A public version of the LANDFIRE (LF) 2016 Remap Reference Database (LFRDB) is available. The LFRDB contains a subset of the data and attributes used for LF National and LF Remap production. The Public LFRDB includes vegetation and fuel data that were largely amassed from existing information resources such as:

  • USFS Vegetation and Fuel Plot Data
  • USGS National Gap Analysis Program (GAP)
  • NPS Inventory and Monitoring (I&M)
  • State Inventory Data

Updated plot information was compiled for LF Remap and used to inform existing vegetation mapping. This new data was added to the public LFRDB for LF Remap.

Note: The latest LFRDB is LF 2016 Remap.

Data archived in the LF Remap Public LFRDB include:

VegetationFuel
natural community occurrences
estimates of canopy cover and height per plant taxon
measurements of individual trees
occurrence of exotics plants
 		biomass estimates of downed woody material
depth or biomass estimates of litter and duff layers
percentage cover and height of shrub and herb layers
 

Major Public LFRDB attributes derived from the sampling data include:

  • Ecological System and NVCS Group labels
  • Lifeform cover and height estimates
  • Predictor data extracted from ancillary data layers and used for mapping

Certain proprietary and/or sensitive data were removed in the public database. Consult the table lutdtVisitsSourceID in the database regarding data sources.

The Public LFRDB can be used as input to spatial and non-spatial vegetation models and is applicable for ground truthing and accuracy assessments for a variety of modeling and mapping efforts.


 

Public LANDFIRE Reference Database Resources