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Vantage to Pomona Heights Chapter 3 230 kV Transmission Line Project FEIS Affected Environment PAGE 3-268 3.12.4.10 Route Segment 3c The Incident #243 fire perimeter is just within the Project study area for Route Segment 3c. The Incident #243 fire burned over 1,300 acres in 2008. The most common vegetation types for Route Segment 3c are sagebrush/perennial grassland (42 percent), agriculture (33 percent), and annual grassland (19 percent). BPA’s Shultz-Wautoma 500 kV line and the Midway-Vantage 230 kV line cross this route segment. Three additional BPA lines are within the Project study area, but do not intersect this route segment. The majority of Route Segment 3c is classified as FRCC 2 (30 percent) or FRCC 3 (27 percent) and is within Fire Regime Group III (74 percent). 3.12.4.11 Route Segment NNR-2 Vegetation along Route Segment NNR-2 is composed primarily of annual grassland (48 percent), sagebrush/perennial grassland (24 percent), and agriculture (22 percent). Approximately two miles of Route Segment NNR-2 parallels an existing JBLM YTC fire break road, existing roads, and an existing transmission line. Vegetation along the fire break is disturbed and dominated by non-native species including cheatgrass. Small fires occurred east of Route Segment NNR-2 within JBLM YTC in 1989, 1990, and 2003. The majority of Route Segment NNR-2 is classified as FRCC 2 (50 percent) and FRCC 3 (14 percent) and is within Fire Regime Group III (84 percent). 3.12.4.12 Route Segment NNR-3 Vegetation along Route Segment NNR-3 consists primarily of intact sagebrush/perennial grassland (50 percent) and annual grassland (44 percent). Route Segment NNR-3 crosses within 0.5 mile of the eastern edge of the Canyon #1 fire that burned on BLM land in 1997. The majority of Route Segment NNR-3 is classified as FRCC 2 (56 percent) and FRCC 3 (22 percent) and is within Fire Regime Groups III (61 percent) and IV (36 percent). 3.12.4.13 Route Segment NNR-4 Route Segment NNR-4 is comprised primarily of sagebrush/perennial grassland (69 percent), with lesser amounts of annual grassland (17 percent), agriculture (seven percent), and perennial grassland (four percent). Fire history records indicate that two fires have occurred within the Project study area of Route Segment NNR-4, both within JBLM YTC. The first fire was located just north of Route Segment NNR-4 and occurred in 2002. The second fire occurred south of Route Segment NNR-4 in 2010. The majority of Route Segment NNR-4 is classified as FRCC 2 (45 percent) and FRCC 3 (28 percent) and is within Fire Regime Groups III (52 percent) and IV (48 percent). 3.12.4.14 Route Segment NNR-5 Vegetation along this short route segment consists primarily of intact sagebrush/perennial grassland (67 percent), with lesser amounts of agriculture (20 percent) and forb (11 percent). Annual grassland contributes less than one percent. Fire history records indicate that no recent fires have occurred along Route Segment NNR-5. The majority of Route Segment NNR-5 Project study area is classified as FRCC 2 (40 percent) and FRCC 3 (20 percent), and is within Fire Regime Groups III (55 percent) and IV (45 percent). 3.12.4.15 Route Segment NNR-6 Vegetation along this route segment consists primarily of intact sagebrush/perennial grassland (78 percent), with lesser amounts of forb (12 percent), perennial grassland (five percent), and agriculture (five percent). Annual grassland contributes less than one percent. Three fires have occurred within JBLM YTC along Route Segment NNR-6. In 2014, a 23,261-acre fire burned within the JBLM YTC boundary, along and north of Route Segment NNR-6. In addition, a large fire occurred north of Route Segment NNR-6 in 2008 and a second, smaller fire, also occurred north of the route segment in 2001. The majority of Route Segment NNR-6 is classified as FRCC 1 (32 percent) and FRCC 2 (38 percent) and is within Fire Regime Groups III (42 percent) and IV (58 percent).