Research Article
Evaluating Potential Changes in Fire Risk from Eucalyptus Plantings in the Southern United States
Table 5
FCCS fire behavior potentials for fuelbeds typical of the southeastern United States. FCCS potentials are index values.
| | | Slash pine plantation (FCCS 156) | Longleaf and slash pine forest with prescribed fire (FCCS 191) | Longleaf and slash pine forest with fire exclusion (FCCS 182) |
| | Surface fire behaviour potential | 4 | 7 | 8 | | Reaction potential | 5.1 | 7.9 | 9 | | Spread potential | 4.2 | 6.9 | 7.8 | | Flame length potential | 3.8 | 5.7 | 6.4 | | Crown fire potential | 3 | 2 | 4 | | Initiation potential | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | | Transmissivity potential | 7.2 | 0 | 7.2 | | Spread potential | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | | Available fuel potential | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Flame available fuel potential | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | | Smoldering available fuel potential | 1 | 0.4 | 3.7 | | Residual available fuel potential | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | | FCCS fire potential code | 433 | 722 | 846 | | Flame length (m) | 0.91 | 2.44 | 3.14 | | Spread rate (m hr−1) | 80.47 | 217.63 | 279.81 |
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