U.S. Geological Survey, Customer Service Representative
20161209
unknown
LANDFIRE.AK_140VCC
raster digital data
LANDFIRE Vegetation Condition Class
LANDFIRE 2014 (lf_1.4.0)
Broad-scale alterations of historical fire regimes and vegetation dynamics have occurred in many landscapes in the U.S. through the combined influence of land management practices, fire exclusion, ungulate herbivory, insect and disease outbreaks, climate change, and invasion of non-native plant species. The LANDFIRE Program produces maps of simulated historical fire regimes and vegetation conditions using the LANDSUM landscape succession and disturbance dynamics model. The LANDFIRE Program also produces maps of current vegetation and measurements of current vegetation departure from simulated historical reference conditions. These maps support fire and landscape management planning outlined in the goals of the National Fire Plan, Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Data Summary: Vegetation Condition Class (VCC) is a reclassification of the Vegetation Departure layer. Refer to the Data Summary and metadata for the Vegetation Departure layer (VDEP) to review how that data is created. Vegetation Condition Classes are defined in two ways, the original 3 category system from Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC), and a new 6 category system. For the original 3 category system, the VDEP value is reclassified as follows: Condition Class I: VDEP value from 0 to 33 (Low Departure), Class II: VDEP value between 34 - 66 (Moderate Departure), and Condition Class III: VDEP value from 67 to 100 (High Departure). The new 6 category system is defined to provide more resolution to VCC and be collapsible to the old 3 category system. New VCC categories are defined as follows: Condition Class I.A: VDEP between 0 and 16 (Very Low Departure), Condition Class I.B: VDEP between 17 and 33 (Low to Moderate Departure); Condition Class II.A: VDEP between 34 and 50 (Moderate to Low Departure); Condition Class II.B: VDEP between 51 and 66 (Moderate to High Departure); Condition Class III.A: VDEP between 67 and 83 (High to Moderate Departure), and Condition Class III.B: VDEP between 84 and 100 (High Departure).
LANDFIRE data products are designed to facilitate national- and regional-level strategic planning and reporting of management activities. Data products are created at a 30-meter grid spatial resolution raster data set; however, the applicability of data products varies by location and specific use. Principal purposes of the data products include providing, 1) national-level, landscape-scale geospatial products to support fire and fuels management planning, and, 2) consistent fuels data to support fire planning, analysis, and budgeting to evaluate fire management alternatives. Users are advised to evaluate the data carefully for their applications.
Continually
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175.4184
71.5478
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None
GIS
Vegetation Condition Class
United States Forest Service
LF_1.4.0
LANDFIRE 2014
U.S. Geological Survey
USFS
Raster digital data
LANDFIRE
vcc
USGS
ISO 19115 Category
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4,): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S.
US
United States
None
This product is reproduced from geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and USGS EROS. By removing the contents of this package or taking receipt of these files via electronic file transfer methods, you understand that the data stored on this media is in draft condition. Represented features may not be in an accurate geographic location. The Forest Service and USGS EROS make no expressed or implied warranty, including warranty of merchantability and fitness, with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of the data or their appropriateness for any user's purposes. The Forest Service and USGS EROS reserve the right to correct, update, modify, or replace this geospatial information without notification.
Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
physical
47914 252nd Street
Sioux Falls
SD
57198-0001
US
605/594-6151
605/594-6589
helpdesk@landfire.gov
Data have been collected and analyzed by teams at both USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD and at the USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT. Depending on the data set described primary responsibility may reside with USGS EROS or with USFS. Contact information will be listed in the Contact Section and in the Metadata Reference section with regards to the primary responsibility.
None in place
Unclassified
If there is ever doubt, contact the appropriate resource staff who has stewardship responsibility and the GIS Coordinator.
ESRI ArcMap 10.1
Hann, W.; Shlisky, A.; Havlina, D.; Schon, K.; Barrett, S.; DeMeo, T.; Pohl, K.; Menakis, J.;
20040101
Interagency Fire Regime Condition Class Guidebook. Interagency and The Nature Conservancy Fire Regime Condition Class website.
USDA Forest Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, The Nature Conservancy, and Systems for Environmental Management.
