Justin L Welty
David S. Pilliod
Robert S. Arkle
2017
Combined wildfire dataset for the United States and certain territories, 1870-2015
shapefile
https://doi.org/10.5066/F75H7F5M
David S. Pilliod
Justin L. Welty
Robert S. Arkle
2017
Refining the cheatgrass-fire cycle in the Great Basin- Precipitation timing and fine fuel composition predict wildfire trends
Publication (Journal)
online
Wiley
Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., Arkle, R.S., 2017, Refining the cheatgrass-fire cycle in the Great Basin- Precipitation timing and fine fuel composition predict wildfire trends: Ecology and Evolution, v. 7, no. 19, p. 8126-8151, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3414.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3414
The increase in wildfires, particularly in the western U.S., represents one of the greatest threats to multiple native ecosystems. Despite this threat, there is currently no central repository to store both past and current wildfire perimeter data. Currently, wildfire boundaries can only be found in disparate local or national datasets. These datasets are generally restricted to specific locations, fire sizes, or time periods. Our objective was to create a comprehensive national wildfire perimeter dataset by combining all freely available wildfire datasets that we could download. We combined and dissolved individual wildfire polygons from multiple datasets if they were in the same year and overlapped each other or were within 1km of the fire boundary. This combined dataset includes spatial summary statistics such as number of times burned, earliest fire of record, and most recent fire of record.
These data were collected to create a more comprehensive overview of wildfires, particularly in the continental western U.S. although the data does extend to other parts of the U.S. Because this dataset mergers all wildfire boundaries for a single fire together it should be taken as the most generalized boundary of the fire. Islands and detailed borders may be removed by this generalization process. This dataset should not be used to identify exact, individual fire polygons but should be used to analyze fire boundaries at a landscape scale.
18700101
20151231
publication date
None planned
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45.498179
35.898487
USGS Thesaurus
fires
None
Wildfire
Wildland fire
Wildfires
None
Area burned
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:59667039e4b0d1f9f05cf2ff
Common geographic areas
United States
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
There are no access constraints. All data were downloaded freely off the internet with no limits or constraints on the original data.
There are no use constraints. All data were downloaded freely off the internet with no limits or constraints on the original data.
FRESC Science Data Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
mailing and physical address
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Corvallis
OR
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Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft [Unknown] Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5 (Build 6491) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A)
No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.
No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted.
Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted.
A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.
Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC)
20150311
US Historic Fire Perimeters dd83 Geodatabase
Geodatabase
https://www.geomac.gov
GeoMAC Historic Fire Perimeters
https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/GeoMAC/historic_fire_data
Historic wildfire polygons
20152311
20152311
https://www.geomac.gov
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 2000-2014 contained within the GeoMac historic wildfire perimeters geodatabase
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS)
20150311
National MTBS Burned Area Boundaries Dataset
Esri Shapefile
https://www.mtbs.gov/direct-download
National MTBS Burned Area Boundaries Dataset
http://www.mtbs.gov
MTBS wildfire polygons
20152311
20152311
http://www.mtbs.gov/
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 1984-2014 contained within the National MTBS Burned Area Boundaries Dataset
Inside Idaho Fire Perimeters Historic (Polygon)
20150312
Inside Idaho Fire Perimeters Historic (Polygon)
Esri Shapefile
http://inside.uidaho.edu/
Inside Idaho Fire Perimeters Historic (Polygon)
http://cloud.insideidaho.org/webApps/metadataViewer/default.aspx?path=%5c%5cintranet.rocket.net%5cinsideprod%5cdata%5canonymous%5cblm%5cFirePerimetersHistory_PUB_POLY_2015_Update.shp.xml
Inside Idaho historic wildfire polygons
20152312
20152312
http://inside.uidaho.edu/
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 1878-2014 contained within the Inside Idaho Fire Perimeters Historic (Polygon)
Oregon BLM Fire History Polygon
20150311
Oregon BLM Fire History Polygon
File Geodatabase
https://www.blm.gov/or/gis/data.php
Oregon BLM Fire History Polygon
https://www.blm.gov/or/gis/data.php
Oregon BLM Fire History Polygon
20152311
20152311
https://www.blm.gov/or/gis/data.php
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 1850-2014 contained within the Oregon BLM Fire History Polygon
