Predicting forest floor and woody fuel consumption from prescribed burns in southern and western pine ecosystems of the United States

S J Prichard; M C Kennedy; C S Wright; J B Cronan; R D Ottmar

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2017.10.029

Predicting forest floor and woody fuel consumption from prescribed burns in southern and western pine ecosystems of the United States

Data Brief. 2017 Oct 28:15:742-746. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.10.029. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

S J Prichard¹, M C Kennedy², C S Wright³, J B Cronan³, R D Ottmar³

Affiliations

¹ School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Sciences and Mathematics Department, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA, USA.
³ US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA, USA.

Abstract

We present pre-burn biomass and consumption data from 60 prescribed burns in the southeastern and western United States. The datasets include pre-burn biomass in Mg/ha by fuel category: herbaceous fuels, shrubs, 1-hr, 10-hr, 100-hr, 1000-hr, 10,000-hr, and > 10,000-hr downed wood, litter and duff. Pre-burn depth (cm) and reduction (cm) are provided for litter and duff layers. Day-of-burn fuel moistures and weather are also listed by site.