Estimating Initial and Foliar Fuel Moistures

Fire behavior modeling requires you to input initial fuel moistures and provides the option to change foliar moisture from its default setting.

Below are options to help you determine fuel moistures for use in IFTDSS:

Refer to Fuel Moisture Tables
Determining live, dead, and foliar moisture via IFTDSS Automatic 97th Percentile Landscape Fire Behavior (Auto97th) Report
Referring to historic fuel moistures from the Forest Service Wildland Fire Assessment Tool database
Determining fuel moisture from field measurements outlined in the Fire Behavior Field Reference Guide's section on fuel moisture.

wet pine needles as fire burns in the background