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Type: Report
Publication Date: 1983
Describes the Mack Lake Fire near Mio, Michigan. Few documented wildfires have exceeded its average spread rate (2 mi/h) and energy release rate (8,800 Btu/ft/sec). The extreme behavior resulted from high winds, low humidity, low fuel moisture and jack pine fuels. Horizontal roll vortices may have contributed to the death of one firefighter.
[This publication is referenced in the "Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers" (Werth et al 2011).]
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Citation: Simard, Albert J.; Haines, Donald A.; Blank, Richard W.; Frost, John S. 1983. The Mack Lake fire. General Technical Report NC-GTR-83. St. Paul, MN: USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.
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- crown fire
- horizontal roll vortices
- jack pine
- management plan
- Michigan
- Pinus banksiana
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FRAMES Record Number: 804