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1952 topographic map <strong>of</strong> the Mann Gulch <strong>Fire</strong> * On a 76% slope this equates to a horizontal or slant distance <strong>of</strong> 79 feet. *Maclean (1992) noted that the points where “Dodge set escape fire” and “Dodge survived here” are separated by three 20-ft contour intervals (i.e, 60 ft).
Wag Dodge’s s Board <strong>of</strong> Review Testimony Wag Dodge “After setting a clump <strong>of</strong> bunch grass on fire, I made an attempt to start another one, but the match had gone out and upon looking up, I had an area <strong>of</strong> 100 feet square that ablaze*. I told the man nearest to me that we would wait a few seconds to give it a chance to burn out inside, and then we would cross through the flames into the burned area ...”. * Dodge technically meant to say “100 feet squared (i.e., 10 x 10 ft).
Page 1 and 2: An An</str
Page 3 and 4: Mann Gulch Fire Su
Page 5 and 6: Norman Maclean
Page 7 and 8: The story of the M
Page 9 and 10: Dodge’s s Escape
Page 11 and 12: General Approach to the Problem Pri
Page 13 and 14: The Fire Environme
Page 15 and 16: The “Power of th
Page 17 and 18: Starr Jenkins was a Missoula smokej
Page 19: Rothermel (1993) on Dodge’s s esc
Page 23 and 24: Forward Spread Distance based Dodge
Page 25 and 26: Length-to to-Breadth (L/B) Ratio vs
Page 27 and 28: Q2: How tall were the flames <stron
Page 29 and 30: Maclean (1992): Flames “would hav
Page 31 and 32: Other photos from NWCG website conv
Page 33: Cheney and Sullivan (2008) Empirica
Page 36 and 37: Simulation of the
Page 38 and 39: Maximum Heat Flux During Flame Fron
Page 40 and 41: Maximum Heat Flux During Flame Fron
Page 42 and 43: EPILOGUE: Did Dodge really get lift
Page 44: In Summary It’s s estimated that

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