Title:

Fire history data for eastern Washington, USA

Author(s):

McKenzie, Donald

Publication Year:

2015

How to Cite:

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McKenzie, Donald. 2015. Fire history data for eastern Washington, USA. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0015

Abstract:

Fire scars provide a deep temporal record of historical fires, most of which pre-date Euro-American conquest of the West and subsequent land-use and management changes that obscure the dynamics of natural fire regimes. This eastern Washington fire-history data publication contains a unique spatially explicit fire-scar database which was used to identify the influences of climate, fuels, topography, and management. We provide two components: a georeferenced layer in which each fire-scarred tree in seven watersheds is located, along with a list of fire-scarred trees and years in which that tree was scarred for each of the watershed.

Keywords:

Fire history; ENSO; PDSI; topographic controls; spatially explicit; multi-scale analysis; Joint Fire Science Program; JFSP; biota; Fire; Fire detection; Washington; Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest; Colville National Forest; Cascade Range; Okanogan Highlands

Related publications:

• Falk, Donald A.; Miller, Carol; McKenzie, Donald; Black, Anne E. 2007. Cross-scale analysis of fire regimes. Ecosystems. 10(5). Pages 809-823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-007-9070-7 //research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/29189
• Kellogg, Lara-Karena B.; McKenzie, Donald; Peterson, David L.; Hessl, Amy E. 200802. Spatial models for inferring topographic controls on historical low-severity fire in the eastern Cascade Range of Washington, USA. Landscape Ecology. 23(2). Pages 227-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-007-9188-1 //research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/30439
• Kennedy, Maureen C.; McKenzie, Donald. 201012. Using a stochastic model and cross-scale analysis to evaluate controls on historical low-severity fire regimes. Landscape Ecology. 25(10). Pages 1561-1573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-010-9527-5 //research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/39131
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