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Data availability in Chisholm and Dogrib Fires
June 17, 2002
By: Kris McCleary
Bandaloop Landscape-Ecosystem Services
Dogrib Fire Characteristics
• Fall fire (October 2001)
• Record drought codes
• Heavy surface fuel loading
• Extreme winds (130 kph)
• Steep topography
• Extreme headfire intensities
Juridictions
Dogrib Fire
• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
• Sunpine Forest Products
Dogrib Fire Area
Banff National
Park
Forest land use (FLU) zone Sunpine Forest Products
FMA
Dogrib Fire Area
Natural Subregions
Upper Foothills
Subalpine
Alpine
Dogrib Fire Sunpine Forest Products
• Orthophotos (Dogrib Fire)
• Roads - existing and proposed
• Salvage blocks and historical cuts
• AVI
Dogrib Fire Sunpine Forest Products
• Landuse
• Contours
• Ecosites
• Dogrib fire boundary
Dogrib Fire Alberta Sustainable Resource
Development
• Streams
• Oil and gas development
• FLU zone boundary
• Township grid
• Seismic lines
Dogrib Fire Alberta Sustainable Resource
Development
• Roads
• Catguard location
Chisholm Fire Characteristics
• Weather Conditions
- Conifer foliar moisture near its annual minimum
- Greenup of grass and herbaceous vegetation delayed by drought
• Forest Types
- Boreal Spruce predominates (39%)
- Cured standing grass significant (35%) due to reburn in 1998 Mitsue and Chisholm burns
Chisholm Fire Characteristics
• Forest Types
- Leafless Aspen significant (18%), generally has conifer understory
- Boreal mixedwood - leafless (37%), generally has 25-50% conifer
Chisholm Fire Characteristics
Juridictions
Chisholm Fire
• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (2
forest districts)
• Vanderwell
• Weyerhaeuser
• Slave Lake Pulp (Alberta Plywood)
Chisholm Fire Area
Forest Districts
Marten Hills Forest District
Athabasca Forest District
Chisholm Fire Area
FMA/FMU
Hamlet of Chisholm
Vanderwell
Slave Lake Pulp
Weyerhaeuser
Hamlet of Chisholm
Chisholm Fire Area
Natural Subregions
Lower Foothills
Central Mixedwood
Chisholm Fire Alberta Sustainable Resource
Development
• Roads
• Catguard location
Chisholm Fire Slave Lake Pulp
• Historical cutblocks
• Miscellaneous Timber Unit cutblocks
• Proposed salvage blocks
Chisholm Fire Weyerhaeuser
• Proposed salvage blocks
Chisholm Fire Resource Data Branch
• Administrative regions
• Pipelines, railway, powerlines, roads
• Streams and lakes
• Wildlife management unit
Chisholm Fire Data gaps
• Data from Vanderwell FMA (proposed
and existing blocks, roads)
• Quota holder data
• Alberta SRD suppression data
Data acquistion time
• Dogrib- 2 to 4 weeks
• Chisholm- 2 to 12 weeks