Combined wildland fire datasets for the United States and certain territories, 1800s-Present (summary rasters)

First, we would like to thank the wildland fire advisory group. Their wisdom and guidance helped us build the dataset as it currently exists. Currently, there are multiple, freely available wildland fire datasets that identify wildfire and prescribed fire areas across the United States. However, these datasets are all limited in some way. Time periods, spatial extents, attributes, and maintenance for these datasets are highly variable, and none of the existing datasets provide a comprehensive picture of wildfires that have burned since the 1800s. Utilizing a series of both manual processes and ArcGIS Python (arcpy) scripts, we merged 40 of these disparate datasets into a single dataset that encompasses the known...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Fire, North America, Prescribed Burn, Prescribed Fire, Raster, All tags... United States, United States, Wildfire, Wildland Fire, burned area, environment, fire, fires, first year burned, geospatial datasets, most recent year burned, number of times burned, prescribed fire, raster, wildfire, Fewer tags

Combined wildland fire datasets for the United States and certain territories, 1800s-Present (combined wildland fire polygons)

First, we would like to thank the wildland fire advisory group. Their wisdom and guidance helped us build the dataset as it currently exists. Currently, there are multiple, freely available fire datasets that identify wildfire and prescribed fire burned areas across the United States. However, these datasets are all limited in some way. Their time periods could cover only a couple of decades or they may have stopped collecting data many years ago. Their spatial footprints may be limited to a specific geographic area or agency. Their attribute data may be limited to nothing more than a polygon and a year. None of the existing datasets provides a comprehensive picture of fires that have burned throughout the last...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Fire, North America, Prescribed Burn, Prescribed Fire, United States, All tags... United States, Wildfire, Wildland Fire, biota, burned area, environment, fire, fires, geospatial datasets, polygon, prescribed fire, wildfire, Fewer tags