LANDFIRE.US_140FRG

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• City
• Country

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Systems for Environmental Management

Publication_Date: 2010

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: LANDFIRE.US_140FRG

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: LANDFIRE Fire Regime Groups

Issue_Identification: Refresh 2008 (lf_1.1.0)

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Missoula, MT

Publisher: SEM

Other_Citation_Details: prepared for US Forest Service Contract #AG-024B-C-10-022

Online_Linkage: <http://www.landfire.gov>

Online_Linkage: <http://landfire.cr.usgs.gov/viewer/>

Description:

Abstract:

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 historical fire regimes and vegetation conditions using the disturbance dynamics model VDDT. LANDFIRE also produces maps of current vegetation and measurements of current vegetation departure from simulated historical reference conditions.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: The Fire Regime Groups layer characterizes the presumed historical fire regimes within landscapes based on interactions between vegetation dynamics, fire spread, fire effects, and spatial context (Hann and others 2004). Fire regime group definitions have been altered from previous applications (Hann & Bunnell 2001; Schmidt and others 2002; Wildland Fire Communicator's Guide) to best approximate the definitions outlined in the Interagency FRCC Guidebook. These definitions were refined to create discrete, mutually exclusive criteria. This layer was created by linking the BpS layer to the Fire Regime Group rulesets. This geospatial product should display a reasonable approximation of Fire Regime Group, as documented in the Refresh Model Tracker. The Historical Fire Regime Groups data layer categorizes simulated mean fire return intervals and fire severities into five fire regimes defined in the Interagency Fire Regime Condition Class Guidebook. The classes are defined as follows: Fire Regime I: 0 to 35 year frequency, low to mixed severity Fire Regime II: 0 to 35 year frequency, replacement severity Fire Regime III: 35 to 200 year frequency, low to mixed severity Fire Regime IV: 35 to 200 year frequency, replacement severity Fire Regime V: 200+ year frequency, any severity Additional data layer values were included to represent Water (111), Snow / Ice (112), Barren (131), and Sparsely Vegetated (132). Vegetated areas that never burned during the simulations were included in the category "Indeterminate Fire Regime Characteristics" (133); these vegetation types either had no defined fire behavior or had extremely low probabilities of fire ignition.

Purpose:

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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: Not Applicable

Currentness_Reference: Not Applicable

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed, see <http://www.landfire.gov/version_alerts.php>

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.102404

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.431187

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.081407

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.449763

Keywords:

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

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

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: U.S.

Place_Keyword: US

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Temporal_Keyword: 1999-present

Theme:

Theme_Keyword:

GIS, frg, LANDFIRE 2014, LF_1.4.0, Raster digital data, U.S. Geological Survey, USFS, United States Forest Service, USGS, LANDFIRE, Fire Regime Groups

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical address

Address: 47914 252nd Street

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198-0001

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605/594-6151

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605/594-6589

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helpdesk@landfire.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

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.

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: None in place

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description:

If there is ever doubt, contact the appropriate resource staff who has stewardship responsibility and the GIS Coordinator.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Assessment not applied

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Attribute_Accuracy_Value: 0.0

Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation: Assessment not applied

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Data were checked for overshoots and undershoots. Polygons, arc topology and raster integrity are present. Data contains projection information.

Completeness_Report: Complete

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

For a detailed definition and discussion on LANDFIRE, refer to <http://www.LANDFIRE.gov>

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 47914 252nd Street

Address: USGS EROS

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198-0001

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605/594-6151

Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 605/594-6933

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605/594-6589

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600, CT M-F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata update

Process_Date: 20111116

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

E:\Workspace\datalist\metadata\edit_metadata\REFRESH\c01\LF\FIREREGIME\lf_105_frg_20111116

Process_Date: 20111116

Process_Time: 14531400

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 23553

Column_Count: 7783

Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 29.500000

Standard_Parallel: 45.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 23.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 30.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 30.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: frg

Entity_Type_Definition: Fire Regime Groups

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ObjectID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Value

Attribute_Definition: Fire regime group

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fire Regime Group I

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fire Regime Group II

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fire Regime Group III

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fire Regime Group IV

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fire Regime Group V

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 111

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 112

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Snow / Ice

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 131

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Barren

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 132

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sparsely Vegetated

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 133

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Indeterminate Fire Regime Characteristics

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: NODATA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Count

Attribute_Definition: Number of pixels

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Number of pixels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Label

Attribute_Definition: Fire regime code label

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Definition of the value.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Description

Attribute_Definition: Fire regime code description

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: <= 35 Year Fire Return Interval, Low and Mixed Severity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: <= 35 Year Fire Return Interval, Replacement Severity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 35 - 200 Year Fire Return Interval, Low and Mixed Severity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 35 - 200 Year Fire Return Interval, Replacement Severity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: > 200 Year Fire Return Interval, Any Severity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 111

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 112

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Snow / Ice

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 131

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Barren

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 132

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sparsely Vegetated

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 133

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Indeterminate Fire Regime Characteristics

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LANDFIRE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: R

Attribute_Definition: Red color value

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: G

Attribute_Definition: Green color value

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: B

Attribute_Definition: Blue color value

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Red

Attribute_Definition: Red color value/255

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Red color value/255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Green

Attribute_Definition: Green color value/255

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Green color value/255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Blue

Attribute_Definition: Blue color value/255

Attribute_Definition_Source: Landfire

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Blue color value/255

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Value Label
-9999 NODATA 1 Fire Regime Group I 2 Fire Regime Group II 3 Fire Regime Group III 4 Fire Regime Group IV 5 Fire Regime Group V 111 Water 112 Snow / Ice 131 Barren 132 Sparsely Vegetated 133 Indeterminate Fire Regime Characteristics

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: LANDFIRE Fire Regime Groups

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position:

Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 47914 252nd Street

Address: Earth Resources Observation and Science Center

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198-0001

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600, CT M-F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)

Contact_Instructions:

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.

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCG

Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 9.3 and higher

Format_Specification: Raster

Transfer_Size: 17.952

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://landfire.cr.usgs.gov/viewer>

Access_Instructions:

The URL <http://landfire.cr.usgs.gov/viewer> > provides a map interface that allows for data downloads within a customer defined area of interest. Zoom tools are available that can be used to investigate areas of interest on the map interface. The download tool allows the customer to capture layers from the map, utilizing the Seamless Data Distribution System process for downloading. A request summary page is then generated with the download layers listed. By clicking the "download" button on the summary page, a zipped file will be generated that can be saved on the customer's computer. The file can then be unzipped and imported into various user software applications.

Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: Not available for dissemination.

Fees: None

Turnaround: Variable

Technical_Prerequisites:

ESRI ArcMap Suite and/or Arc/Info software, and supporting operating systems.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070201

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 47914 252nd Street

Address: USGS EROS

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198-0001

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605/594-6151

Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 605/594-6933

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605/594-6589

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov

Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600 CT, M - F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None

Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

City: Sioux Falls

Country: US