Forest Fire Model | Self-Organized Criticality

Simulation Grid

Generation: 0

Empty

Tree

Burning

Controls

Tree Growth (p) 0.050

Lightning (f) 0.00010

Speed 50%

Grid Size 100x100

Statistics

Forest Density

Active Fires

Trees

Empty

Model Rules

Tree Growth: Empty cells become trees with probability p

Lightning: Trees ignite spontaneously with probability f

Fire Spread: Trees adjacent to burning trees catch fire

Burnout: Burning trees become empty

This model exhibits self-organized criticality - the system naturally evolves to a critical state where fire sizes follow a power law distribution. Click to ignite trees or plant new ones.