Figure 5. --Representative photographs within the burned area immediately after the fire, 



August 1, 1963. 



Table 2. --Grams of water lost from pairs of 3-liter water cans, August 1, 1963 



Pair : 







Line 









: Mean 



1 



: 2 



: 3 : 



4 : 



5 : 



6 



A 



1,340 



250 



1,045 





675 



i 1 ) 



783.3 





(!) 



325 



(i) 



(!) 



1,065 







B 



1,550 



( x ) 



1,345 



i 1 ) 



1,765 



340 



1,281.7 





1,340 



( x ) 



( x ) 



i 1 ) 



1,350 







C 



1,025 



1,530 



985 



1,990 



815 



1,670 



1,204.5 





625 



435 



(i) 



C 1 ) 



1,365 



1,605 





Mean 



1,176.0 



635.0 



1,125.0 



1,990.0 



1,172.5 



1,205.0 



939.8 



Cans destroyed by rolling rocks or logs . 



Measured losses of water (table 2) indicate that the fire may have been slightly less 

 intense on line 2 and along the upper edge than in other parts of the plot. However, visual ob- 

 servations following the fire did not reveal any variation of fire effects . In general, all the 

 litter and herbaceous material, all logs on the ground less than 3 inches in diameter, and all 

 live stems smaller than 2 inches at the base were completely consumed (figs. 5 and 6). 

 Interestingly, there was no conclusive evidence that the heat in small grassy openings (Table 

 2, pairs 3A and 3C) was any less intense than the heat beneath a dense clump of small trees 

 (2A and 3B) or adjacent to large shrubs (5A and 6B). 



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