Research Paper RMRS-RP-9
Fire Behavior Associated with the 1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain, Colorado

Appendix B: Chronology, Fire Behavior, Weather, Distances, Firefighter Travel Rates, and Fire Spread Rates

Table B-4--Reenacted travel rates on West Flank Fireline.

			Putnam			Cohen
Location*	Segment distance	Elapsed time	Segment time	Rate	Elapsed time	Segment time	Rate
	feet			Ft/s			Ft/s
Lunch Spot	0	0:00	0:00
Southernmost firefighters on fireline	220	1:26	1:26	2.6
Hipke start point, northernmost members of group on fireline	430	2:41	1:15	5.7	0:00	0:00
Stump	600	4:57	2:16	4.4	2:30	2:30	4.0
Spur Ridge	170	6:38	1:41	1.7	3:34	1:04	2.7
580 ft (firefighters in Archuleta photo)	100	7:13	0:35	2.9	4:03	0:29	3.5
Draw	135	7:46	0:33	4.1	4:28	0:25	5.4
Bottom of fatality site	162	8:52	1:06	2.5	5:14	0:46	3.5
Middle of fatality site	43	9:10	0:18	2.4	5:27	0:13	3.3
Tree	40	9:33	0:23	1.7	5:42	0:15	2.7
Blecha	79	10:44	1:11	1.1	6:30	0:48	1.6
Zero Point	121	11:32	0:48	2.5	7:00	0:30	4.0
Total from Hipke start point to Zero Point	1,450		8:51	2.7		7:00	3.5
*See table B-2 for distances from Zero Point.

Title: Appendix B: Table B-4 RMRS-RP-9 - Fire Behavior Associated with the 1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain, Colorado
Publish Date: February 5, 1999
Last Update: December 22, 2005

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