Bul. 1200, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. PLATE II. 
Fig. 1.—A heavy slash left after cutting an overmature stand of Douglas fir, western red cedar, 
and western hemlock. The white crosses indicate where temperature readings were taken 
during theslash fire. 
F1c.2.—After theslash fire. The pointsat which temperature readings were taken during the 
fire are marked with black crosses. The temperature at the station 30 inches above the 
ground reached 850° F.; at the point 14 inches under the vegetable material the temperature 
was raised only 48° F.; and at three-fourths inch under the mineral soil, only 5° F. 
