Fire regimes of Appalachian dry oak-pine communities
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory. 2026. Fire regimes of Appalachian dry oak-pine communities. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: https://research.fs.usda.gov/feis/fire-regimes/appalachian-dry-oak-pine
A complete Fire Regime Synthesis for Appalachian dry oak-pine communities has not yet been published in the Fire Effects Information System. However, LANDFIRE succession modeling of Appalachian dry oak-pine Biophysical Settings (BpS) provides estimates of fire regime characteristics (see LANDFIRE Biophysical Settings section). Figure 1 shows where these BpSs occur.
Figure 1—Land cover distribution of Appalachian dry oak-pine Biophysical Settings (BpS).
| Biophysical Setting | Mean Fire Interval (years) | Fire Severity Percent (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Fire Regime Group | Low | Mixed | Replacement | All | Low | Mixed | Replacement |
| Series 13530 - Southern Appalachian Low-Elevation Pine Forest | ||||||||
| 13530_46_48_53_54_57_59_60_61 | I-B | 9 | 66 | 153 | 7 | 84 | 11 | 5 |
| 13530_47 | I-A | 2 | 1204 | 100 | 2 | 97 | 1 | 2 |
| Series 13680 - Southern Piedmont Dry Oak(-Pine) Forest | ||||||||
| 13680_46_48_54_57_59_60_61 | I-A | 5 | 235 | 325 | 5 | 96 | 2 | 2 |
| Series 13520 - Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland | ||||||||
| 13520_53_54_57_59_60_61 | I-A | 5 | 101 | 88 | 5 | 89 | 5 | 6 |
| Series 13420 - Piedmont Hardpan Woodland and Forest | ||||||||
| 13420_59 | I-A | 5 | 333 | 308 | 5 | 97 | 1 | 2 |
| Series 14080 - Alabama Ketona Glade and Woodland | ||||||||
| 14080_48 | I-A | 5 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 61 | 21 | 18 |
| Summary | ||||||||
| Minimum | 2 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 2 | |
| Maximum | 9 | 1204 | 325 | 7 | 97 | 21 | 18 | |
| Mean | 5 | 326 | 166 | 5 | 87 | 7 | 6 | |
| Median | 5 | 168 | 127 | 5 | 93 | 4 | 4 | |
| Percentage of fires in 3 fire severity classes, derived from LANDFIRE succession modeling. Replacement-severity fires cause >75% kill or top-kill of the upper canopy layer; mixed-severity fires cause 26%-75%; low-severity fires cause <26%. | ||||||||
| LANDFIRE. 2020. Biophysical settings models and descriptions, [Online]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy, (Producers). Available: https://www.landfirereview.org/search.php [96496] | ||||||||
1. LANDFIRE. 2020. Biophysical settings layer, CONUS (LANDFIRE 2.2.0). In: LANDFIRE download data mosaic products, [Online]. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; U.S. Department of Agriculture (Producer). Available: https://www.landfire.gov/version_download.php [2023, June 20]. [98050]
2. LANDFIRE. 2020. Biophysical settings models and descriptions, [Online]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy, (Producers). Available: http://www.landfirereview.org/search.php [2022, February 2]. [96496]