Fire History of the Westernmost Portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Harmon ME. 1982. Fire History of the Westernmost Portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 109(1):74 - 79
Fire scars, soil charcoal, historical accounts, and fire control records indicate that the fire regime in the western portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park has changed dramatically during the last 200 years. The mean interval between fires, based on fire scars from pine forests for the period 1856 to 1940 was 12.7 years. Most of these fires were probably set by settlers, and man-set fires may have been an important influence since Indians migrated into the Little Tennessee River Valley.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Harmon, Mark
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Fire History, Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, GRSM-01911, Plant Studies