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Links to download full extent mosaics or databases are to the right of each data product. Please note that mosaics are not available until the version is complete. Data availability is shown on LF's Data Distribution Site (DDS), which offers data downloads at user selected extents.
In response to user preference and download size, starting with LF 2016 Remap, mosaics are in GeoTIFF format only.
Note: The name of mosaic download files has changed. For more information about the new file names, review the ReadMe.
LF Version Descriptions
Name/Version
Description
Disturbance Imagery
Completion Date
LF 2020/ LF 2.2.0
Reflects adjustments to vegetation and fuels since LF 2016 Remap in disturbed areas for disturbances recorded in 2017-2020.
2017-2020
2022
LF 2019 Limited/ LF 2.1.0
Reflects change and disturbance since completion of LF 2016 Remap, including the years of 2017, 2018, and 2019.
2017-2019
2021
LF 2016 Remap/ LF 2.0.0
Comprehensive vegetation and fuels mapping reflects circa 2016 using 2013-2017 imagery.
2013-2017
2021
LF 2014/LF 1.4.0
Reflects vegetation change and disturbance 1999 - 2014.
2011-2015
2017
LF 2012/LF 1.3.0
Reflects vegetation change and disturbance 1999 - 2012.
2010-2013
2015
LF 2010/LF 1.2.0
Reflects vegetation change and disturbance 1999 - 2010.
2007-2011
2013
LF 2008/LF 1.1.0
Updated LF 1.0.5 products to reflect vegetation changes and disturbances 1999 - 2008.
1984-2008*
2011
LF 2001/LF 1.0.5
Enhanced an earlier version LF 1.0.0 layers to allow comparison between the circa 2001 Landsat based image data products and LF 1.1.0
n/a
2011
Comments
LF 2020 Update - Reflects important changes to ancillary data and classes, such as a complete recalculation of topography, corrections to aspect that are crucial to fire behavior modeling, a new separate product layer for roads designed for operational use, removal of the developed ruderal classes, designation of new burnable developed classes, replacing recently disturbed classes with modeled vegetation, and transitioning federal agricultural lands to burnable fuels in non-irrigated areas.
LF 2019 Limited - Includes only 2017, 2018, and 2019 disturbances submitted by December 31, 2019. Vegetation and Fuels pixels not mapped as disturbed by LF from 2017–2019 are identical to LF 2016 Remap. Fuels pixels mapped as disturbed by LF from 2012–2019 are transitioned to estimate conditions to a 2021 capable fuel product.
LF 2016 Remap - Uses the latest reference datasets to map disturbance and field reference plots for vegetation mapping; Landsat archives to improve identification of surface water, barren and sparse and reduce the impact of seamlines; and lidar information to create continuous structure products and create a circa 2016 base map for fuels mapping. Fuels products will leverage continuous vegetation structure into fuels production.
LF 2014 - Incorporates disturbance & succession through 2014.
LF 2012 - Incorporates disturbance & succession through 2012.
LF 2010 - Refined urban, agriculture, and wetlands and incorporated disturbance & succession through 2010. Created a suite of data layers for U.S. insular areas.
LF 2008 - Started with LF 1.0.5 and incorporated disturbances (fire, vegetation management, weather, etc.) & succession through 2008.
LF 2001 - Refined Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) based on local feedback. Remapped Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC) and Height (EVH) in forested areas. BPS layer refined in western rangelands using Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO)
* The algorithm required a time series of imagery to identify disturbance, imagery from 1984 - 2008 was used; some areas used imagery through 2009 or 2010, if available.
Data Products Version Table
Comparing LANDFIRE Vegetation Type, Cover, and Height Across Versions
Checksum explained
Checksums are used to verify (check) the integrity of files and identify data transmission errors, typically after copying or moving them. An MD5 checksum is a 32-character hexadecimal number that is computed on a file. If two files have the same MD5 checksum value, then there is a high probability that the two files are the same.
After the user downloads a file to their computer, they can generate an MD5 value on the same file and compare the values. There are a variety of MD5 checksum programs available on the Internet. If the checksum values differ, then there is something wrong with the downloaded file and it should be downloaded and checked again. If problems persist, contact the LANDFIRE Help Desk.
For example: an MD5 value can be generated in MS DOS using the command "CertUtil -hashfile <path><file> MD5", or in linux by using the "md5sum <path><file>" command.
Displaying Downloads for: LF 2020 [LF 2.2.0]
LF 2020 Fuel and Vegetation products are projected to 2022 in disturbed areas making them 2022 capable.
Biophysical Settings
BPS
Existing Vegetation Cover 2022
EVC
AK (1.82 GB; checksum)MD5: 209c4c229a8ba6b90746df668d549e5d
CONUS (8.0 GB; checksum)MD5: 5e477fa13e5bb35850b9036928ef07ed
HI (20.4 MB; checksum)MD5: 6ee239cf3d6769a0d11e742984ccb496
IA Existing Vegetation Height 2022
EVH
AK (1.14 GB; checksum)MD5: dc145a0c900ab4cea5e1614a8610822c
CONUS (5.22 GB; checksum)MD5: 8b68ef77757be849a8a1ef34593c72b3
HI (12.7 MB; checksum)MD5: 6db1e29eab9c1038b4290fe01bb62c5c
IA Existing Vegetation Type
EVT
AK (730 MB; checksum)MD5: 45d4a834fdfd284654432352f897d447
CONUS (3.66 GB; checksum)MD5: ed2b523815ce91c17fefc039963648e2
HI (6.76 MB; checksum)MD5: cfa7f339046fb74d3169cb0654f4b40f
IA