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Fuels guide and database for intact and invaded big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecological sites—User manual

Data Series 1048
Prepared in cooperation with the Joint Fire Science Program
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1048

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Abstract

The Fuels Guide and Database (FGD) is intended to provide fuel loading and vegetation information for big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecological sites in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (hereinafter the NCA) in southern Idaho. Sagebrush ecosystems in the NCA and throughout much of the Great Basin are highly influenced by non-native plants that alter successional trajectories and promote frequent wildfires, especially due to fine-fuel loadings that are highly variable over time and space. These dynamic fuel conditions can increase uncertainty when attempting to project fire risk and fire behavior. The FGD was developed to help quantify and assess these dynamic fuel loadings, and it provides access to fuels data across a range of conditions, from relatively intact sagebrush-bunchgrass communities to degraded communities dominated by nonnative annual grasses and forbs. The FGD can be queried for a variety of environmental conditions, and it provides tabular data, reports, and photographic records of fuels based on user queries. This report describes the FGD, including overall data content and data-collection methods, as well as instructions for installing and using the database.

Suggested Citation

Shinneman, D.J., Welty, J.L., Arkle, R.S., Pilliod, D.S., Glenn, N.F., McIlroy, S.K., and Halford, A.S., 2018, Fuels guide and database for intact and invaded big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecological sites—User manual: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1048, 9 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1048.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Installation Instructions
  • Using the Fuels Guide and Database
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Fuels guide and database for intact and invaded big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecological sites—User manual
Series title Data Series
Series number 1048
DOI 10.3133/ds1048
Year Published 2018
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Description Report: iv, 9 p.; Data release
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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