California FRAP Mapping Fire Perimeters
20150311
California FRAP Mapping Fire Perimeters
File Geodatabase
http://calfire.ca.gov/
California FRAP Mapping Fire Perimeters
http://frap.fire.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata-sw-fireperimeters_download
California FRAP Mapping Fire Perimeters File Geodatabase
20152311
20152311
http://calfire.ca.gov/
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 1878-2014 contained within the California FRAP Mapping Fire Perimeters
Nevada BLM GIS Wildfire Polygons
20150312
Nevada BLM GIS Wildfire Polygons
File Geodatabase
https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/more_programs/geographic_sciences/gis/geospatial_data.html (data no longer available)
Nevada BLM GIS Wildfire Polygons
https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/more_programs/geographic_sciences/gis/geospatial_data.html (data no longer available)
Nevada BLM GIS Wildfire Polygons
20152312
20152312
https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/more_programs/geographic_sciences/gis/geospatial_data.html (data no longer available)
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 1910-2014 contained within the Nevada BLM GIS Wildfire Polygons
USFS Southwestern Region 3 Wildfire Perimeters
20150311
USFS Southwestern Region 3 Wildfire Perimeters
Esri Shapefile
https://www.fs.usda.gov
USFS Southwestern Region 3 Wildfire Perimeters
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r3/landmanagement/gis/?cid=stelprdb5201889
USFS Southwestern Region 3 Wildfire Perimeters
20152311
20152311
https://www.fs.usda.gov
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 2000-2014 contained within the USFS Southwestern Region 3 Wildfire Perimeters
USFS Northern Region 1 Wildfire Perimeters
20150311
USFS Northern Region 1 Wildfire Perimeters
Esri Shapefile
https://www.fs.usda.gov
USFS Northern Region 1 Wildfire Perimeters
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/r1/landmanagement/gis/?cid=stelprd3852570&width=full
USFS Northern Region 1 Wildfire Perimeters
20152311
20152311
https://www.fs.usda.gov
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 1940-2001 contained within the USFS Northern Region 1 Wildfire Perimeters
Sagemap Great Western Fire Map
20150312
Sagemap Great Western Fire Map
Esri Shapefile
https://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov/
Sagemap Great Western Fire Map
https://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov/ftp/regional/usgs/fires_wna_sgca.txt
Sagemap Great Western Fire Map
20152312
20152312
https://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov/
Wildfires
Historic wildfires polygons from 1870-2003 contained within the Sagemap Great Western Fire Map
Fire perimeters were recoded and merged using the python script "MergeClose_Wildfires.py". See read-me files associated with this script for processing details.
Unknown
Updated larger work citation.
20191023
Wildfire_1870_2015_Great_Basin_FGDC
Shapefile containing fire history data
Producer defined
OBJECTID_1
Auto ID assigned to the data
Producer defined
This is an automatic ID assigned to each individual record
Fire_Name
The text name assigned to a fire.
Producer defined
In the case of this combined fire dataset, this represents the first fire name encountered other than "No Fire Name" that represented an empty fire name field for one of the original datasets. If "No Fire Name" was encountered for all of the dissolved attributes representing this single fire then the name "No Fire Name" was used.
Fire_Code
The text fire code assigned to the fire.
Producer defined
In the case of this combined fire dataset, this represents the first fire code encountered other than "No Fire Code" that represented an empty fire code field for one of the original datasets. If "No Fire Code" was encountered for all of the dissolved attributes representing this single fire then the code "No Fire Code" was used.
Fire_Year
The calendar year in which the fire occurred.
Producer defined
1900
2015
1 Year
SHAPE_Leng
Length of feature in internal units.
Esri
0.627888114901964
752032.433233078
SHAPE_Area
Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
0.031292135041157
4370859498.67786
Hectares_B
The land area burned by each fire represented in Hectares
Producer defined
3.129213504E-06
437085.949867786
Hectare
After1990
A binary flag field indicating whether the wildfire occurred after 1990 where 0 = occurred before 1990 and 1 = occurred on or after 1990.
Producer defined
1
Fire occurred on or after 1990
Producer defined
0
Fire occurred before 1990
Producer defined
The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the data set.
The entity and attribute information was generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the data set. Please review the rest of the metadata record for additional details and information.
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Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
shapefile
https://doi.org/10.5066/F75H7F5M
None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the data set.
20200819
20191023
FRESC Science Data Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
mailing and physical
777 NW 9th Street
Corvallis
OR
97330
USA
541-750-1030
fresc_outreach@usgs.gov
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998