Vegetation Product Alerts |
posted 2022-05-11 | Data access with non-ESRI scripting will be removed July 1, 2022. | Reason for alert: Data access with non-ESRI scripting will be removed July 1, 2022.
Updated product(s) or information: Data access using non-ESRI scripting.
Problem or issue description: With the release of the new viewer (https://landfire.gov/viewer), ArcGrid, LFDAT, and Non-ESRI scripting (data access ESRI tools and formats) were archived March 31, 2022. It's important for users to know that non-ESRI scripting will be removed July 1, 2022. | |
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posted 2020-11-03 | [Vegetation] Updates to the LANDFIRE (LF) Remap Vegetation mosaic download |
Reason for alert: LF Remap Exiting Vegetation Cover (EVC) mosaic download was updated.
Updated product(s) or information: LF 2016 Remap (LF 2.0.0) EVC mosaic download was updated on 11/4/2020 with corrected inputs. This issue is limited to the LF Remap EVC mosaic download.
Problem or issue description: LF 2016 Remap EVC mosaic download was updated to correct a processing error in the initial release. Pixels with the value of 255 (Shrub Cover = 55%) were set to NoData (-9999) in error. Users are advised to download the updated versions of the EVC and delete local copies of these products that were downloaded prior to 11/4/2020. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. | |
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posted 2019-10-03 | [Vegetation]Updates to LANDFIRE (LF) Remap Vegetation product for Southwest and South Central GeoAreas... |
Updates to LANDFIRE (LF) Remap Vegetation product for Southwest and South Central GeoAreas
Reason for alert: LF Remap Exiting Vegetation Cover (EVC) was updated for the Southwest (SW) and South Central (SC) GeoAreas.
Updated product(s) or information: LF Remap (LF 2.0.0) EVC for the SW and SC GeoAreas was updated on 10/3/2019 with corrected inputs. This issue is limited to the LF Remap EVC for the SW and SC GeoAreas.
Problem or issue description: LF Remap EVC for the SW and SC GeoAreas was updated to correct a processing error in the initial release. Pixels with the value of 255 (Shrub Cover = 55%) were set to zero in error. Users are advised to download the updated versions of the EVC and delete local copies of these products that were downloaded prior to 10/3/2019. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. | |
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posted 2017-06-09 | [Fire Regime|Vegetation] LANDFIRE BPS and SCLASS for Alaska were updated... |
LANDFIRE 2001, 2008, 2010, 2012 (LF 1.0.5, LF 1.10, LF 1.2.0, LF 1.3.0) BPS and SCLASS for the Alaska GeoArea were updated 06/09/2017 due to a processing error. The error resulted in overmapping nodata (value -9999) along mapping zone boundaries.
Users are advised to delete local copies of this layer downloaded prior to 06/09/2017 and download the updated version.
Biophysical Settings
Succession Classes
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posted 2015-04-09 | [Vegetation|Fuel|Disturbance]
LANDFIRE 2012 (LF_1.3.0) layers for the Northwest (NW) GeoArea were
updated |
LANDFIRE 2012 (LF_1.3.0) layers for the Northwest (NW) GeoArea were updated 4/9/2015 with corrected input layers. Updated layers include:
Existing Vegetation Type (EVT)
Existing Vegetation Height (EVH)
Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC)
Canopy Bulk Density (CBD)
Canopy Base Height (CBH)
Canopy Cover (CC)
Canopy Height (CH)
Fire Behavior Fuel Models 13/40 (FBFM13/40)
Disturbance 2012 (D2012)
Fuel Disturbance 2012 (FDIST2012)
Vegetation Disturbance 2012 (VDIST2012)
Vegetation Transition Magnitude (VTM2012)
Users are advised to download the updated versions and delete local copies of these layers that were downloaded prior to
April 8, 2015. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
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posted 2012-05-01 | LANDFIRE 2008 (LF 1.1.0)
existing vegetation layers for zones 10, 19, 41, 37, 46, 48, 54, 98, and 99 are updated
5/1/12... |
LANDFIRE 2008 (LF_1.1.0) existing vegetation layers for
zones 10, 19, 41, 37, 46, 48, 54, 98, and 99 are updated 5/1/12. The existing vegetation
layers were updated due to corrected input layers. Updated layers are Existing Vegetation Type (EVT), Existing Vegetation
Height (EVH), and Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC).
Users are advised to delete local copies of these layers downloaded prior to May 1,
2012 and download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. | |
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posted 2012-02-01 | Biophysical Settings (BPS)
versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (LF 2001/2008) for the Southeast (SE) GeoArea are updated as of
1/30/12... |
Biophysical Settings (BPS) versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (LF 2001/2008) for the Southeast (SE) GeoArea are
updated as of 1/30/12. LF 1.0.5/1.1.0 was delivered incrementally over the course of a year beginning in April 2010 with
the SE GeoArea (zones 37, 46, 48, 54, 55, 56, 98, and 99). Remaining GeoAreas were completed over the course of the next
eighteen months and methods for completing these data were refined, including improved agricultural, urban, and
riparian/wetland mapping. LANDFIRE has now implemented these refinements in the SE GeoArea.
