Saved by webtool as fccs_outputs.csv and as fccs_summary.csv at command line. Field names on first row, field units on second row, fuelbed outputs from third row.
| Field Name | Definition | English units | Metric units |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filename | App-assigned file name | ||
| Fuelbed_number | Fuelbed number (FB No. in the editor tables) | ||
| Fuelbed_name | Fuelbed name | ||
| Benchmark_ROS | Predicted rate of spread under the FCCS's benchmark environmental scenario of dry conditions (BehavePlus D2L2 moisture scenario), 4 mph midflame windspeeds, and 0% slope) | ft | m |
| Benchmark_FL | Predicted flame length (the distance between the flame tip and the midpoint of the flame depth at the base of the flame) under the benchmark environmental scenario | ft | m |
| Benchmark_RI | Predicted surface reaction intensity (the heat release rate per unit area of the surface fire flaming front) under the benchmark environmental scenario, calculated as the sum of component reaction intensities for each stratum including shrubs, herbaceous vegetation, woody fuels, and LLM | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Benchmark_RI_Shrub | Shrub component reaction intensity, benchmark environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Benchmark_RI_Herb | Herb component reaction intensity, benchmark environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Benchmark_RI_Wood | Downed wood component reaction intensity, benchmark environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Benchmark_RI_LLM | LLM component reaction intensity, benchmark environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Crosswalk13 | Crosswalk to one of 13 original fire behavior prediction system (FBPS) fuel models defined by Anderson (1982) based on vegetation type, predicted rate of spread (ROS) and flame length (FL) under benchmark conditions. | ||
| BehaveROS13 | |||
| ROS%13 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Benchmark_ROS from the assigned Crosswalk13 fuel model's predicted rate of spread (under the same benchmark conditions) | % | % |
| BehaveFL13 | |||
| FL%13 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Benchmark_FL from the assigned Crosswalk13 fuel model's predicted flame length (under the same benchmark conditions) | % | % |
| Crosswalk40 | Crosswalk to one of the 40 standard fire behavior fuel models defined by Scott and Burgan (2005) based on assigned Crosswalk13, predicted rate of spread (ROS) and flame length (FL) under benchmark conditions. | ||
| BehaveROS40 | |||
| ROS%40 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Benchmark_ROS from the assigned Crosswalk40 fuel model's predicted rate of spread (under the same benchmark conditions) | % | % |
| BehaveFL40 | |||
| FL%40 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Benchmark_FL from the assigned Crosswalk40 fuel model's predicted flame length (under the same benchmark conditions) | % | % |
| Custom_ROS | Predicted rate of spread under user-defined environmental scenario | ft | m |
| Custom_FL | Predicted flame length under user-defined environmental scenario | ft | m |
| Custom_RI | Predicted surface reaction intensity under user-defined environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Custom_RI_Shrub | Shrub component reaction intensity under user-defined environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Custom_RI_Herb | Herb component reaction intensity under user-defined environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Custom_RI_Wood | Downed wood component reaction intensity under user-defined environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Custom_RI_LLM | LLM component reaction intensity under user-defined environmental scenario | Btu/ft2/min | KJ/m2 |
| Custom_Crosswalk13 | Crosswalk to one of 13 original fire behavior prediction system (FBPS) fuel models defined by Anderson (1982) based on vegetation type, predicted rate of spread (ROS) and flame length (FL) under user-defined environmental scenario | ||
| Custom_BehaveROS13 | |||
| Custom_ROS%13 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Custom_ROS from the assigned Custom_Crosswalk13 fuel model's predicted rate of spread (under the same user-defined environmental scenario) | % | % |
| Custom_BehaveFL13 | |||
| Custom_FL%13 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Custom_FL from the assigned Custom_Crosswalk13 fuel model's predicted flame length (under the same user-defined environmental scenario) | % | % |
| Custom_Crosswalk40 | Crosswalk to one of the 40 standard fire behavior fuel models defined by Scott and Burgan (2005) based on assigned Crosswalk13, predicted rate of spread (ROS) and flame length (FL) under user-defined environmental scenario | ||
| Custom_BehaveROS40 | |||
| Custom_ROS%40 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Custom_ROS from the assigned Custom_Crosswalk40 fuel model's predicted rate of spread (under the same user-defined environmental scenario) | % | % |
| Custom_BehaveFL40 | |||
| Custom_FL%40 | Percent difference of given fuelbed's Custom_FL from the assigned Custom_Crosswalk40 fuel model's predicted flame length (under the same user-defined environmental scenario) | % | % |
| FCC_Code | 3-digit code comprised of the dimensionless potentials (0=min, 9=max) for surface fire behavior (SFP), crown fire (CFP), and available fuel (AFP) | ||
| Surface_fire_potential | Surface fire behavior summary potential (SFP), calculated as the maximum of the flame length potential (FP) and reaction potential (RP), scaled to values of 0 to 9 (dimensionless) | ||
| Reaction_potential | A subpotential of SFP, reaction potential (RP) represents the reaction intensity (energy release per unit area per unit time) under dry fuel conditions (0-9 index). | ||
| Spread_potential | A subpotential of SFP, spread potential (SP) is proportional to the R (distance per unit time at benchmark environmental conditions) in surface fuels (0-9 index). | ||
| Flamelength_potential | A subpotential of SFP, flame length potential (FP) is the predicted flame length (in feet, at benchmark environmental conditions) proportional to fireline intensity or FL (0-9 index). | ||
| Crown_fire_potential | Crown fire behavior summary potential (CFP) (0-9 index) | ||
| Crown_initiation_potential | A subpotential of CFP, crown fire initiation (IC) represents the likelihood that a surface fire will propagate into a crown fire. | ||
