Fire regimes of northeastern dry-mesic oak communities
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory. 2026. Fire regimes of northeastern dry-mesic oak 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/northeastern-dry-mesic-oak
A complete Fire Regime Synthesis for northeastern dry-mesic oak communities has not yet been published in the Fire Effects Information System. However, LANDFIRE succession modeling of northeastern dry-mesic oak 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 northeastern dry-mesic oak Biophysical Settings (BpS).
| Biophysical Setting | Mean Fire Interval (years) | Fire Severity Percent (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Fire Regime Group | Low | Mixed | Replacement | All | Low | Mixed | Replacement |
| Series 13030 - Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest | ||||||||
| 13030_61_63_64_65_66 | I-B | 9 | 24 | 39 | 6 | 63 | 23 | 14 |
| 13030_60 | I-A | 15 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 53 |
| 13030_62 | I-B | 8 | 52 | 39 | 6 | 74 | 11 | 15 |
| Summary | ||||||||
| Minimum | 8 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 14 | |
| Maximum | 15 | 52 | 39 | 6 | 74 | 23 | 53 | |
| Mean | 11 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 54 | 19 | 27 | |
| Median | 9 | 24 | 39 | 6 | 63 | 22 | 15 | |
| 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]