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Author(s):
Hal E. Anderson
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire Behavior
Extreme Fire Behavior
Case Studies
Ecosystem(s):
Subalpine wet spruce-fir forest, Subalpine dry spruce-fir forest, Montane wet mixed-conifer forest, Montane dry mixed-conifer forest

NRFSN number: 11229
FRAMES RCS number: 11648
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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.

Citation

Anderson, H.E. 1968. Sundance Fire: an analysis of fire phenomena. Res. Pap. INT-RP-56. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 37 p.