Oristà – Traveries-Obertes
General information
- Category
- Prescribed burn
- Fire classification
- Surface plume
- Country
- Catalonia, Spain
- Year
- 2023
The prescribed burn of the Oristà – Traveries-Obertes had the main objective to remove the shurbs under the tree structure without impacting it. Therefore, conservative ignition patterns were used to manage the burn at low intensity. The area treated was over two hectares in a burn lasting approximately five hours.
Fire behaviour and surface observations
| Start location lat | 41.902943 deg N |
| Start location lon | 2.052567 deg E |
| Start location name | Oristà - Traveries-Obertes |
| Start hour | 05/10/2023 12:04:00 (UTC) |
| Surface affected | 2.18 ha |
| Fire behavior | Surface fire, low intensity |
| Torching head | % |
| Torching flanks | % |
| Flame length mean head | 0.5 m |
| Flame length max head | 3 m |
| Flame length mean flanks | m |
| Flame length max flanks | m |
| Spotting mean | 0 m |
| Spotting max | 0 m |
| Rate of spread mean | m/h |
| Rate of spread max | m/h |
| Burn ratio mean | 0.4 ha/h |
| Burn ratio max | ha/h |