Users are advised to delete local copies of the BPS layer for the SE GeoArea LF 1.0.5/1.1.0 downloaded prior to
1/30/12 and download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. | |
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posted 2011-12-21 | Vegetation layers for the
Southeast (SE) GeoArea versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (LF 2001/2008) are updated as of 12-20-
11... |
Vegetation layers for the Southeast
(SE) GeoArea versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (LF 2001/2008) are updated as of 12-20-11. LF 1.0.5/1.1.0 was delivered
incrementally over the course of a year beginning in April 2010 with the SE GeoArea (zones 37, 46, 48, 54, 55, 56, 98, and
99). Remaining GeoAreas were completed over the course of the next eighteen months. Methods for completing these data were
refined, including improved agricultural, urban, and riparian/wetland mapping. LANDFIRE implemented these refinements in the
SE GeoArea.
The updated LF 1.0.5/1.1.0 vegetation layers for the SE GeoArea include:
Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC)
Existing Vegetation Height (EVH)
Existing Vegetation Type (EVT)
Users are advised to delete local copies of these SE GeoArea LF 1.0.5/1.1.0 layers downloaded prior to 12-20-11 and
download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. | |
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posted 2011-05-12 | A problem with LF 1.1.0 (LF
2008) zones 1 - 25, 28 - 31, 39 -41 was recently identified... |
A problem with LF_1.1.0 (LF 2008) zones 1 - 25, 28 - 31, 39 -41 was recently identified. Areas in mechanical
disturbances were misclassified. Affected layers include: Existing Vegetation Cover, Existing Vegetation Height, and
Existing Vegetation Type. While the affected acreage varies depending on the amount of mechanical disturbance found in
any given zone, users are advised to delete any local copies of these layers downloaded prior to May 12, 2011 and
download the current versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. Expanded explanation concerning
this Vegetation Transition Error. | |
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posted 2009-03-31 | Zones 70, 71, and 75: Revisions
were recently made to the Existing Vegetation Cover, Existing Vegetation Height, and Existing Vegetation Type
layers... |
Revisions were recently made to the Existing Vegetation Cover,
Existing Vegetation Height, and Existing Vegetation Type layers for mapping zones 70, 71, and 75. Users are
advised to delete any local copies of these three layers downloaded prior to 03/31/09 and
download the current versions. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. | |
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posted 2008-10-22 | Zones 15, 18, & 28: The
Environmental Site Potential (esp) layer was updated... |
The Environmental Site Potential layer for mapping zones 15, 18, and
28 was updated October 20, 2008. Users are encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. | |
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posted 2008-10-22 | Zone 44: A problem was
identified with the Biophysical Settings layer... |
A minor problem was recently identified with the Biophysical Settings layer
for Mapping Zone 44. Users are advised to delete any local copies of this layer downloaded prior to
October 20, 2008 and download the current version. We regret any inconvenience this may have
caused. | |
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posted 2008-05-20 | Zones 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33,
34, 37, 44, 45, 55, 56, 58, and 98: A problem was identified with the relative age setting in the VDDT
models... |
Relative age was not set correctly in the VDDT models in the following eastern zones when they were first
made available for download from www.landfire.gov: 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 34, 37, 44, 45, 55, 56, 58, and 98.
Relative age, according to LANDFIRE modeling rules, should be set to the inverse of the end age of the class (for example, if
the class end age is 10 and relative age is used, it should be set to -10). In the aforementioned zones, relative age was set
to the class end age rather than the inverse of the class end age. In some cases, an incorrect relative age setting could
change the model results. The LANDFIRE team has corrected the relative age issue and redelivered corrected files. For zone 25
a new version of the model description document was released to correct inaccurate descriptive information related to this
issue. For all other zones, only the VDDT database was changed. The error in the relative age setting did not affect any of
the mapped products. Customers are advised to delete any local version 1 databases (that is, those that have "v1" in the
file name) they may have downloaded and replace them with the version 2 databases (those that have "v2" in the file
name) currently available from the LANDFIRE website. | |
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posted 2007-09-18 | Zone 37: A problem was
identified with the following layers... |
A minor problem was recently identified with
the Aspect, Elevation, Slope, Existing Vegetation Cover, Existing Vegetation Height, and Existing Vegetation Type
layers for mapping zone 37. While affected acreage is very small, users are advised to delete any local
copies of these six layers downloaded prior to September 6, 2007 and download the updated versions as of September 18,
2007. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. | |
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