CONUS
- North Central GeoArea
- Northeast GeoArea
- Northwest GeoArea
- South Central GeoArea
- Southeast GeoArea
- Southwest GeoArea
OCONUS
The Landscape GeoTIFF (landscape) file, a multi-band raster format, is commonly used by wildland fire behavior and fire effects models such as FARSITE and FlamMap. The bands of a landscape file store up to eight layers of LANDFIRE (LF) data that describe terrain, tree canopy, and surface fuel. The data type for all bands is 16-bit signed integer. Bands are interleaved by pixel. Eight bands are included in a landscape file: elevation, slope, aspect, fire behavior fuel model, tree canopy cover, canopy height, canopy base height, and canopy bulk density. Users can choose between the Anderson 13 or the Scott and Burgan 40 fire behavior fuel models. Users can specify Fire Behavior Fuel Models 13 (Anderson, 1982) or 40 (Scott and Burgan, 2005). In 2024, LANDFIRE transitioned from .LCP to GeoTIFF Landscape files
Access landscape files by selecting an area of interest then follow the steps below:
Select the Download Tool 
Select the Method to download product: Rectangle, Polygon, GeoJSON, Template
Select area of interest
Click the product version toggle in the data download tool panel to get a list of products for that version
If LF 2016 to present, click on the toggle for Surface and Canopy to locate landscape files
If LF 2014 and prior, landscape files will be shown after selecting the Fuel toggle
Select the checkbox for the landscape files to download
Enter your email
Click Download
Access landscape files by selecting an area of interest then follow the steps below:
Select the Download Tool
Select the Method to download product: Rectangle, Polygon, GeoJSON, Template
Select area of interest
Click the product version toggle in the data download tool panel to get a list of products for that version
If LF 2016 to present, click on the toggle for Surface and Canopy to locate landscape files
If LF 2014 and prior, landscape files will be shown after selecting the Fuel toggle
Select the checkbox for the landscape files to download
Enter your email
Click Download
Create landscape files by following these steps with the LANDFIRE Product Service (LFPS):
From the LFPS main site, select LFPS Form
Within the Layer List, indicate the eight products required for a landscape file, in the LANDFIRE version of choice, as denoted in the LFPS Product Table
Ex.) A LF 2023 CONUS product list would be: "ELEV2020; SLPD2020; ASP2020; 240FBFM40; 240CC; 240CH; 240CBD; 240CBH"
It's the users' choice whether FBFM40 or FBFM13 is used in creating the landscape file
Submit any further information desired, such as Area of Interest in (lat/long coordinates separated by a space)
Click 'Submit Job'
Create landscape files by following these steps with the LANDFIRE Product Service (LFPS):
From the LFPS main site, select LFPS Form
Within the Layer List, indicate the eight products required for a landscape file, in the LANDFIRE version of choice, as denoted in the LFPS Product Table
Ex.) A LF 2023 CONUS product list would be: "ELEV2020; SLPD2020; ASP2020; 240FBFM40; 240CC; 240CH; 240CBD; 240CBH"
It's the users' choice whether FBFM40 or FBFM13 is used in creating the landscape file
Submit any further information desired, such as Area of Interest in (lat/long coordinates separated by a space)
Click 'Submit Job'
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.
 | U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) The DOI is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources. |
 | U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (FS) The FS is an agency of the USDA that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. |
| U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) The DOI is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources. |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (FS) The FS is an agency of the USDA that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. |
A LF Major Partner is an organization and/or individual with unique expertise and interest in LF and demonstrates a willingness to apply their expertise to LF initiatives and efforts. Major Partners may provide or receive funds to/from LF to accomplish mutual goals, but that is on a case-by-case basis.
Major partners with LANDFIRE are USGS EROS with its Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), The Nature Conservancy, US Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program, USDA Forest Service RMRS, and USDA Forest Service FIA.