www.frcc.gov
Metadata updated
20151207
For a detailed definition and discussion on LANDFIRE, refer to http://www.LANDFIRE.gov
20151208
U.S. Geological Survey
Customer Service Representative
mailing and physical
47914 252nd Street
USGS EROS
Sioux Falls
SD
57198-0001
US
605/594-6151
605/594-6933
605/594-6589
custserv@usgs.gov
0800 - 1600, CT M-F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)
vcc
Vegetation Condition Class
Landfire
ObjectID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Value
Vegetation Condition Class
LANDFIRE
1
Vegetation Condition Class I.A
LANDFIRE
2
Vegetation Condition Class I.B
LANDFIRE
3
Vegetation Condition Class II.A
LANDFIRE
4
Vegetation Condition Class II.B
LANDFIRE
5
Vegetation Condition Class III.A
LANDFIRE
6
Vegetation Condition Class III.B
LANDFIRE
111
Water
LANDFIRE
112
Snow / Ice
LANDFIRE
120
Non burnable Urban
LANDFIRE
121
burnable Urban
LANDFIRE
131
Barren
LANDFIRE
132
Sparsely Vegetated
LANDFIRE
180
Non burnable Agriculture
LANDFIRE
181
burnable Agriculture
LANDFIRE
New Class / Descrip
Vegetation Condition Class description
LANDFIRE
Very Low, Vegetation Departure 0-16%
VCC I.A
LANDFIRE
Low to Moderate, Vegetation Departure 17-33%
VCC I.B
LANDFIRE
Moderate to Low, Vegetation Departure 34-50%
VCC II.A
LANDFIRE
Moderate to High, Vegetation Departure 51-66%
VCC II.B
LANDFIRE
High, Vegetation Departure 67-83%
VCC III.A
LANDFIRE
Very High, Vegetation Departure 84-100%
VCC III.B
LANDFIRE
Water
111
LANDFIRE
Snow/Ice
112
LANDFIRE
Non burnable Urban
120
LANDFIRE
Barren
131
LANDFIRE
burnable Urban
121
LANDFIRE
Barren
131
LANDFIRE
Sparsely Vegetated
132
LANDFIRE
Non burnable Agriculture
180
LANDFIRE
burnable Agriculture
181
LANDFIRE
Count
Number of pixels
LANDFIRE
number of pixels
R
Red color value
LANDFIRE
0-255
color value
LANDFIRE
G
Green color value
LANDFIRE
0-255
color value
LANDFIRE
B
Blue color value
LANDFIRE
0-255
color value
LANDFIRE
Red
Red color value/255
LANDFIRE
0-1
red value divided by 255
LANDFIRE
Green
Green color value/255
LANDFIRE
0-1
green value divided by 255
LANDFIRE
Blue
Blue color value/255
LANDFIRE
0-1
blue value divided by 255
LANDFIRE
Old Class / Descrip
Old Class and Description
LANDFIRE
Vegetation Condition Class I
Low Vegetation Departure
LANDFIRE
Vegetation Condition Class II
Moderate Vegetation Departure
LANDFIRE
Vegetation Condition Class III
High Vegetation Departure
LANDFIRE
Water
Water
LANDFIRE
Snow / Ice
Snow / Ice
LANDFIRE
Urban
Urban
LANDFIRE
Barren
Barren
LANDFIRE
Sparsely Vegetated
Sparsely Vegetated
LANDFIRE
Agriculture
Agriculture
LANDFIRE
Value LABEL DESCRIPTION
VALUE NEW_CLASS NEW_DESCRIP OLD_CLASS OLD_DESCRIP
1 Vegetation Condition Class I.A Very Low, Vegetation Departure 0-16% Vegetation Condition Class I Low Vegetation Departure
2 Vegetation Condition Class I.B Low to Moderate, Vegetation Departure 17-33% Vegetation Condition Class I Low Vegetation Departure
3 Vegetation Condition Class II.A Moderate to Low, Vegetation Departure 34-50% Vegetation Condition Class II Moderate Vegetation Departure
4 Vegetation Condition Class II.B Moderate to High, Vegetation Departure 51-66% Vegetation Condition Class II Moderate Vegetation Departure
5 Vegetation Condition Class III.A High, Vegetation Departure 67-83% Vegetation Condition Class III High Vegetation Departure
6 Vegetation Condition Class III.B Very High, Vegetation Departure 84-100% Vegetation Condition Class III High Vegetation Departure
111 Water Water Water Water
112 Snow / Ice Snow / Ice Snow / Ice Snow / Ice
120 Non burnable Urban Non burnable Urban Urban Urban
121 Burnable Urban Burnable Urban Burnable Urban Burnable Urban
131 Barren Barren Barren Barren
132 Sparsely Vegetated Sparsely Vegetated Sparsely Vegetated Sparsely Vegetated
180 Non burnable Agriculture Non burnable Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture
181 Burnable Agriculture Burnable Agriculture Burnable Agriculture Burnable Agriculture
LANDFIRE Vegetation Condition Class
U.S. Geological Survey
Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
mailing and physical
47914 252nd Street
Earth Resources Observation and Science Center
Sioux Falls
SD
57198-0001
US
605/594-6151
helpdesk@landfire.gov
0800 - 1600, CT M-F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)
The USGS point of contact is for questions relating only to the data display and download from this web site. For questions regarding data content and quality, refer to the original metadata document.
This product is reproduced from geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and USGS EROS. By removing the contents of this package or taking receipt of these files via electronic file transfer methods, you understand that the data stored on this media is in draft condition. Represented features may not be in an accurate geographic location. The Forest Service and USGS EROS make no expressed or implied warranty, including warranty of merchantability and fitness, with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of the data or their appropriateness for any user's purposes. The Forest Service and USGS EROS reserve the right to correct, update, modify, or replace this geospatial information without notification.
Arc Grid
ArcGIS 10.x
None
Variable
20070201
20120629
U.S. Geological Survey
Customer Service Representative
mailing and physical
USGS EROS
47914 252nd Street
Sioux Falls
SD
57198-0001
US
605/594-6151
605/594-6933
605/594-6589
helpdesk@landfire.gov
0800 - 1600 CT, M - F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
local time
None
Unclassified
None
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