61 
VEGETATION TYPE 
Redwood Forest 
Douglas Fir 
Forest 
Chaparral 
AVERAGE 
SURFACE BIOMASS 
CHARACTERISTIC 
fine fuels 
duff 
logs >3 in. 
shrub 
litter 
live fuels 
fine fuels 
duff 
logs >3 in. 
shrub 
litter 
live fuels 
fine fuels 
duff 
logs >3 in. 
shrub 
litter 
live fuels 
AVERAGE 
SURFACE BIOMASS 
LOAD (kg/ha) 
9,443 
84,787 
43,276 
439 
4,933 
6,489 
9,009 
70,205 
4,535 
263 
3,407 
21,336 
5,264 
41,149 
0 
2,145 
2,950 
6,732 
Table 5. Average fuel loads (kg/ha) for the three 
vegetation types in the Park. 
SPREAD 
WEIGHTED 
PROPOR- 
RATE 
AVERAGE 
VEGETATION TYPE 
ALBINI FUEL MODEL 
TION 
(ch/hr) 
(ch/hr) 
Redwood Forest 
Conifer Forest 
Hardwood Forest 
13 
87 
98 
242 
223 
Conifer Forest 
26 
98 
Douglas Fir 
Hardwood Forest 
62 
242 
578 
Forest 
Chaparral 
12 
3,360 
Chaparral 
Chaparral 
100 
3,360 
3,360 
Table 6. Potential fire spread rate 
for the 
: three 
vegetation types in the Park.