FARSITE SIMULATIONS COMPARING 24 HOUR FIRE PERIMETERS WITH AND WITHOUT FUEL MODIFICATION PROJECT

FARSITE Simulations Comparing 24 Hour Fire Perimeter with and without Skull Ranch Fuel Modifications Project

Figure 1. One hour timestep perimeters showing fire advance over a 24 hour period without the fuel treatment project. The model predicts rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior at the fire front as it advances upcanyon toward the community of Arnold, shown in pink in the upper right. The grid lines indicate square kilometers, and the background colors indicate different fuel types.

Figure 2. Same simulation with the fuel treatment project in place (shown in gold).