Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Fuel Model Selection for BEHAVE
in Midwestern Oak Savannas

Tables


Table 4.  Predicted and observed fire rate-of-spread data.
Transect Rate-of-spread   (chains/hr)
Predicted with fuel model Obs
1 2 3 9
Knob Noster State Park
A 18.0 7.0 26.0 2.0 7.0
B 43.0 18.0 64.0 4.0 13.0
C 22.0 9.0 29.0 2.0 30.0
D 38.0 16.0 56.0 4.0 30.0
E 76.0 36.0 96.0 7.0 40.0
Mean 39.4 17.2 54.2 3.8 24.0
Ha Ha Tonka State Park
A 13.0 6.0 21.0 1.0 8.0
B 30.0 13.0 53.0 4.0 13.0
C 28.0 13.0 52.0 3.0 30.0
D 26.0 12.0 50.0 3.0 9.0
E 30.0 11.0 33.0 3.0 4.0
Mean 25.4 11.0 41.8 2.8 12.8
Meramec State Park
A 8.0 5.0 15.0 1.0 10.0
B 10.0 5.0 9.0 1.0 22.0
C 11.0 5.0 17.0 1.0 4.0
D 11.0 6.0 17.0 1.0 4.0
G 6.0 4.0 6.0 1.0 7.0
Mean 9.2 5.0 12.8 1.0 11.8
Taum Sauk State Park
A 18.0 7.0 20.0 2.0 5.0
B 30.0 11.0 33.0 3.0 15.0
D 11.0 4.0 12.0 1.0 4.0
Mean 19.7 7.3 21.7 2.0 8.0
P-Highway
B 6.0 3.0 6.0 1.0 6.0
E 20.0 9.0 22.0 2.0 7.0
Mean 13.0 6.0 14.0 1.5 6.5
University State Forest
A 0.0 2.0 13.0 1.0 1.0
C 0.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 1.0
Mean 0.0 1.5 8.0 0.5 1.0
Peck Ranch Conservation Area
B 20.0 7.0 19.0 2.0 5.0
C 10.0 5.0 20.0 2.0 4.0
D 14.0 4.0 13.0 1.0 28.0
E 43.0 18.0 78.0 5.0 13.0
F 11.0 5.0 20.0 1.0 5.0
G 9.0 4.0 18.0 1.0 1.0
H 4.0 2.0 8.0 1.0 2.0
I 20.0 8.0 37.0 2.0 2.0
J 26.0 11.0 48.0 3.0 9.0
Mean 17.4 7.1 29.0 2.0 7.7

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