In the kovyl steppe, fire can spread against the wind with a rate of 5 to 10 times below the wind-driven spread rate. Danger Class Groups of Forest Types, Planted and Deforested Territories Characteristic Fire Types and phases of their origin 1 Very High Coniferous saplings. Logged sites of dry and fresh pines, larch, fir and grassy cedar forests, bushy broad grassy silver fir forests. Dry and rocky pine forests. Surface fires during the whole fire season.
Crown fires occur on sites with high fuel loads.
2 High Young pine forests, especially with pine undergrowth. Periodically dry larch forests. Cedar forests on country rocks of southern slopes. Dry growing conditions of flood-plain forests. Surface fires are possible during the whole fire season.