Lightning fires in southwestern forests

Jack S. Barrows

Treesearch

Lightning fires in southwestern forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jack S. Barrows

Year:

1978

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Final Report for Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Cooperative Agreement 16-568. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Service. 154 p.

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Abstract

Lightning is the leading cause of fires in southwestern forests. On all protected private, state and federal lands in Arizona and New Mexico, nearly 80 percent of the forest, brush and range fires are ignited by lightning. The Southwestern region leads all other regions of the United States both in total number of lightning fires and in the area burned by these fires.

Keywords

lightning, forest fires, Arizona, New Mexico

Citation

Barrows, Jack S. 1978. Lightning fires in southwestern forests. Final Report for Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Cooperative Agreement 16-568. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Service. 154 p.