Table 2. Large fires in the montane study area from 2000–2012.

Fire	Year	Size	Fire Severity (%)*
		(ha)*	Unburned/Low	Low	Moderate	High
Bobcat Fire	2000	3688	30.5	16.8	22.6	30.1
High Meadows Fire	2000	3884	21.7	37.8	32.0	8.5
Big Elk Fire	2002	1741	42.1	20.0	17.1	20.8
Hayman Fire	2002	52,016	21.1	12.7	22.5	43.7
Overland Fire	2003	1244	27.9	12.9	22.6	36.6
Picnic Rock Fire	2004	3626	27.6	37.7	22.6	12.1
Four Mile Fire	2010	2285	11.0	25.6	34.3	29.1
Crystal Fire	2011	914	22.9	38.5	26.9	11.7
High Park Fire	2012	34,905	20.8	29.7	26.9	22.5

* Total area burned and fire severity percentages within each fire perimeter (MTBS values 1–4; 1 =  unburned/low, 2 =  low, 3 =  moderate, and 4 =  high). See Figure 1 for large fire perimeters used to compare historical and observed fire severities within the study area.