LANDFIRE 2022 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Model (FBFM13) CONUS

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools (LANDFIRE)
Originator: Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Originator: Timothy Hatten, USGS PM
Publication_Date: 20230501
Title: LANDFIRE 2022 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Model (FBFM13) CONUS
Edition: LF 2022
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Publisher:
Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://www.landfire.gov
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P974JF8W
Description:
Abstract:
LANDFIRE's (LF) 2022 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models (FBFM13) product represents distinct distributions of fuel loadings found among surface fuel components (live and dead), size classes, and fuel types (Anderson 1982). The fuel models are described by the most common fire carrying fuel type (grass, brush, timber, or slash), loading and surface area-to-volume ratio by size class and component, fuel bed depth, and moisture of extinction. LF FBFM13 can be used for fire spread related characteristic models. To create this product, expert rulesets were developed to understand how different types of disturbance would change pre-disturbance fuel models to post disturbance fuels, based on the severity and time since disturbance. These rulesets are represented in the LF Total Fuel Change Tool and Database. In the LF 2022 update, non-disturbed fuels are the same as LF 2016 Remap for natural vegetation.
To designate disturbed areas where FBFM13 is modified, the aggregated Annual Disturbance products from 2013 to 2022 in the Fuel Disturbance (FDist) product are used. All existing disturbances between 2013-2022 are represented in the LF 2022 update, and the products are intended to be used in 2023 (the year of release). The "capable" year terminology used in LF 2020 and LF 2016 Remap is no longer specified, due to reduction in latency from when a disturbance occurs to the release date of fuel products accounting for that disturbance. However, users should still consider adjusting fuel layers for disturbances that occurred after the end of the 2022 fiscal year (after October 1st, 2022) when using the LF 2022 fuel products. Because those changes would not be accounted for. Learn more about LF 2022 at https://landfire.gov/lf_230.php
Purpose:
The LANDFIRE 2022 Update (LF 2022) is designed to produce vegetation, disturbance, and fuels products that inform wildland fire and ecological decision systems. LF 2022 is another update to the LF 2016 Remap base map and LF 2020, it includes adjustments to vegetation and fuels in disturbed areas for disturbances recorded in 2021 and 2022. Disturbances in 2022 represent the first full fiscal year of disturbance. Transition rulesets for vegetation account for disturbances from 2017 to 2022 while fuel updates utilize 2012 to 2022 disturbances. In LF 2022 Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) Ecological Systems classifications are the same as LF 2020, except in areas where agriculture or urban areas have changed. LF 2022 contains the first application of the "zero to one" Time Since Disturbance (TSD) rules for EVC and EVH transition rules. Both LF Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC) and Height (EVH), as well as all fuels products, are 2023 capable in disturbed areas.
LF 2022 products are designed to facilitate national and regional level strategic fire and resource management planning and reporting of management activities. The principal purposes of the products include providing, 1) national level, landscape scale geospatial products to support fire and fuels management planning, and 2) consistent fuels products to support fire planning, analysis, and budgeting to evaluate fire management alternatives.
Products are created at a 30 meter raster; however, the applicability of products varies by location and specific use. LF products were designed to support 1) national (all states) strategic planning, 2) regional (single large states or groups of smaller states), and 3) strategic/tactical planning for large sub regional landscapes and Fire Management Units (FMUs) (such as significant portions of states or multiple federal administrative entities). The applicability of LF products to support fire and land management planning on smaller areas will vary by product, location, and specific use. Managers and planners must evaluate LF products according to the scale and requirements specific to their needs.
Supplemental_Information:
Beginning in the LF 2020 update and continued into the LF 2022 update, all CONUS products are created with a 90km buffer into both Canada and Mexico. The data in this buffer was last updated in LF 2020. LF 2022 AK products also feature a 90km buffer into Canada, but this buffer was last updated with new data in LF 2016 Remap. The following LF 2022 products have 2023 capability functionality: EVH, EVC, CBD, CBH, CC, CH, F13, F40, FVC, FVH, FVT, CFFDRS and FDist.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2022
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.9878
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.2544
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 51.6497
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.7654
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: fires
Theme_Keyword: hazard preparedness
Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: image collections
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets
Theme_Keyword: geographic information systems
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Model
Theme_Keyword: FBFM
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Theme_Keyword: LANDFIRE 2022
Theme_Keyword: Fire Behavior Fuel Model 13
Theme_Keyword: FBFM13
Theme_Keyword: LF 2022
Place:
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Place_Keyword: US
Place_Keyword: CONUS
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Continental U.S.
Place_Keyword: Conterminous United States
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical
Address: 47914 252nd Street
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: SD
Postal_Code: 57198
Country: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6151
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helpdesk@landfire.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
These products were created by the LF team at USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD. Refer to the contact information throughout this metadata to contact the LF team.
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: None in place
Security_Classification: Unclassified
Security_Handling_Description:
If there is ever doubt, contact the LF Help Desk at helpdesk@landfire.gov
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 10; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.7.1
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Publication_Date: 1982
Title: Aids to determining fuel models for estimating fire behavior
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: publication
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: USFS
Publisher: USDA
Other_Citation_Details: Anderson 1982
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-122
Online_Linkage: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/6447
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Products were tested to ensure that each attribute is represented consistently across all data sets. Attributes were not validated against in person observations.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
The products were pixel "truth" tested for consistency of land or water characteristics across all products.
