Development of coarse-scale spatial data for wildland fire and fuel management

Kirsten Schmidt; James Menakis; Colin C. Hardy; Wendall J. Hann; David L. Bunnell

doi:10.2737/RMRS-GTR-87

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Development of coarse-scale spatial data for wildland fire and fuel management

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Authors:

Kirsten Schmidt, James Menakis, Colin C. Hardy, Wendall J. Hann, David L. Bunnell

Year:

2002

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-87

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-87. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 41 p. + CD.

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Abstract

We produced seven coarse-scale, 1-km2 resolution, spatial data layers for the conterminous United States to support national-level fire planning and risk assessments. Four of these layers were developed to evaluate ecological conditions and risk to ecosystem components: Potential Natural Vegetation Groups, a layer of climax vegetation types representing site characteristics such as soils, climate, and topography; Current Cover Type, a layer of current vegetation types; Historical Natural Fire Regimes, a layer of fire frequency and severity; and Fire Regime Current Condition Class, a layer depicting the degree of departure from historical fire regimes, possibly resulting in alterations of key ecosystem components.

Keywords

current conditions, fire regimes, fuel management, fire occurrence, potential natural vegetation, cover type, GIS, wildland-urban interface

Citation

Schmidt, Kirsten M.; Menakis, James P.; Hardy, Colin C.; Hann, Wendall J.; Bunnell, David L. 2002. Development of coarse-scale spatial data for wildland fire and fuel management. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-87. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 41 p. + CD.