{"id":260,"date":"2017-07-11T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T19:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rxburn.com\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2017-10-27T08:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T13:23:03","slug":"fire-behavior-terminology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/rxburn\/prescribed-fire-terms\/fire-behavior-terminology\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Behavior Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b>Smoldering:<\/b> no flame, barely spreading<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"> <b>Creeping:<\/b> low flame and slow spread<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"> <b>Flame Length:<\/b> length from base to tip, not vertically<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"> <b>Rate of Spread:<\/b> chains per hour = feet per minute<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"> <b>Running: <\/b> definite flames, rapid spread to surface fuels with well-defined head<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"> <b>Torching: <\/b> fire runs up ladder fuels into crowns of individual trees, no spread from crown to crown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"> <b>Crowning:<\/b> fire spreading from crown to crown, either dependent or independent of surface fire<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fuels Observations<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><b> <\/b><strong>1 hour<\/strong> &#8211; less than \u00bc inch diameter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong> 10 hour<\/strong> &#8211; \u00bc inch to 1 inch diameter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong> 100 hour<\/strong> \u2013 1 inch to 3 inch diameter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong> 1000 hour<\/strong> &#8211; &gt; 3 inch diameter<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/rxburn\/files\/2017\/07\/Fire-Severity-Related-to-Fuel-Moisture.png\" alt=\"Fire Severity Related to Relative Humidity &amp; Fuel MoistureFire Severity Related to Fuel Moisture\" width=\"885\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/rxburn\/files\/2017\/07\/Fire-Severity-Related-to-Fuel-Moisture.png 885w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/rxburn\/files\/2017\/07\/Fire-Severity-Related-to-Fuel-Moisture-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/rxburn\/files\/2017\/07\/Fire-Severity-Related-to-Fuel-Moisture-768x836.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoldering: no flame, barely spreading Creeping: low flame and slow spread Flame Length: length from base to tip, not vertically Rate of Spread: chains per hour = feet per minute Running: definite flames, rapid spread to surface fuels with well-defined head Torching: fire runs up ladder fuels into crowns of individual trees, no spread from&#8230; <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/rxburn\/prescribed-fire-terms\/fire-behavior-terminology\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1058,"featured_media":0,"parent":951,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-260","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fire Behavior Terminology - Texas Prescribed Burn Handbook<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/rxburn\/prescribed-fire-terms\/fire-behavior-terminology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fire Behavior Terminology - Texas Prescribed Burn Handbook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smoldering: no flame, barely spreading Creeping: low flame and slow spread Flame Length: length from base to tip, not vertically Rate of Spread: chains per hour = feet per minute Running: definite flames, rapid spread to surface fuels with well-defined head Torching: fire runs up ladder fuels into crowns of individual trees, no spread from... 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