Clip Plot and Macroplot Photographs Collected at the 2024 Department of Defense Wildland Fire Science Initiative Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Campaign

To characterize fine-scale variations in vegetation structure, quantify heterogeneity, and capture fuel estimation and consumption, photographs of the clip plots and macroplots were taken. This dataset provides the photographs collected before (January 2024) and after (February 2024) the prescribed burns.

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Last Updated July 4, 2025, 09:33 (UTC)
Created July 4, 2025, 09:33 (UTC)
Source https://wfsi-data.org/view/doi%3A10.60594/W47C7C
award Characterizing multiscale feedback between forest structure, fire behavior and effects: integrating measurements and mechanistic modeling for improved understanding of patterns and processes.
creators Eva Louise Loudermilk, louise.loudermilk@usda.gov, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens GA, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8191-8670 | Christie Hawley, christie.m.hawley@usda.gov, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens GA, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9105-2065 | Irenee Payne, irenee.payne@usda.gov, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens GA, https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7490-6954 | Mary Carlton Murphy, mary.murphy@usda.gov, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens GA, https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2453-9927
doi doi:10.60594/W47C7C
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funder U. S. Department of Defense (DoD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100013316
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harvest_source_title WIFIRE Commons
maintainor Christie Hawley, christie.m.hawley@usda.gov
method Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield is in Hinesville, Georgia, approximately 30 miles west of Savannah. For a full study site description, see Loudermilk et al. 2023. In 2024, E11.5 (597 acres, 242 hectares), E16.2 (628 acres, 254 hectares), and E16.3 (636 acres, 257 hectares) were available for prescribed burning. Located in the western half of Fort Stewart, Units E16.2 and E16.3 are bisected by Taylors Creek. E11.5 is just east of E16.3, where numbered dirt road 9A is the west boundary and 4A is the east boundary. E11.5 was burned on February 8, 2024, and E16.2 and E16.3 units were burned together on February 10, 2024. Before and after the prescribed burns, photos were taken from the macroplot center in each cardinal direction at approximately 1.37 meters above the ground. Before the prescribed burn, nadir and oblique photos of the pre- and post-burn clip plots were taken. After the prescribed burn, a nadir and oblique photo of each post-burn clip plot was taken. A Trimble TDC600 was used to take photos. Loudermilk, E.L.; Pokswinski, S.; Hawley, C.M.; Maxwell, A.; Gallagher, M.R.; Skowronski, N.S.; Hudak, A.T.; Hoffman, C.; Hiers, J.K. Terrestrial Laser Scan Metrics Predict Surface Vegetation Biomass and Consumption in a Frequently Burned Southeastern U.S. Ecosystem. Fire 2023, 6, 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6040151
project Funding Awards RC19-1119 and RC20-1346 for DoD Wildland Fire Science Initiative (WFSI)
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temporal {"endTime": "2024-02-11", "startTime": "2024-01-08"}