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Definition of Crown fire
1. Noun. A forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire.
Definition of Crown fire
1. Noun. Fire in the tops of the trees. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crown Fire
Literary usage of Crown fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Silviculture, with Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"One instance is known where a crown fire ran through a stand of oak and ...
This combination furnished enough inflammable material for the crown fire. ..."
2. Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting by Charles Carroll Dominge, W. O. Lincoln (1920)
"... "crown fire" is usually caused when ground or surface fire reaches the top of
a ridge or and the increased draft carries the blaze up the ..."
3. The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status. by Jared Verner (1992)
"They probably will not support a stand-destroying crown fire except under extreme
conditions in which prescribed burning or other surface fuel reduction ..."
4. Assessing the Effects of Fire Disturbance on Ecosystems: A Scientific Agenda by Daniel L. Schmoldt (2000)
"... 3=infrequent severe surface fire [> 25 yr],= short return interval crown fire
and severe surface fire [25-100 yr], 5=long return interval crown fire and ..."
5. Hazard-Wise: Classroom Resources for Teachers on Natural Hazards & Disasters by Chris Dolan (1995)
"A fire which eventually spreads into such an area can burn more fiercely and will
almost certainly become a crown fire. In this way, European settlement of ..."
6. The Book of Forestry by Frederick Franklin Moon (1916)
"A crown fire is a calamity hard to appreciate, and to see or hear one is an
experience never to be forgotten. crown fires occur only during extremely dry ..."
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