Table 1. Examples of pre-Euro-American settlement fire frequencies in frequent-fire conifer forests of the western United States
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Location |
Major species† |
MFI (yrs.)‡ |
Period | |
Reference |
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Guadalupe Mountains, TX |
pipo, mc |
5 |
1700–1900 | |
Swetnam and Baisan 1996 |
San Juan National Forest, CO |
pipo, quga |
7–13 |
1679–1880 | |
Grissino-Mayer et al. 2004 |
El Malpais National Monument, NM |
pipo |
5–17 |
1700–1900 | |
Swetnam and Baisan 1996 |
Rincon Mountains, AZ |
pipo, quga |
6–10 |
1657–1893 | |
Baisan and Swetnam 1990 |
Camp Navajo, AZ |
pipo, quga |
4 |
1637–1883 | |
Fulé et al. 1997 |
Zion National Park, UT |
pipo, quga |
4–7 |
pre-1881 | |
Madany and West 1983 |
Carson Range, NV |
pije, abco |
2 |
1650–1850 | |
Taylor and Beaty 2005 |
Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, CA§ |
pipo, mc |
4 |
pre-1860 | |
Caprio and Lineback 2002 |
Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, CA |
abco, mc |
10 |
pre-1860 | |
Caprio and Lineback 2002 |
Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, CA |
segi |
10 |
pre-1860 | |
Caprio and Lineback 2002 |
Cascade Range, CA |
abco, pije |
4 |
1652–1918 | |
Bekker and Taylor 2001 |
Cascade Range, CA |
abco, pila |
9 |
1658–1904 | |
Bekker and Taylor 2001 |
Cascade Range, CA |
abma, abco |
10 |
1694–1899 | |
Bekker and Taylor 2001 |
Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA |
pije, abma |
9 |
1745–1889 | |
Stephens 2001 |
Clearwater River drainage, ID |
psme |
15 |
–– | |
Smith and Fischer 1997 |
Pattee Canyon, MT |
pipo, laoc |
7 |
1557–1918 | |
Habeck 1990 |
Eastern WA§ |
psme |
6–18 |
–– | |
Agee 2003 |
Cascade Range, WA |
pipo, psme |
7 |
1700–1860 | |
Everett et al. 2000 |
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† pipo = Pinus ponderosa, mc = mixed conifer, quga =
Quercus gambelii, pije = Pinus jeffreyi, abco = Abies
concolor, segi = Sequoia giganteum, pila = Pinus
lambertiana, abma = Abies magnifica, laoc = Larix
occidentalis, psme = Pseudotsuga menziesii. ‡ Mean fire
return interval for all fire-scar samples. § These studies represent
syntheses of previous work in these regions.
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