Public LANDFIRE Reference Database

A public version of the LANDFIRE (LF) National 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 information and were largely amassed from existing information resources such as:

• USFS Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA)
• USGS National Gap Analysis Program (GAP)
• NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M)

For the LF Remap effort, new and updated plot information are being compiled and used to inform existing vegetation mapping. The entire LF Remap Public LFRDB will be made available for download at the completion the LF Remap effort, which is expected in mid to late 2020.

Data archived in the LF National 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 Remap is underway - learn about the redesign of the Auto-Keys process, which are 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