Overview
LANDFIRE is a shared interagency wildland fire management data program across the United States and Territories. Leadership, management, and oversight are through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service - Fire and Aviation Management and the U.S. Department of the Interior – Office of Wildland Fire.
LANDFIRE provides more than twenty landscape-scale geospatial products of biological and ecological data, including data such as (900+) vegetation types and (13/40) fire behavior fuel models that support all-lands planning, fire and natural resources management, operations, analyses and assessments.
What We Do
LF data characterize the current and historical states of vegetation, fuels, fire regimes, and disturbances. LF produces a comprehensive, consistent, scientifically credible suite of more than 25 geospatial layers, a reference database, and a set of quantitative vegetation models at a national extent. LF data supports landscape assessments, analysis, and natural resource management. LF supplements and assists modeling of fire behavior and effects.
LANDFIRE relies on numerous inputs to develop its products, which are essential for various programs, tools, and plans. The LANDFIRE Dependency Web Document illustrates how LANDFIRE products, inputs, and dependent programs and tools interact.
Who We Are
LANDFIRE is a multi-organizational program whose work is completed with the cooperation of several groups working together.
Principal Partners: Department of the Interior (DOI) U.S. Wildland Fire Service & United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) Fire and Aviation Management
Project Team: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, KBR Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), The Nature Conservancy North America Science Team, USDA USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station RMRS, and the USDA USFS Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA)
Partners: USGS Gap Analysis, USGS National Land Imaging Program
LF Business and Technical Leads
Why We Were Created
The LANDFIRE Program began because of increased concern about the number, severity, and size of wildland fires and the need for consistent national biological/ ecological inventory data. Over the past decade, LANDFIRE data has become a critical piece to wildland fire and fuels treatment research, modeling, and planning tools as well as operational support for wildland fire management. LANDFIRE data is crucial to fire modeling to support both operational decision making and fuels planning.
How Did We Get Here
For a comprehensive look into the history of the LANDFIRE program, find your way to the LANDFIRE Program History Page which also outlines all the major LANDFIRE milestones over the last 20 years. LF would also not be here without the expertise and research of many pivotal researchers and specialists whose foundational contributions shaped and advanced LANDFIRE. Please visit our LF Built on Science website where we highlight the science that helped make LF what it is.
Read more about major LANDFIRE Milestones