain 10_Ave Rain 10_Hi Rain 10_Hi Rain 15 Days 15_Lo Rain 15_Lo Rain 15_Ave Rain 15_Ave Rain 15_Hi Rain 15_Hi Rain End Back to locationsBack to outline Northern Hardwoods Low Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours. 828 Ha burned. Back to locations. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods Low Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods Low Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods Average Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours. 803 Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods Average Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods Average Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods High Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours. 704 Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods High Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Northern Hardwoods High Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Northern Hardwoods rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Jack Pine Barrens Habitat Characterized by FARSITE as surface fuel 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 Kirtlands Warbler.Kirtland's Warbler An endangered species that requires Jack Pine habitat. Back to outline Jack Pine Barrens: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired. Low Rain Average Rain High Rain 5 Days 5_Lo Rain 5_Lo Rain 5_Ave Rain 5_Ave Rain 5_Hi Rain 5_Hi Rain 10 Days 10_Lo Rain 10_Lo Rain 10_Ave Rain 10_Ave Rain 10_Hi Rain 10_Hi Rain 15 Days 15_Lo Rain 15_Lo Rain 15_Ave Rain 15_Ave Rain 15_Hi Rain 15_Hi Rain End Back to locations Back to outline Pine Barrens Low Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens Low Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens Low Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens Average Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens Average Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens Average Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens High Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens High Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Pine Barrens High Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Pine Barrens rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pine Stands Characterized by FARSITE as fuel with litter but no under story. Back to outline Red Pine Stands: Choose the number of days for the fire to last and the level of rain desired. Low Rain Average Rain High Rain 5 Days 5_Lo Rain 5_Lo Rain 5_Ave Rain 5_Ave Rain 5_Hi Rain 5_Hi Rain 10 Days 10_Lo Rain 10_Lo Rain 10_Ave Rain 10_Ave Rain 10_Hi Rain 10_Hi Rain 15 Days 15_Lo Rain 15_Lo Rain 15_Ave Rain 15_Ave Rain 15_Hi Rain 15_Hi Rain End Back to locations Back to outline Red Pines Low Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours. 233 Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines Low Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines Low Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines Average Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours. 212 Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines Average Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines Average Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines High Rain 5 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours. 198 Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines High Rain 10 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Red Pines High Rain 15 day fire Time of arrival shown in hours Ha burned. Back to Red Pines rain level and day length. Back to locations. End N Miles Acknowledgements This work is supported by a grant from the Joint Fire Science Program. Persons involved are from the Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences Laboratory (LEES) at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. Thanks go to the United States Forest Service and the creators of FARSITE. Back to outline