Table 4. Top 10 largest lightning and military fires, and the weather conditions under which they burned.
Rank | Cluster | Size (ha) | Date | Air temperature (°C) | Relative humidity (%) | Solar radiation (mW m-2) | Soil moisture @ 30–60 cm (mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lightning Fires | |||||||
1* | 7 | 1,914 | 5/27/2006 | 25 | 77 | 0.26 | 4.9 |
2* | 7 | 1,652 | 6/24/2000 | 25 | 82 | 0.25 | 3.7 |
3* | 7 | 549 | 6/22/1998 | 28 | 75 | 0.30 | 7.1 |
4 | 1 | 297 | 6/12/2007 | 26 | 73 | 0.26 | 27.5 |
5 | 3 | 269 | 5/13/2009 | 23 | 80 | 0.21 | 4.5 |
6 | 3 | 252 | 3/2/1997 | 23 | 77 | 0.20 | 12.0 |
7 | 7 | 247 | 5/28/2006 | 27 | 69 | 0.29 | 4.8 |
8* | 7 | 241 | 6/6/2000 | 28 | 71 | 0.30 | 3.2 |
9 | 1 | 226 | 6/17/2001 | 26 | 79 | 0.31 | 19.4 |
10 | 4 | 181 | 5/7/1997 | 22 | 70 | 0.28 | 18.6 |
Military fires | |||||||
1* | 6 | 2,128 | 5/4/2006 | 24 | 61 | 0.32 | 7.2 |
2* | 4 | 1,405 | 3/7/2001 | 13 | 48 | 0.29 | 3.5 |
3* | 7 | 1,038 | 6/15/2000 | 27 | 72 | 0.29 | 3.4 |
4* | 6 | 748 | 5/4/2006 | 24 | 61 | 0.32 | 7.2 |
5 | 3 | 674 | 2/12/1999 | 21 | 86 | 0.12 | 19.7 |
6 | 1 | 651 | 6/8/1998 | 26 | 82 | 0.23 | 9.3 |
7 | 3 | 557 | 12/15/2007 | 23 | 86 | 0.10 | 9.5 |
8 | 5 | 547 | 3/31/2006 | 20 | 70 | 0.28 | 13.3 |
9* | 6 | 506 | 5/4/2006 | 24 | 61 | 0.32 | 7.2 |
10 | 3 | 452 | 1/7/1997 | 21 | 79 | 0.16 | 11.8 |
Rows with rank followed by * indicate clusters constituting peak mode of the fire season.