Soil temperatures under ponderosa pines, Jeffrey pines, sugar pines and giant sequoias during prescribed burns

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US Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. Soil temperatures under ponderosa pines, Jeffrey pines, sugar pines and giant sequoias during prescribed burns. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-05-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/E248803V1

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Project Title:  View help for Project Title Soil temperatures under ponderosa pines, Jeffrey pines, sugar pines and giant sequoias during prescribed burns
Summary:  View help for Summary In 1988, a study was initiated to measure soil temperatures of mature sugar pines and giant sequoias in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks, California, during prescribed burns. The purpose was to investigate tree mortality observed after fire was reintroduced into sequoia groves. This work expanded to other National Park Service and USDA Forest Service locations in California to measure soil temperatures under large ponderosa and Jeffrey pines. These additional sites include Yosemite National Park, Eldorado National Forest, Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest in Lassen National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Toiyabe National Forest. This data publication contains the hourly temperatures of heated soil measured with Type K sheathed thermocouples at various depths below the O2-A1 soil subhorizon interface during prescribed burns between 1988 and 2003. Also included are the linear depths of organic material (forest floor) above the temperature probe site pre-fire and the amount of fuel consumption measured post-fire; fuel moisture content (dry weight basis) of the litter, fermentation, and humus layers measured pre-fire; and soil moisture content (dry weight basis) measured pre- and post-fire at the depth of the thermocouples. The soil moisture, fuel moisture and forest floor depth data are linked to the temperature data by the SOIL_ID variable. The dates of collection for the other measurements corresponds to the date that soil temperature measurement commenced.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-2024-0079

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms biota; Fire; Fire ecology; Prescribed fire; Fire effects on environment; Environment and People; Archaeology; anthropology; soil heating; soil temperatures; thermocouples; obsidian; California; Sequoia National Park; Yosemite National Park; Lassen National Park; Eldorado National Forest; Toiyabe National Forest; San Bernardino National Forest; Blacks Mountain Experimental Forest
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage California
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1988 – 2003
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2024-0079 Authors: Burke, Gloria M. ; Sackett, Stephen S. ; Haase, Sally M. ; Weise, David R. Publication year: 2024 (Downloaded 2026-05-30)


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