Completeness_Report:
Products were formally tested to ensure that valid data was produced for all pixels. Each product was then validated and tested for duplicates, omissions, and errors.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Beginning with the new base map of LF 2016 Remap (LF Remap), products were created using recent advances in image compositing, tiling algorithms, and faster computing hardware to ensure that LF products remained relevant. LF Remap leveraged the Landsat archive, lidar data, and user contributed field plot data compiled into the LF Reference Database (LFRDB), to create new vegetation products.
Reference resources included, but were not limited to, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program plot data (USFS https://fia.fs.fed.us/), Landsat Dynamic Surface Water Extent [(DSWE) USGS https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions], the National Land Cover Database [(NLCD) USGS https://www.mrlc.gov/data], and National Agricultural Statistics Service [(NASS) USDA - https://www.nass.usda.gov/].
For LF 2022 reference resources included, but were not limited to, Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity [(MTBS) USGS https://mtbs.gov/], Burned Area Reflectance Classification [(BARC) USFS and USGS] and Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire [(RAVG) https://burnseverity.cr.usgs.gov/ravg/], National Agricultural Statistics Service [(NASS) USDA - https://www.nass.usda.gov/] for 2022, PAD 3.0 for federal and protected lands identification [https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Q9LQ4B], and a rasterized version of the Microsoft building footprint for 2022 to update developed areas [https://github.com/Microsoft/USBuildingFootprints]. Disturbances in LF 2022 were also identified with LF's remote sensing of landscape change (RSLC), which identifies spectral change in vegetation using automated algorithms and image analyst review of the entire country with Landsat imagery. Burned Area (BA) data from Landsat was also used and national events (polygons) were used to identify areas and types of disturbance.
To read more about LF reference resources go to https://www.landfire.gov/reference.php. Information about LF 2022 product testing is available by request or via the website at https://www.landfire.gov.
Process_Date: 20230501
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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Row_Count: 20729
Column_Count: 24853
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Standard_Parallel: 45.5
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.0
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Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 1980
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
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Entity_Type_Label: F13
Entity_Type_Definition: LF 2022 FBFM13 attributes spreadsheet.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Value
Attribute_Definition:
13 typical surface fuel arrangements or collections of fuel properties. 1-13 FBFM.
Attribute_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No Data
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 99
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Attribute_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Surface fires that burn fine herbaceous fuels, cured and curing fuels, little shrub or timber present, primarily grasslands and savanna.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: FBFM2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Burns fine, herbaceous fuels, stand is curing or dead, may produce fire brands on oak or pine stands.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: FBFM3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Most intense fire of grass group, spreads quickly with wind, one third of stand dead or cured, stands average 3ft tall.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Fast spreading fire, continuous overstory, flammable foliage and dead woody material, deep litter layer can inhibit suppression.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Low intensity fires, young, green shrubs with little dead material, fuels consist of litter from understory.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: FBFM6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Broad range of shrubs, fire requires moderate winds to maintain flame at shrub height, or will drop to the ground with low winds.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: FBFM7
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Foliage highly flammable, allowing fire to reach shrub strata levels, shrubs generally 2 to 6ft high.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: FBFM8
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Slow, ground burning fires, closed canopy stands with short needle conifers or hardwoods, litter consists mainly of needles and leaves, with little undergrowth, occasional flares with concentrated fuels.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Longer flames, quicker surface fires, closed canopy stand of long-needles or hardwoods, rolling leaves in fall can cause spotting, dead-down material can cause occasional crowning.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Surface and ground fire more intense, dead-down fuels more abundant, frequent crowning and spotting causing fire control to be more difficult.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: FBFM11
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Fairly active fire, fuels consist of slash and herbaceous materials, slash originates from light partial cuts or thinning projects, fire is limited by spacing of fuel load and shade from overstory.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Rapid spreading and high intensity fires, dominated by slash resulting from heavy thinning projects and clearcuts, slash is mostly 3 inches or less.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Fire spreads quickly through smaller material and intensity builds slowly as large material ignites, continuous layer of slash larger than 3 inches in diameter predominates, resulting from clearcuts and heavy partial cuts, active flames sustained for long periods of time, fire is susceptible to spotting and weather conditions.
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Urban
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Snow/Ice
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Snow/Ice.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Agriculture
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF 2022
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
LANDFIRE (LF) 2022 Fire Behavior Fuel Model 13 (FBFM13) CONUS. An Attribute Table is included with each product download as a .csv and embedded in the metadata. The Attribute Data Dictionary (ADD) can be found at https://www.landfire.gov/.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: https://www.landfire.gov/fbfm13.php
Distribution_Information:
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Contact_Information:
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: GS ScienceBase
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov
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Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
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LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical
Address: 47914 252nd Street
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: SD
Postal_Code: 57198
Country: U.S.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6151
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helpdesk@landfire.gov
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