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Selected Fires from 2001

Explanatory Notes

Table Key

**Fires Over 1,000 acres on National Forests in California in 2001**
Selection	Fire Name	Forest	Total Acres	Notes
Selected	BLUE	Modoc	32,561	select
Not Selected	TROUGH		23,938	mostly wilderness
Selected	STAR	Tahoe, Eldorado	11,909	select
Selected	DARBY	Stanislaus	10,773	select
Selected	SWILLUP II	Klamath	7,996	select
Not Selected	VIEJAS		5,138	shrubland
Not Selected	STABLES FIRE		4,216	shrubland
Selected	NORTH FORK	Sierra	3,872	select
Selected	STREAM	Plumas	3,526	select
Selected	HIGHWAY	Sequoia	3,346	select
Not Selected	BELL		2,978	juniper
Not Selected	CRATER		2,717	barren
Not Selected	MCLAUGHLIN		2,281	shrubland
Selected	JONES	Klamath	1,452	select
Selected	GAP	Tahoe	1,371	select
Not Selected	ROCK		1,313	shrubland
Not Selected	HEMLOCK		1,028	shrubland

**Table Key**
Code	Meaning
Selected	Most of the acreage burned in a given year is explained by fires larger than 1,000 acres. Fires were selected for analysis if more than 1,000 acres of forestland outside wilderness burned.
Not Selected	These fire were not analyzed because less than 1,000 acres of forestland outside wilderness burned.

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Pie chart displaying post fire conditions from 2001 fires, Blue, Star, Darby, Swillup II, North Fork, Stream, Highway, Jones, Gap. Deforested: Wilderness, etc. 4,000 acres or 6 percent. Deforested: Not Wilderness, etc. 25,000 acres or 41 percent. Forested: Not wilderness, etc. 29,000 acres or 48 percent. Forested: wilderness, etc. 3,000 acres or 5 percent.

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Blue Fire, Star Fire, Darby Fire, Swillup II Fire, North Fork Fire, Stream Fire, Highway Fire, Jones Fire, Gap Fire

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after Selected 2001 Wildfires on National Forests in California (Acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
fir	760	364	897	595	2,774	2,936	8,326
pine	241	276	947	1,350	1,853	2,230	6,897
Douglas-fir	0	5	1,120	4,180	208	1,606	7,119
mixed conifer	2,004	799	4,879	4,104	8,302	6,978	27,066
closed cone conifers	135	356	98	52	286	692	1,619
coastal conifer/cypress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
pinyon juniper	0	0	47	116	118	489	770
hardwood	360	1,465	2,343	2,538	813	1,255	8,774
Sub Total	3,500	3,265	10,332	12,935	14,354	16,185	60,570
shrub/non-forest							17,208
other ownership							13,295
Total							91,073

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Blue Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Blue Fire on the Modoc National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types	760	364	587	240	2,451	2,606	7,008
pine types	233	97	183	175	625	706	2,019
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types	1,970	694	760	448	3,578	2,892	10,342
closed cone conifers	7	58	45	24	271	687	1,091
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj			47	116	118	489	770
hardwood	19	124		26	22	464	655
Sub Total	2,988	1,338	1,621	1,028	7,066	7,843	21,885
shrub/non-forest							10,870
other ownership							2,137
Total							34,891

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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Darby Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Darby Fire on the Stanislaus National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types							0
pine types	8	172	171	291	481	572	1,696
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types	10	96	304	590	223	247	1,470
closed cone conifers	128	298	54	28			508
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood	341	1,340	1,130	1,217	268	191	4,487
Sub Total	487	1,907	1,658	2,126	972	1,010	8,161
shrub/non-forest							2,791
other ownership							3,669
Total							14,622

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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Gap Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Gap Fire on the Tahoe National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types			13		77	19	109
pine types							0
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types	8		71	27	688	208	1,002
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood							0
Sub Total	8	0	85	27	765	227	1,112
shrub/non-forest							302
other ownership							1,130
Total							2,544

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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Highway Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Highway Fire on the Sequoia National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types							0
pine types		7	186	400	173	393	1,159
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types				168	57	57	283
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			147	586	87	248	1,068
Sub Total	0	7	333	1,154	318	699	2,510
shrub/non-forest							849
other ownership							871
Total							4,230

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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Jones Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Jones Fire on the Klamath National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types							0
pine types			86	116	93	54	348
Douglas-fir			24	32	22	22	100
mixed conifer types			26	34	12	15	88
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			104	97	66	34	301
Sub Total	0	0	241	279	193	125	838
shrub/non-forest							595
other ownership							109
Total							1,541

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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NorthFork Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the NorthFork Fire on the Sierra National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types							0
pine types			264	338	228	279	1,109
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types			213	138	70	510	931
closed cone conifers					15	5	19
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			457	376	292	227	1,353
Sub Total	0	0	934	852	605	1,022	3,413
shrub/non-forest							576
other ownership							267
Total							4,256

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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Star Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Star Fire on the Eldorado & Tahoe National Forests (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types			297	354	246	311	1,209
pine types				8	8	33	48
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types	17	8	2,451	2,178	1,945	2,402	9,000
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			462	97	77	50	685
Sub Total	17	8	3,209	2,637	2,275	2,795	10,942
shrub/non-forest							1,048
other ownership							5,007
Total							16,996

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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Stream Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Stream Fire on the Plumas National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types							0
pine types			48	23	227	182	480
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types			734	142	1,687	573	3,136
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood						6	6
Sub Total	0	0	782	165	1,914	760	3,621
shrub/non-forest							73
other ownership							0
Total							3,695

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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Swillup2 Fire 2001

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Swillup2 Fire on the Klamath National Forest (acres)
Vegetation Type	treatments NOT permitted		treatments permitted		treatments permitted		Total Within Fire Perimeter
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition
	Deforested Condition	Forested Condition	Steep Ground ( > 30 % Slope)		Flat Ground ( < 30 % Slope)
alpine							0
fir types							0
pine types			9		18	10	38
Douglas-fir		5	1,096	4,148	187	1,583	7,019
mixed conifer types			320	378	41	74	814
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			44	139		36	219
Sub Total	0	5	1,469	4,665	247	1,703	8,089
shrub/non-forest							104
other ownership							105
Total							8,298

Fire boundary shown with areas of forested, deforested, and not forested forestland.

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USDA Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Region
Last Modified: Friday, 13 April 2012 at 19:32:34 EDT