Burn Severity

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Fire Effects Monitoring Post-Burn Severity
Monitoring
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INTENSITY-
-SEVERITY
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What is BURN SEVERITY?

• Qualitatively refers to the impact of the heat
  regime on the biota, surface fuels, and duff or
  organic soils.

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Burn Severity
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Burn Severity

• Unburned (5)
• Scorched (4)
• Lightly Burned (3)
• Moderately Burned (2)
• Heavily Burned (1)
• Not Applicable (0)

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SubstrateModerately-heavily burned (1 2)
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Substrate -- Moderately Burned (2)
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Substrate -- Lightly Burned (3)
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Vegetation -- Heavily Burned (1)
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Vegetation -- Moderately Burned (2)
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Vegetation -- Scorched Lightly Burned (34)
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Patchy
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Patchy
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Scorch Char Height