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Dormant-Season Presciption Fires to Reduce Hazardous Fuel Loads on the South Carolina Coastal Plain

Entry ID: SFP_dormantseason

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Summary

Abstract: In 1958 the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Macon Fire Lab established
a 40-acre study on the Francis Marion National Forest to compare the
effectiveness of four fire return intervals, namely every 1-, 2-, 3-, or
4-years (along with an unburned check treatment), to reduce the hazardous
buildup of fuels on Lower Coastal Plain sites. These 5 treatments were
replicated 4 times, each 2-acre ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 34.38

S: 33.25

E: -79.78

W: -79.82

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Kenneth Outcalt

Dataset Title: Dormant-Season Prescription Fires to Reduce Hazardous Fuel Loads on the South Carolina Coastal Plain

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1958-01-01

Stop Date: 2005-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > coastal plain

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST FIRE SCIENCE

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > WILDFIRES

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE DYNAMICS

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE OCCURRENCE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

ENVIRONMENT

Quality Overstory Tree Measurements: All trees larger than 10 centimeters were tagged
and measured on one 0.2-acre (1/5-acre) circular plot per treatment plot in
February of 2005. Measurements included DBH to the nearest 0.1 centimeter of
every tree and total height to the nearest 0.1 meter of a subsample of trees.
These plots will be remeasured periodically.

Access Constraints Data is collected with government funding and thus is in the public domain.
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with the principal investigator.

Use Constraints Data is collected with government funding and thus is in the public domain.
However, until data has been published, the owners and principal investigators
have the right to restrict access. Any use before this time must be arranged
with the principal investigator.

Ancillary Keywords

prescribed fire

Francis Marion National Forest

Southeastern United States

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Southern Research Station, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture

Data Center URL: http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/

Data Center Personnel
Name: KENNETH OUTCALT Phone: 706-559-4309 Fax: 706-559-4317 Contact Address: Forestry Sciences Lab 320 Green Street City: Athens Province or State: Georgia Postal Code: 30602-2044 Country: United States