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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): M. Melton
Publication Date: 1996

Drought indexes are not designed to measure fuel moistures, rather they indicate environmental conditions that affect fuel profiles. Management should consider that the mid-to upper-600 range is the limit of acceptability for igniting prescribed fires of any type unless specific locality conditions dictate otherwise. The ideal time for understory prescribed burning in the South is within the first 2 or 3 days after precipitation.

Citation: Melton, M. 1996. Keetch-Byram drought index revisited: prescribed fire applications. Fire Management Notes, v. 56, no. 4, p. 7-11.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Climate    Emissions and Smoke    Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fuels    Hazard and Risk    Models    Prescribed Fire
Regions:
Southern
Keywords:
  • droughts
  • duff
  • fire danger rating
  • fire hazard reduction
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • fuel appraisal
  • fuel moisture
  • litter
  • moisture
  • pine forests
  • precipitation
  • season of fire
  • smoke management
  • soil organic matter
  • soils
  • understory vegetation
Tall Timbers Record Number: 10826 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32:56/4 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 36448

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