Title:

Interactions of 2021 Schneider Springs burned area, containment lines, PODs, and suppression success

Author(s):

Young, Jesse D.; O'Connor, Christopher D.; Arkowitz, Alexander P.; Orland, Elijah; Ritter, Scott M.; Calkin, David E.

Publication Year:

2025

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Young, Jesse D.; O'Connor, Christopher D.; Arkowitz, Alexander P.; Orland, Elijah; Ritter, Scott M.; Calkin, David E. 2025. Interactions of 2021 Schneider Springs burned area, containment lines, PODs, and suppression success. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0047

Abstract:

In August of 2021 the Schnieder Springs fire ignited on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington, where it burned through 113,689 acres of rugged terrain with a number of factors affecting fire behavior and eventual containment. For areas where the fire burned, observational data were developed using a rasterization approach at a 30-meter resolution consistent with LANDFIRE spatial products, where each pixel center was converted to a point location and populated with fire behavior drivers and mediators. This data publication includes the following data: weather, fuels, topography, the construction of containment lines, the presence of previously identified potential containment locations, and the number of ground-based firefighters assigned to the incident on a day-by-day basis.

Keywords:

environment; Fire; fire containment line; fireline; fire personnel; fire suppression; fire weather; operational complexity; Washington; Schneider Springs

Related publications:

• Young, Jesse D.; O'Connor, Christopher D.; Arkowitz, Alexander P.; Orland, Elijah; Ritter, Scott M.; Calkin, David E.; Wadhwani, Rahul; Cansler, C. Alina. 2025. Containment lines, PODs, and suppression success: a case study of the 2021 Schneider Springs fire. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 34(12): WF25124. https://doi.org/10.1071/wf25124

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