 | U.S. DOI USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC) EROS Center is a remotely sensed data management, systems development, and research field center. |
 | The Nature Conservancy (TNC) TNC is a charitable environmental organization whose mission is to "conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends." |
 | USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) is one of five regional units that make up the FS Research and Development natural resources research organization. LF products are designed to facilitate national- and regional-level strategic planning and support fire and fuel management activities. These same characteristics provide the research community with an ideal data set for a number of research applications within the USFS RMRS. |
| Vegetation plot data is a critical source of information supporting the development of LANDFIRE Program products. The USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) National Program is the single largest contributor of geo-referenced, detailed vegetation plot information to the LANDFIRE Program. LANDFIRE and FIA have been partners since LANDFIRE was chartered in 2004, and the partnership was formalized in 2005 through a memorandum of agreement. FIA provides hundreds of thousands of current and historic, high-quality vegetation plots to LANDFIRE that support the development of LANDFIRE spatial data products such as Existing Vegetation Type, Existing Vegetation Cover, Existing Vegetation Height, Canopy Base Height and Crown Bulk Density, and have been used to evaluate product quality. |
| National Gap Analysis Program (GAP) GAP is a nationwide program that assesses and supports the overall conservation status of wildlife and is implemented in coordination with state and regional programs. In 2014, LF entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GAP to produce national-scale land cover, vegetation, fuel, and fire products. The programs worked together on LF Remap Strategy prototypes and are teamed up on LF Remap production work. GAP and LF's partnership was highlighted in a North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) bulletin. Landcover data is more detailed and thematically richer as a result of this partnership. |
A LF Major Partner is an organization and/or individual with unique expertise and interest in LF and demonstrates a willingness to apply their expertise to LF initiatives and efforts. Major Partners may provide or receive funds to/from LF to accomplish mutual goals, but that is on a case-by-case basis.
Major partners with LANDFIRE are USGS EROS with its Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC), The Nature Conservancy, US Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program, USDA Forest Service RMRS, and USDA Forest Service FIA.
| U.S. DOI USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC) EROS Center is a remotely sensed data management, systems development, and research field center. |
| The Nature Conservancy (TNC) TNC is a charitable environmental organization whose mission is to "conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends." |
| USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) is one of five regional units that make up the FS Research and Development natural resources research organization. LF products are designed to facilitate national- and regional-level strategic planning and support fire and fuel management activities. These same characteristics provide the research community with an ideal data set for a number of research applications within the USFS RMRS. |
| Vegetation plot data is a critical source of information supporting the development of LANDFIRE Program products. The USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) National Program is the single largest contributor of geo-referenced, detailed vegetation plot information to the LANDFIRE Program. LANDFIRE and FIA have been partners since LANDFIRE was chartered in 2004, and the partnership was formalized in 2005 through a memorandum of agreement. FIA provides hundreds of thousands of current and historic, high-quality vegetation plots to LANDFIRE that support the development of LANDFIRE spatial data products such as Existing Vegetation Type, Existing Vegetation Cover, Existing Vegetation Height, Canopy Base Height and Crown Bulk Density, and have been used to evaluate product quality. |
| National Gap Analysis Program (GAP) GAP is a nationwide program that assesses and supports the overall conservation status of wildlife and is implemented in coordination with state and regional programs. In 2014, LF entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GAP to produce national-scale land cover, vegetation, fuel, and fire products. The programs worked together on LF Remap Strategy prototypes and are teamed up on LF Remap production work. GAP and LF's partnership was highlighted in a North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) bulletin. Landcover data is more detailed and thematically richer as a result of this partnership. |
Bureau of Land Management Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM)
NRCS Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) Program
National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
BIA - Branch of Forest Resources Planning (BOFRP) Indian Forestry Database and Continuous Forest Inventory
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition After Wildfire (RAVG), and Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER/BARC)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2
Wildland Fire Management RD&A
National Association of State Foresters (NASF)
Bureau of Land Management Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM)
NRCS Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) Program
National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
BIA - Branch of Forest Resources Planning (BOFRP) Indian Forestry Database and Continuous Forest Inventory
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition After Wildfire (RAVG), and Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER/BARC)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2
Wildland Fire Management RD&A
National Association of State Foresters (NASF)
The LF Program developed several agreement assessments for the LF 2016 Remap Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) product for each LF GeoArea. Users are strongly encouraged to review the ReadMe information available in each spreadsheet and the included white paper, all of which can be found within each zip file, to understand the context of this information.
Assessment packages include assessments for:
- Ecological Systems
- Cross-walked (from Ecological Systems) SAF_SRM Cover Type
- National Vegetation Classification (NVC) Group
- National Vegetation Classification Macrogroup
in two formats:
- Traditional Contingency Table format
- Row Agreement Table showing % agreement, plot counts, and category name of the primary, secondary, and tertiary disagreements
The assessment process was a comparison of the LF EVT product for a pixel with the LF Auto-Key EVT assignment for a sample plot contained in that pixel. The assessment plot data base for each GeoArea was composed of a 10% random sample of LF Reference Data Base (LFRDB) plots within each Vegetation Production Unit (VPU). Plots were distributed across VPUs to ensure as much geographic diversity as possible within a GeoArea. The maximum number of assessment plots drawn for a category was 300. If a category had fewer than 300 total LFRDB plots in a GeoArea no assessment plots were withdrawn to conserve plots for the mapping process.