mtbs_fod_pts_20150401

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity Project

Publication_Date: 20150401

Title: mtbs_fod_pts_20150401

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

The Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project assesses the frequency, extent, and magnitude (size and severity) of all large wildland fires (includes wildfire, wildland fire use, and prescribed fire) in the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico for the period of 1984 through 2014. All fires reported as greater than 1,000 acres in the western U.S. and greater than 500 acres in the eastern U.S. are mapped across all ownerships. MTBS produces a series of geospatial and tabular data for analysis at a range of spatial, temporal, and thematic scales and are intended to meet a variety of information needs that require consistent data about fire effects through space and time. This map layer is a vector point shapefile of the location of all currently inventoried and mappable MTBS fires occurring between calendar year 1984 and 2014 for the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Purpose:

The data generated by MTBS will be used to identify national trends in burn severity, providing information necessary to monitor the effectiveness of the National Fire Plan and Healthy Forests Restoration Act. MTBS is sponsored by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC), a multi-agency oversight group responsible for implementing and coordinating the National Fire Plan and Federal Wildland Fire Management Policies. The MTBS project objective is to provide consistent, 30 meter resolution burn severity data and burned area delineations that will serve four primary user groups: 1. National policies and policy makers such as the National Fire Plan and WFLC which require information about long-term trends in burn severity and recent burn severity impacts within vegetation types, fuel models, condition classes, and land management activities. 2. Field management units that benefit from mid to broad scale GIS-ready maps and data for pre- and post-fire assessment and monitoring. Field units that require finer scale burn severity data will also benefit from increased efficiency, reduced costs, and data consistency by starting with MTBS data. 3. Existing databases from other comparably scaled programs, such as Fire Regime and Condition Class (FRCC) within LANDFIRE, that will benefit from MTBS data for validation and updating of geospatial data sets. 4. Academic and agency research entities interested in fire severity data over significant geographic and temporal extents.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19840101

Ending_Date: 20141231

Currentness_Reference: Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Biannually

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -165.881000

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.350000

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 70.139000

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.957000

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Wildfire

Theme_Keyword: Prescribed Fire

Theme_Keyword: Fire Occurrence

Theme_Keyword: Landsat

Theme_Keyword: Wildland Fire

Theme_Keyword: Fire Location

Theme_Keyword: MTBS

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: location

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico

Place_Keyword: Hawaii

Place_Keyword: Continental United States

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: Alaska

Access_Constraints:

All MTBS datasets are available for download from the MTBS project website

Use_Constraints:

There are no restrictions on use, except for reasonable and proper acknowledgement of information sources.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity Project

Contact_Instructions: <http://mtbs.gov/contactus.html>

Data_Set_Credit:

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity Project (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service)

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: None

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description: None

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.5.4400

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

No tests for logical consistency have been performed on this map layer.

Completeness_Report:

Data completeness reflects the availablity of fire occurrence information and/or availability of suitable Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery, and the current progression of processing by the MTBS project.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date: 20150401

Title: MTBS Fire Occurrence Locations (1984-2014)

Type_of_Source_Media: None

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: MTBS Fire Occurrence Locations (1984-2014)

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 19227

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952117e-009

Longitude_Resolution: 8.9831528411952117e-009

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: mtbs_fod_pts_20150401

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MOD_T

Attribute_Definition:

Low/Moderate burn severity threshold (in dNBR index values; NBR index units for single scene assessments)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

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: FIRE_ID

Attribute_Definition: MTBS fire ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PRE_ID

Attribute_Definition: Landsat scene ID of pre-fire scene.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REVCODE

Attribute_Definition: Revision code explaining purpose for dataset revision

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: P_ACRES

Attribute_Definition: Total acres of fire based on a vectorized perimeter

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WRS_PATH

Attribute_Definition: WRS path intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: R_ACRES

Attribute_Definition:

Total acres of fire based on rasterized perimeter (30 meter resolution)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT

Attribute_Definition: Latitude of calculated centroid of the fire perimeter

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute_Definition: State intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ND_T

Attribute_Definition: No data threshold (in dNBR index values)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ASMNT_TYPE

Attribute_Definition: Fire mapping assessment strategy (Extended or Initial)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: INIT_ID

Attribute_Definition:

- Landsat scene ID of post-fire scene. Used for initial assessment and/or perimeter delineation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HUC4_NAME

Attribute_Definition:

Name of 4th level hydrologic unit intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: WRS_ROW

Attribute_Definition: WRS row intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONG

Attribute_Definition: Longitude of calculated centroid of the fire perimeter

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IG_T

Attribute_Definition: Increased greenness threshold (in dNBR index values)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EXT_ID

Attribute_Definition:

Landsat scene ID of post-fire scene. Used for extended assessment

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HIGH_T

Attribute_Definition:

Moderate/High burn severity threshold (in dNBR index values; NBR index units for single scene assessments)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIRE_MON

Attribute_Definition: Month of fire ignition (from source fire occurrence databases)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ADMIN

Attribute_Definition: Administrative unit intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RELDATE

Attribute_Definition:

Date of original or revised dataset release for access on MTBS data distribution website

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VERSION

Attribute_Definition: Version of dataset (original or revised)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIRE_DAY

Attribute_Definition: Date of fire ignition (from source fire occurrence databases)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOW_T

Attribute_Definition:

Unburned/Low threshold (in dNBR index values; NBR index units for single scene assessments)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIRENAME

Attribute_Definition:

Name of fire (UNNAMED if not identifiable from source fire occurrence databases)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIRE_TYPE

Attribute_Definition:

Documented type of fire (WF: Wildfire, Rx: Prescribed Fire; UNK:Unknown)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MTBS_ZONE

Attribute_Definition: MTBS mapping zone intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HUC4_CODE

Attribute_Definition:

Code of 4th level hydrologic unit intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GACC

Attribute_Definition:

Incident Management Geographic Area intersected by fire perimeter centroid

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIRE_YEAR

Attribute_Definition: Year of fire ignition (from source fire occurrence databases)

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20150323

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity

Contact_Instructions: <http://mtbs.gov/contactus.html>

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time