Custom Fuel Model 17 - "Young Chamise"
Description

Model Name:

"Young Chamise"


Fuel Model Number:

17


Source:

USFS Custom Model


Reference:

Weise and Regelbrugge, 1997


Description:
This model corresponds to stands where the Potential Natural Vegetation (PNV) was identified from Franklin, 1997 as consisting of:
• > 80% cover of Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) AND greater than or equal to 3 years maturity AND less than or equal to 15 years maturity
• dominated by Redshank (Adenostoma sparsifolium) chaparral AND greater than or equal to 3 years maturity AND less than or equal to 15 years maturity

 
Attributes

Fuel
Model
Number

D1H

D10H

D100H

LH

LW

DSAV

LHSAV

LWSAV

Fuel
Bed
Depth

Moist
Of
Extinct

DeadFuel
Heat
Content

LiveFuel
Heat
Content

IsNFFL

17

2.91

2.24

2.24

4.48

4.48

19.37

66.61

19.37

121.92

20

18608

18608

No
 
Field Definitions

FuelModelNum

MODEL NUMBER IN COVERAGE - NFFL MODEL NUMBERS ARE STANDARDIZED

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D1H

ACCUMULATED DEAD 1 HOUR FUELS

Mg/ha

D10H

ACCUMULATED DEAD 10 HOUR FUELS

Mg/ha

D100H

ACCUMULATED DEAD 100 HOUR FUELS

Mg/ha

LH

ACCUMULATED LIVE HERBACEOUS FUELS

Mg/ha

LW

ACCUMULATED LIVE WOODY FUELS

Mg/ha

DSAV

DEAD FUELS "CHARACTERISTIC" SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO

cm2/cm3

LHSAV

LIVE HERBACEOUS FUELS "CHARACTERISTIC" SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO

cm2/cm3

LW

LIVE WOODY FUELS "CHARACTERISTIC" SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO

cm2/cm3

FuelBedDepth

FUEL BED DEPTH (70% of Average Stand Height)

cm

MoistureOfExtinction

MOISTURE OF EXTINCTION OF DEAD FUELS

%

DHC

DEAD FUELS HEAT CONTENT

kJ/kg

LHC

LIVE FUELS HEAT CONTENT

kJ/kg

IsNFFL

IS THIS A STANDARD NFFL FUEL MODEL OR CUSTOM MODEL DEVELOPED FROM BEHAVE

-
 
Fire Spread Predictions