| Crown-crown_trans_potential | A subpotential of CFP, crown-to-crown transmissivity (TC) represents the potential for fire to carry through a forest canopy (0-9 index). | ||
| Crownfire_spread_potential | A subpotential of CFP, crown fire rate of spread (RC) is a relative index of crown fire spreading potential (0-9 index). | ||
| Available_fuel_potential | Available fuel summary potential (AFP), an estimate of the mass of fuel present within the outside shell of layers of canopy, surface, and ground fuel elements that are potentially combustible under dry conditions in the flaming, smoldering, and residual smoldering phases of combustion (0-9 index). | ||
| Flame_available_potential | A subpotential of AFP, flame available fuel (FA) is the sum of mass within ½ in of the surface of the fuel element available for the flaming phase of combustion (10 tons/ac - can exceed 9 to represent actual available loading values). FA is the sum of flame-reactive surface available fuel (the mass of fuel consumed in the flaming front of a spreading surface fire), flame-available postreactive surface fuels (the remainder of flame-available surface fuel after the passage of the flaming front), and flame-available canopy fuel (the mass of tree canopy and fine twigs). | 10 tons/ac | 2.24 Mg/ha? |
| Smolder_available_potential | A subpotential of AFP, smoldering available fuel (SA) is the sum of mass between ½ and 2 in of a fuel surface (10 tons/ac - can exceed 9 to represent actual available loading values). | 10 tons/ac | |
| Residual_smolder_potential | A subpotential of AFP, residual available fuel (RA) is the sum of mass between 2 and 4 in of a fuel surface (10 tons/ac - can exceed 9 to represent actual available loading values). | 10 tons/ac | |
| Depth_shrub | Depth of shrub stratum | ft | m |
| Depth_herb | Depth of herb stratum | ft | m |
| Depth_woody | Depth of wood stratum | ft | m |
| Depth_LLM | Depth of litter-lichen-moss stratum | ft | m |
| Depth_surface_fuels | Depth of surface fuels | ft | m |
| PercentCover_shrub | Percent cover of shrub stratum | % | % |
| PercentCover_herb | Percent cover of herb stratum | % | % |
| PercentCover_woody | Percent cover of downed wood stratum | % | % |
| PercentCover_LLM | Percent cover of litter-lichen-moss stratum | % | % |
| Tree_over_crown_load | Estimated overstory tree crown loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Tree_mid_crown_load | Estimated midstory tree crown loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Tree_under_crown_load | Estimated understory tree crown loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Tree_aboveground_load | Estimated aboveground biomass of trees | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Snag_class1_foliage_crown_load | Estimated Class 1 snag with foliage crown loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Snag_class1_wood_load | Estimated Class 1 snag with foliage wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Snag_class1_aboveground_load | Estimated aboveground biomass of Class 1 snags with foliage | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Snag_class1_other_load | Estimated Class 1 snag without foliage wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Snag_class2_load | Estimated Class 2 snag wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Snag_class3_load | Estimated Class 3 snag wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Ladderfuels_load | Estimated ladder fuel loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Shrub_primary_load | Estimated primary shrub loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Shrub_primary_crown_load | Estimated primary shrub crown loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Shrub_secondary_load | Estimated secondary shrub loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Shrub_secondary_crown_load | Estimated secondary shrub crown loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Shrub_needleDrape_load | Estimated shrub needle drape loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Herb_primary_load | Estimated primary herb loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Herb_secondary_load | Estimated secondary herb loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_sound_1hr_load | Estimated sound 1-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_sound_10hr_load | Estimated sound 10-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_sound_100hr_load | Estimated sound 100-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_sound_1000hr_load | Estimated sound 1,000-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_sound_10khr_load | Estimated sound 10,000-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_sound_GT10k_load | Estimated sound >10,000-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_rotten_1000hr_load | Estimated rotten 1,000-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_rotten_10k_load | Estimated rotten 10,000-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_rotten_GT10k_load | Estimated rotten >10,000-hr wood loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_pile_load | Estimated wood pile loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_stumps_sound_load | Estimated sound stump loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_stumps_rotten_load | Estimated rotten stump loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Woody_stumps_lightered_load | Estimated lightered stump loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| LLM_litter_load | Estimated litter loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| LLM_lichen_load | Estimated lichen loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| LLM_moss_load | Estimated moss loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Ground_upperduff_load | Estimated upper duff loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Ground_lowerduff_load | Estimated lower duff loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Ground_basalaccum_load | Estimated basal accumulation loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Ground_squirrelmid_load | Estimated squirrel midden loading | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Total_aboveground_biomass | Total aboveground biomass (tree and shrub crowns excluded from this sum) | tons/ac | Mg/ha |
| Total_carbon_load | tons/ac | Mg/ha | |
| Version | FCCS calculator version number |