Sundance Fire: an analysis of fire phenomena

Hal E. Anderson

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Sundance Fire: an analysis of fire phenomena

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Hal E. Anderson

Year:

1968

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. INT-56. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 37 p.

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Abstract

The Sundance Fire on September 1, 1967, made a spectacular run of 16 miles in 9 hours and destroyed more than 50,000 acres. This run became the subject of a detailed research analysis of the environmental, topographic, and vegetation variables aimed at reconstructing and describing fire phenomena. This report details the fire's progress; discusses the fire's buildup in intensity, the fuel complex through which it traveled, the wind and other atmospheric variables affecting the fire's behavior; and describes the processes that probably account for the tree breakage and blowdown, the long-range spotting, and the subsidence of the fire's run.

Keywords

Sundance Fire, fire phenomena, intensity, fuel complex, wind, atmospheric variables, behavior, blowdown, run

Citation

Anderson, Hal E. 1968. Sundance Fire: an analysis of fire phenomena. Res. Pap. INT-56. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 37 p.