Metadata Record Dublin Core Standard Title: Fire Perimeters Catalog Name: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection OID: 655 CITATION INFORMATION Identifier: fire_per Title: Fire Perimeters Originator: CA Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection & USDA Forest Service Publication Date: 2001 Information Resource Type Format: Computer file Content: Geographic information system Scale: 1:24,000 Other Citation Details: Map projection is Albers Equal Area, NAD27. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION Abstract: The Fire Perimeters data consists of CDF fires 300 acres and greater in size and USFS fires 10 acres and greater throughout California from 1950 to 2000. Some fires before 1950, and some CDF fires smaller than 300 acres are also included. Perimeters are collected from Bureau of Indian Affiars, CDF, National Park Service, Forest Service, and contract counties including Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. Provided statewide or by county. The county files include fires that overlap the boundary. Browse Graphic URL: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/browsegraphic/fire_per.gif Purpose: To ensure high quality fire perimeters data are avialable to the public and to cooperating agencies. This layer should not be used for statistical analysis. When compared to the Wildfire Activity Statistics Report it is only 90% complete. The Wildfire Activity Statistics Report is created annually by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Supplemental Info: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/fire_data/history/ fire_historyfr.html Time Period Start: 1/1/1950 Time Period End: 12/31/2000 Currentness: Ground Condition Progress: In Work Update Frequency: Annually Place: California Themes: Fire ecology, Forests and forestry, Fire, Wildfires User Keywords: fire history, fire protection, firehistory, state responsibility areas Access Limitations: No Restrictions Use Limitations: FRAP disclaimer Read disclaimer within data dictionary supplied when data are downloaded from FRAP site Contact Information Data Contact: Mark Rosenberg Organization: CDF-FRAP Phone: 916-227-2658 Fax: 916-227-2672 Email: Mark _Rosenberg@fire.ca.gov Url: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov Address: FRAP 1920 20th St. City: Sacramento State: Ca Postal Code: 95814 DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION Online Linkage: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp Size (MB): 109MB (Statewide) Distribution Format: ARC/INFO Export Ordering Instructions: Obtain on-line or request through distribution contact. Contact Information Distribution Contact: FRAP data librarian Organization: CDF-FRAP Phone: 916-227-1381 Fax: 916-227-2672 Url: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov Address: 1920 20th Street 1920 20th Street City: Sacramento State: California Postal Code: 95814 Country: USA METADATA INFORMATION Date: 4/16/2001 Contact Information Metadata Contact: Mark Rosenberg Organization: CDF-FRAP Phone: 916-227-2658 Fax: 916-227-2672 Email: Mark _Rosenberg@fire.ca.gov Url: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov Address: FRAP 1920 20th St. City: Sacramento State: Ca Postal Code: 95814 DATA DICTIONARY FEATURE TYPE: regions with subclass FIRE NOTES: Fire Perimeter data are constantly under development. The data format is regions to handle overlapping polygons. Data provided are merged from sources of varying quality. There has been a significant amount of work to resolve duplicate fires (from different sources). DATABASE FIELDS: INPUT OUTPUT DATA DECI DESCRIPTION FIELD NAME WIDTH WIDTH TYPE MALS ---------- ----- ------ ---- ---- ------------------------- AREA 8 18 F 5 PERIMETER 8 18 F 5 FIRES# 4 5 B FIRES-ID 4 5 B NAME 40 40 C Fire Name ACRES_CALC 4 5 B Calculated acreage CAUSE 2 2 I Code for fire cause AGENCY 4 4 C Agency who tracked the fire YEAR 4 5 I Year of Ignition MONTH 2 3 I Month of Ignition DAY 2 3 I Day of Ignition FIELD NAME: CAUSE CAUSE DESCRIPTION ----- ----------- 0 Unknown 1 Unidentified 2 Lightning 3 Campfire 4 Smoking 5 Debris or Garbage 6 Arson 7 Use of Equipment 8 Playing with Fire 9 Miscellaneous 10 Vehicle 11 Railroad 12 Powerline 13 Human (USFS) 14 Prescribed 15 VMP (Vegetation Management Program) 16 Range Improvement Burns 17 Escaped Prescribed Burn 18 Management Ignited Prescribed Fire 19 Training "Miscellaneous" 20 Firefighter Training FIELD NAME: AGENCY AGENCY DESCRIPTION ------ ----------------------------------------------------- CDF California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection USFS United States Forest Service NPS National Park Service KRN Kern County LAC Los Angeles County MRN Marin County ORC Orange County SBC Santa Barbara County VNC Ventura County BLM Bureau of Land Management MIL Military Note: The AGENCY attribute in the fires subclass is currently populated with the agency who supplied that particular incident. In the case of a duplicate the most complete perimeter was used. However, it was not always possible to determine who had primary responsibility for every fire. COORDINATE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Projection ALBERS Units METERS Spheroid CLARKE1866 Parameters: 1st standard parallel 34 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 40 30 0.000 central meridian -120 0 0.00 latitude of projection's origin 0 0 0.000 false easting (meters) 0.00000 false northing (meters) -4000000.0000 DISCLAIMER The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. The user will not seek to hold the State or the Department liable under any circumstances for any damages with respect to any claim by the user or any third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps. The user will cite the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as the original source of the data, but will clearly denote cases where the original data have been updated, modified, or in any way altered from the original condition. There are no restrictions on distribution of the data by users. However, users are encouraged to refer others to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to acquire the data, in case updated data become available.