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Selected Fires from 2002

Explanatory Notes

Table Key

**Fires Over 1,000 acres on National Forests in California in 2002**
Selection	Fire Name	Forest	Total Acres	Notes
Selected	MCNALLY	Sequoia	148,056	enough
Not Selected	WILLIAMS		33,405	shrub, < 1,000 ac hardwood
Selected	BISCUIT	Six Rivers	28,638	enough
Not Selected	WOLF		21,349	mostly wilderness, shrub outside
Selected	CURVE	Angeles	20,871	enough
Not Selected	COPPER FIRE		17,238	shrub, < 1,000 ac hardwood
Not Selected	FULLER		6,285	shrub
Not Selected	BLUE CUT		6,221	shrub, < 1,000 ac hardwood
Not Selected	LOUISIANA		5,471	shrub, < 1,000 ac hardwood
Not Selected	BOUQUET		4,265	shrub, < 1,000 ac hardwood
Selected	STANZA	Klamath	2,821	enough
Not Selected	BIRCH		2,549	shrub and pinyon
Not Selected	ARROWHEAD		1,836	shrub, < 1,000 ac hardwood
Selected	CONE	Lassen	1,690	enough
Selected	FORKS	Klamath	1,379	mostly hardwood, some conifer

**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 2002 fires, Biscuit, Cone, Curve, Forks, McNally, Stanza. Deforested: Wilderness, etc. 14,000 acres or 10 percent. Deforested: Not Wilderness, etc. 57,000 acres or 43 percent. Forested: Not wilderness, etc. 42,000 acres or 32 percent. Forested: wilderness, etc. 20,000 acres or 15 percent.

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Biscuit Fire, Cone Fire, Curve Fire, Forks Fire, McNally Fire, Stanza Fire

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after Selected 2002 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	2,018	2,633	9,484	1,509	5,143	1,090	21,878
fir	2,706	3,032	1,967	3,716	950	5,767	18,138
pine	1,139	2,823	3,358	1,762	2,794	1,861	13,735
Douglas-fir	317	472	2,678	2,326	688	569	7,051
mixed conifer	5,706	8,114	10,844	8,386	6,625	8,123	47,798
closed cone conifers	130	1,368	82	286	270	1,861	3,996
coastal conifer/cypress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
pinyon juniper	66	193	39	27	42	51	418
hardwood	1,707	1,122	9,192	3,445	2,740	1,480	19,686
Sub Total	13,789	19,756	37,645	21,457	19,252	20,802	132,700
shrub/non-forest							73,996
other ownership							3,831
Total							210,526

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Biscuit Fire 2002

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Biscuit Fire on the Six Rivers 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	1,790	534	9,409	1,319	5,067	691	18,810
fir types							0
pine types							0
Douglas-fir			1,099	455	442	173	2,169
mixed conifer types							0
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			203	58	94	32	387
Sub Total	1,790	534	10,711	1,831	5,603	897	21,366
shrub/non-forest							7,839
other ownership							2,002
Total							31,207

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

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Cone Fire 2002

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Cone Fire on the Lassen 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					131	63	194
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types					648	564	1,212
closed cone conifers					67	117	185
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood							0
Sub Total	0	0	0	0	846	744	1,591
shrub/non-forest							119
other ownership							345
Total							2,055

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

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Curve Fire 2002

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Curve Fire on the Angeles 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	389	1,346	249	302	26	62	2,374
Douglas-fir	308	443	482	188	83	70	1,573
mixed conifer types	268	1,775	773	1,029	181	432	4,457
closed cone conifers			6		21		27
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood	847	329	1,415	209	373	108	3,281
Sub Total	1,811	3,893	2,925	1,729	684	672	11,713
shrub/non-forest							9,211
other ownership							0
Total							20,924

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

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Forks Fire 2002

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Forks 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							0
Douglas-fir			231	342	27	46	646
mixed conifer types			9	6			15
closed cone conifers							0
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			355	302	28	46	732
Sub Total	0	0	596	650	55	92	1,393
shrub/non-forest							18
other ownership							14
Total							1,425

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

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McNally Fire 2002

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the McNally 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	227	2,100	75	191	75	399	3,068
fir types	2,706	3,032	1,967	3,716	950	5,767	18,138
pine types	750	1,477	3,085	1,397	2,637	1,730	11,075
Douglas-fir							0
mixed conifer types	5,439	6,339	10,054	7,337	5,796	7,127	42,091
closed cone conifers	130	1,368	61	237	181	1,738	3,715
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj	66	193	39	27	42	51	418
hardwood	860	793	7,196	2,830	2,245	1,292	15,217
Sub Total	10,178	15,300	22,477	15,733	11,927	18,106	93,722
shrub/non-forest							56,809
other ownership							1,470
Total							152,000

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

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Stanza Fire 2002

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Stanza 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			24	63		6	92
Douglas-fir	8	29	867	1,341	137	280	2,663
mixed conifer types			8	14			22
closed cone conifers			15	49		6	70
coastal conifer/cypress							0
pj							0
hardwood			22	46			69
Sub Total	8	29	936	1,514	137	291	2,916
shrub/non-forest							0
other ownership							0
Total							2,916

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 19:32:35 EDT