Short Grass (1 foot)
Timber (Grass and Understory)
Brush (2 feet)

Fuel types consist of juniper, grass and dense shrub fields with duff and scattered dead and down. Brush fields with conifer/juniper regeneration. Live fuels are dormant, grass is cured and both are contributing to fire intensity and spread.

2007 Highway 9 fire footprint, shrubs and varying amounts of standing and fallen snags. Fire spread is driven by the density of the heavy fuels, leading to lingering and patchy burn patterns. Regeneration and shrubs may or may not burn depending on live fuel moisture, continuity of the fuel bed, wind speed, and/or slope.