Temperatures of Headfires in the Southern Mixed Prairie of Texas
Stinson KJ and Wright HA. 1969. Temperatures of Headfires in the Southern Mixed Prairie of Texas. Journal of Range Management. 22(3):169-174
Maximum soil surface temperatures varied from 182 F to 1260 F for fuels that varied from 1546 to 7025 lb/acre Tempil card data correlated well with these data-r = 0.919. The duration of temperatures above 150 F varied from 0.9 to 5.4 minutes. The data from this study can be used to simulate approximate intensities of natural fires with a portable burner. Fires with soil surface temperatures above 1000 F show potential to kill mesquite trees.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Stinson, Kenneth; Wright, Henry
- Units
- SODN
- Keywords
- BEHAVIOR EFFECTS, Blue Grama, Bouteloua gracilis , Buffalograss, CRYPTANDRUS SPIKE DROPSEED, DACTYLOIDES, damage ecology, desert grasslands, FIRE, Fuels, Hilaria mutica, MESQUITE BUCHLOE, Prosopis Glandulosa, Texas, TOBOSAGRASS SPOROBOLUS