The Great Fires: Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns

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The Great Fires: Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491 - 1951 Presented by Dr. Bob Zybach Association for Fire Ecology 5th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon USA December 5, 2012

Hypothesis Current evidence suggests patterns of late-15th to mid-19th century Indian burning practices had a direct effect on subsequent patterns of Oregon Coast Range catastrophic forest fires that occurred from 1849 to 1951. In particular, Indian fires may have influenced the cause, timing, severity, location, and boundaries of subsequent wildfires.

1895-96 USGS Coos Bay 30 min Quadrangle Map GIS C O N V E R S I 1895-96 USGS Coos Bay 30 min Quadrangle Map Bottomland Prairies 1868 Coos Fire 1770 Millicoma Fire Wagon Roads and Trails

Oregon Coast Range Named Rivers Elevations

Oregon Coast Range Fuels *Spruce/hemlock *Douglas-fir *Oak grasslands

Coast Range Seasonal Fuel Desiccation, 1961-1991 Killing Frosts North (Nov. 3-Mar. 3) East (Nov. 2-Apr. 14) West (Nov. 8-Apr. 6) South (Nov. 10-Apr.5) Summer Droughts North (May-Sep.) East (Apr.-Oct.) West (May-Sep.) South (Apr.-Oct.)

SOURCES OF IGNITION = People & Lightning

The Great Fires Millicoma, ca. 1775 Yaquina, ca. 1849 Nestucca, ca. 1853 Coos, 1868 Tillamook, 1933

Types of Indian Burning Practices

Oregon Coast Range Seasonal Burning Patterns, ca. 1600 - 1848 (Zybach & Lake 2001)

CONCLUSIONS This study indicates a high rate of coincidence between precontact Indian land management practices and subsequent patterns of catastrophic wildfires in the Oregon Coast Range. 2. Areas managed as wetlands, grasslands and shrublands in precontact time continue to resist growing forests to the present time. 3. Consistencies between precontact Indian burning patterns and subsequent wildfires include: a) source of ignition, b) types of fuels consumed, c) seasonal timings, and d) common borderlines.

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