Public LFRDB

A public version of the LANDFIRE (LF) Reference Database (LFRDB) is available which contains a subset of the data and attributes used for LF production. The Public LFRDB includes vegetation and fuel data from geo-referenced sampling units nationwide. The data were largely amassed from existing information resources such as:

• USFS Vegetation Data
• USGS National Gap Analysis Program
• NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M)

Data archived in the Public LFRDB include:

Major Public LFRDB attributes derived from the sampling data include:

• existing and potential vegetation in NatureServe's Ecological Systems units
• lifeform cover and height
• canopy fuel metrics (e.g. bulk density) from FuelCalc

Certain proprietary and/or sensitive data were removed in the public database. Consult the table lutVisitsSourceID in the database regarding data sources.

The Public LFRDB can be used as input to spatial and non-spatial vegetation models and is applicable for ground truthing and accuracy assessments for a variety of modeling and mapping efforts.

New and Improved LF Auto-Keys: LF is gearing up for LF remap - learn about the redesign of the Auto-Keys process, which is used to determine existing vegetation type classification based on plot data in the LFRDB — Developing Auto-Keys for LANDFIRE Vegetation Mapping: 2014-2015 CONUS Project Report

LFRDB EVT Assignment Evaluation

Attribute Data Dictionary