201 Prince of Wales – Oute 220 231 Skagway – Yakutat – Ango 240 Southeast Fairbanks 261 Valdez – Cordova 270 Wade Hampton 280 Wrangell – Petersburg 290 – Koyukuk E: & Table 5: Existing Vegetation References Code Name Author 1001 Region 10; Resource Information Management: Data Dictionary for the Chugach National Forest USDA Forest Service 1003 Yakutat Existing Veg Classification, 1995 Michael Shepard, Chatham Area Ecologist Table 6: Region 10 Chugach Codes (1001) Code Description Plant Code 1001 Lutz’s spruce/Sitka alder PILU/ALVIS 1002 Lutz’s spruce/Sitka alder – rusty menziesia 1003 Lutz’s spruce/bluejoint PILU/CACA4 1004 Lutz’s spruce/spreading woodfern PILU/DREX2 1005 Lutz’s spruce/devilsclub PILU/OPHO 1006 Lutz’s spruce/field horsetail PILU/EQAR
1807 Mountain spruce/American skunkcabbage/grass TSME-PISI/LYAM3/2GRAM 1901 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry TSME-TSHE/VAOV 1902 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry-Alaska bellheather TSME-TSHE/VAOV-HAST3 1903 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry-copperbush TSME-TSHE/VAOV-ELPY 1904 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry-devilsclub TSME-TSHE/VAOV-OPHO 1905 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf menziesia TSME-TSHE/VAOV-MEFE 1906 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry/Pacific reedgrass TSME-TSHE/VAOV/CANU 1907 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry/deercabbage TSME-TSHE/VAOV/NECR2 1909 Western hemlock-mountain hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry TSHE-TSME/VAOV 1910 Western hemlock-mountain hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry-devilsclub TSHE-TSME/VAOV-OPHO 1911 Western hemlock-mountain hemlock/oval-leaf TSHE-TSME/VAOV/2GRAM 1912 Western hemlock-mountain hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry/American skunkcabbage TSHE-TSME/VAOV/LYAM3 1913 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry/grass TSME-TSHE/VAOV/2GRAM 1914 Mountain hemlock-western hemlock/oval-leaf blueberry/grass (etc.) TSME-TSHE/VAOV/2GRAM 2001 Paper birch/Sitka alder BEPA/ALVIS 2002 Paper birch/Pacific reedgrass BEPA/CANU 2003 Paper birch/devilsclub BEPA/OPHO 2004 birch/twinflower BEPA/LIBO3
4103 Sweetgale-Barclay’s willow MYGA-SABA3 4104 Sweetgale-undergreen willow MYGA-SASI2 4105 Sweetgale-dune willow MYGA-SAHO 4106 Sweetgale/bluejoint MYGA/CACA4 4107 Sweetgale/Lyngbye’s sedge MYGA/CALY3 4108 Sweetgale/Sitka sedge MYGA/CAAQD 4109 Sweetgale/tall cottongrass MYGA/ERAN6 4110 Salmonberry RUSP 4111 Salmonberry/common ladyfern RUSP/ATFI 4112 Salmonberry/bluejoint RUSP/CACA4 4113 Dwarf birch/sedge 4114 (bog, open low scrub) ERICA 4115 Sweetgale MYGA 4116 Willow-sweetgale SALIX-MYGA 4117 Willow-sweetgale/bluejoint 4118 SALIX-MYGA/CAREX 4119 Willow-sweetgale/horsetail SALIX-MYGA/EQUIS 4201 Alaska bellheather-partridgefoot HAST3-LUPE 4202 Alaska bellheather-partridgefoot/deercabbage 4203 Eightpetal mountain-avens/alpine sweetgrass DROC/HIAL3 4204 Black crowberry EMNI 4205 Black crowberry-alpine kinnikinnick 4206 Black crowberry-bog blueberry EMNI-VAUL 4207 Black crowberry-bog blueberry-manyflower sedge EMNI-VAUL-CAPL6 4208 crowberry-bog blueberry/deercabbage EMNI-VAUL/NECR2
5PP3 5PP4 6DF4 6PP3 6PP4 7DF4 7PP3 7PP4 8PP3 8PP4 Table 12: Fuel Photo Codes for Reference 9 Code 1DFWHPRE01 1DFWHPRE02 1DFWHPRE03 1DFWHPRE04 1DFWHPRE05 1DFWHPRE06 1DFWHPRE07 1DFWHPRE08 1DFWHPRE09 2WHSSPRE01 3RAPRE01 3RAPRE02 3RAPRE03
70 n/a activities 70 1 70 2 Severe 71 n/a Harvest 71 1 Minor 71 2 Severe 80 n/a Multi-damage (insect/disease) 80 1 Minor 80 2 Severe 90 n/a Unknown 90 0 0 – 9% affected 90 1 10 – 19% affected 90 2 20 – 29% affected 90 3 30 – 39% affected 90 4 40 – 49% affected 90 5 50 – 59% affected 90 6 60 – 69% affected 90 7 70 – 79% affected 90 8 80 – 89% affected 90 9 90 – 100% affected 99 n/a Physical effects 99 001 Broken top 99 002 Dead top
