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Selected Fires from 2010

Explanatory Notes

**Incidents Exceeding 1,000 acres on National Forests in California - 2010**
Selection	Fire Incident Name	Forest(s)	Incident Acres	Acres of NF Forestland
selected	Bull	Sequoia	16,000	2,928
selected	Canyon Fire	Sequoia	9,820	2,553
selected	Sheep Fire	Sequoia	9,020	5,531
not selected	Constantia Complex	Plumas	1,369	<1,000
not selected	Mono	Inyo	1,205	<1,000
not selected	Bar	Plumas	1,040	660
not selected	Pozo	Los Padres	1,151	9
not selected	Bullard's Fire	Plumas/Tahoe	1,300	526

**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 burned.
Not Selected	These fire were not analyzed because less than 1,000 acres of forestland burned.

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Pie chart displaying post fire conditions from 2010 fires, 11,000 acres of National Forest Forestland. Deforested: Wilderness, etc. 300 acres or 3 percent. Deforested: Not Wilderness, etc. 3,100 acres or 27 percent. Forested: Not Wilderness, etc. 4,500 acres or 41 percent. Forested: Wilderness, etc. 3,200 acres or 29 percent.

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Summary of the following fires: Bull, Canyon, and Sheep

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after Selected 2010 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	0	29	36	350	2	135	552
pine	79	670	22	34	0	13	817
Douglas-fir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
mixed conifer	246	2,097	211	1,305	40	303	4,201
closed cone conifers	2	1	466	1,208	538	301	2,517
coastal conifer/cypress	0	0	94	38	33	4	169
pinyon juniper	0	0	5	33	10	2	50
hardwood	6	371	1,078	556	518	207	2,737
Sub Total	334	3,168	1,912	3,524	1,141	965	11,044
shrub/non-forest							17,533
other ownership							7,451
Total							36,028

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Bull Fire 2010

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Bull 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	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
fir types	0	0	29.08	38.04	1.53	3.16	71.81
pine types	0	0	19.93	17.38	0.04	8.58	45.94
Douglas-fir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
mixed conifer types	0	0	114.73	136.05	5.48	10.94	267.20
closed cone conifers	1.40	0	174.43	30.55	378.34	18.46	603.19
coastal conifer/cypress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
pj	0	0	5.21	31.51	9.41	1.71	47.84
hardwood	1.22	1.18	912.38	391.66	449.57	135.71	1,891.72
Sub Total	2.62	1.18	1255.76	645.20	844.37	178.56	2,927.71
shrub/non-forest							13,522.96
other ownership							682.81
Total							17,133.00

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

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Canyon Fire 2010

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Canyon 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	0	0	0	0	0	0
fir types	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
pine types	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Douglas-fir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
mixed conifer types	0	0	2	30	0	4	36
closed cone conifers	1	1	292	1,176	160	275	1,906
coastal conifer/cypress	0	0	94	38	33	4	169
pj	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
hardwood	1	1	166	165	68	72	472
Sub Total	2	2	553	1,410	262	355	2,585
shrub/non-forest							3,747
other ownership							4,439
Total							10,770

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

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Sheep Fire 2010

Summary of Vegetation Conditions after the Sheep 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	0	0	0	0	0	0
fir types	0	29	7	312	1	131	480
pine types	79	670	2	16	0	4	771
Douglas-fir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
mixed conifer types	246	2,097	94	1,139	34	288	3,898
closed cone conifers	0	0	0	1	0	8	9
coastal conifer/cypress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
pj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
hardwood	4	369	0	0	0	0	373
Sub Total	329	3,164	103	1,469	35	431	5,531
shrub/non-forest							263
other ownership							2,330
Total							8,124

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 19:32:57 EDT