I visited the subject wildfire area yesterday. This was definitely an extremely hot fire. In the top 5 of my memory for sure. All the trees in the fire path were burned right to their distant tips, and in many places the duff was burned right down to the sand. It probably was a slow moving fire with plenty of time to burn and plenty of super dry fuel to help. It also swept through and killed probably several hundred cedars and burned all the duff around the roots of some, leaving the roots exposed. At the margin of the main creek, it blasted all the shubs, leaving just a foot of stems sticking up. I'll visit this again at the beginning of June to see the changes. Even the sphagnum moss suffered. If anyone wants to come and see the rejuvination, you are welcome. Only a two-three hour or so trip.
This spung looked like a megaton fire bomb detonated a few feet from the ground.
This spung looked like a megaton fire bomb detonated a few feet from the ground.