Table 44: Fuel Models Fuel Model Fuel Model Code Fuel Name Fuel Type Model Set Fuel 1-hr Fuel 10-hr Fuel 100-hr Fuel Bed 1 n/a Short grass (1 foot) Grass and Original 13 0.74 0 0 1 2 n/a Timber (grass and understory) Grass and Original 13 2 1 0.500 1 3 n/a Tall grass (2.5 feet) Grass and Original 13 3.01 0 0 2.50 4 n/a Chaparral (6 feet) Chaparral and shrub fields Original 13 5.01 4.010 2 6 5 n/a Brush (2 feet) Chaparral and shrub fields Original 13 1 0.500 0 2 6 n/a Dormant brush, hardwood slash Chaparral and fields Original 13 1.50 2.500 2 2.50 7 n/a Southern rough Chaparral and fields Original 13 1.13 1.870 1.500 2.50 8 n/a Closed timber litter Timber litter Original 13 1.50 1 2.500 0.20 9 n/a Hardwood litter Timber litter Original 13 2.92 0.410 0.150 0.20 10 n/a Timber (litter and understory) Timber litter Original 13 3.01 2 5.010 1 11 n/a logging slash Slash Original 13 1.50 4.51 5.510 1 12 n/a Medium logging slash Slash Original 13 4.01 14.03 16.53 2.30 13 n/a Heavy logging slash Slash Original 13 7.01 23.04 28.05 3 dominated dominated
91 NB1 Urban/ Developed and Burgan 0 0 0 0 92 NB2 Snow/Ice Scott and Burgan 0 0 0 0 93 NB3 Agricultural Scott and Burgan 0 0 0 0 98 NB4 Open and Burgan 0 0 0 0 99 NB5 Bare Ground and Burgan 0 0 0 0 101 GR1 Short, Sparse Dry Climate Grass (Dynamic) Grass Scott and Burgan 0.10 0 0 0.40 102 GR2 Low Load, Dry Climate (Dynamic) Grass and Burgan 0.10 0 0 1 103 GR3 Low Load, Very Coarse, Climate Grass (Dynamic) Grass Scott and Burgan 0.10 0.40 0 2 104 GR4 Moderate Load, Dry Climate Grass (Dynamic) Grass Scott and Burgan 0.25 0 0 2 105 GR5 Low Load, Humid Climate Grass (Dynamic) Grass Scott and Burgan 0.40 0 0 1.50 106 GR6 Moderate Load, Humid Climate Grass (Dynamic) Grass and Burgan 0.10 0 0 1.50 107 GR7 High Load, Dry Climate Grass (Dynamic) Grass Scott and Burgan 1 0 0 3
108 GR8 High Load, Very Coarse, Climate Grass (Dynamic) Scott and Burgan 0.50 1 0 4 109 GR9 Very High Load, Climate Grass (Dynamic) Grass Scott and Burgan 1 1 0 5 121 GS1 Low Load, Dry Climate (Dynamic) Scott and Burgan 0.20 0 0 0.90 122 GS2 Moderate load, Dry Climate Grass-Shrub (Dynamic) and Burgan 0.50 0.500 0 1.50 123 GS3 Moderate Load, Humid Climate Grass-Shrub (Dynamic) Scott and Burgan 0.30 0.250 0 1.80 124 GS4 High Load, Humid Climate Grass-Shrub (Dynamic) Scott and Burgan 1.90 0.300 0.100 2.10 141 SH1 Low Load, Dry Climate Shrub (Dynamic) Shrub and Burgan 0.25 0.250 0 1 142 SH2 Moderate Load, Dry Climate Shrub Scott and Burgan 1.35 2.400 0.750 1 143 SH3 Moderate Load, Humid Climate Shrub Shrub Scott and Burgan 0.45 3 0 2.40 144 SH4 Low Load, Humid Climate Timber-Shrub Shrub and Burgan 0.85 1.150 0.200 3 145 SH5 High Load, Dry Climate Shrub Shrub Scott and Burgan 3.60 2.100 0 6
Shrub 146 SH6 Low Load, Humid Climate Shrub Shrub and Burgan 2.90 1.450 0 2 147 SH7 Very High Load, Dry Climate Shrub Shrub and Burgan 3.5 5.300 2.200 6 148 SH8 High Load, Humid Climate Shrub and Burgan 2.05 3.400 0.850 3 149 SH9 Very High Load, Humid Climate Shrub (Dynamic) Shrub and Burgan 4.50 2.450 0 4.40 161 TU1 Low Load, Dry Climate (Dynamic) Timber - Understory and Burgan 0.20 0.900 1.500 0.60 162 TU2 Moderate Load, Humid Climate (Dynamic) Timber - Understory Scott and Burgan 0.95 1.800 1.250 1 163 TU3 Moderate Load, Humid Climate (Dynamic) Timber – Understory Scott and Burgan 1.10 0.150 0.250 1.30 164 TU4 Dwarf Conifer with Understory Timber – Understory Scott and Burgan 4.50 0 0 0.50 165 TU5 Very High Load, Dry Climate Timber-Shrub Timber – Understory Scott and Burgan 4 4 3 1 181 TL1 Low Load Compact Conifer Litter Timber Litter Scott and Burgan 1 2.200 3.600 0.20 182 TL2 Low Load Broadleaf Litter Timber Litter and Burgan 1.40 2.300 2.200 0.200