Fuels Data from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 2022

We established a network of 121 plots distributed within the 2020 SQF, 2020 Rattlesnake, and 2021 KNP complex fire footprints (extracted from Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP), https://frap.fire.ca.gov), as well as outside the fire perimeters to provide an unburned comparison. These plots were combined from two projects: a fire and fuels study (F&F) and the USGS sequoia research program (SRP), a related study of sequoia grove condition. All plots were visited in the summer of 2022, and thus we captured dynamics 1 and 2 years post-fire. Plots were restricted to conifer forest types, informed by a Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks (SEKI) vegetation classification geospatial layer. F&F plots (102 in total) were stratified by elevation bands (1500-1917, 1917-2333, 2333-2750 m) and satellite-derived metrics of fire severity. SRP plots (19 in total) were placed in both burned and unburned giant sequoia groves. In all, 45 plots were located across eleven giant sequoia groves, with the remaining 76 plots located outside of groves.

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notes We established a network of 121 plots distributed within the 2020 SQF, 2020 Rattlesnake, and 2021 KNP complex fire footprints (extracted from Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP), https://frap.fire.ca.gov), as well as outside the fire perimeters to provide an unburned comparison. These plots were combined from two projects: a fire and fuels study (F&F) and the USGS sequoia research program (SRP), a related study of sequoia grove condition. All plots were visited in the summer of 2022, and thus we captured dynamics 1 and 2 years post-fire. Plots were restricted to conifer forest types, informed by a Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks (SEKI) vegetation classification geospatial layer. F&F plots (102 in total) were stratified by elevation bands (1500-1917, 1917-2333, 2333-2750 m) and satellite-derived metrics of fire severity. SRP plots (19 in total) were placed in both burned and unburned giant sequoia groves. In all, 45 plots were located across eleven giant sequoia groves, with the remaining 76 plots located outside of groves.
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title Fuels Data from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 2022