Simulating the Spring Hill Fire: Using QUICFire to Predict Wildfire Size and Spread

Northern Research Station. USDA Forest Service

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Simulating the Spring Hill Fire: Using QUICFire to Predict Wildfire Size and Spread

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Northern Research Station. USDA Forest Service

Year:

2023

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Rooted in Research Issue 19, September 2023

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Abstract

Accurately modeling wildland fire behavior is crucial for both planning prescribed burns and responding to wildfires. Predicting fire behavior, however, is difficult. Fuel and atmospheric factors change and interact in complex ways across space and time, even within a single prescribed burn.

Citation

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2023. Simulating the Spring Hill Fire: Using QUICFire to Predict Wildfire Size and Spread. Rooted in Research Issue 19, September 2023. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2p.