- Dataset Availability
- 2010-01-01T00:00:00 - 2010-12-31T00:00:00
- Dataset Provider
- U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) U.S. Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Department of the Interior's Geological Survey (USGS), and The Nature Conservancy.
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Description
LANDFIRE (LF), Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools, is a shared program between the wildland fire management programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, U.S. Department of the Interior's Geological Survey, and The Nature Conservancy.
Landfire (LF) Historical fire regimes, intervals, and vegetation conditions are mapped using the Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT). These data support fire and landscape management planning goals in the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act.
The Mean Fire Return Interval (MFRI) layer quantifies the average period between fires under the presumed historical fire regime. MFRI is intended to describe one component of historical fire regime characteristics in the context of the broader historical time period represented by the LANDFIRE (LF) Biophysical Settings (BPS) layer and BPS Model documentation. MFRI is derived from the vegetation and disturbance dynamics model VDDT (Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool) (LF 1.0.0 CONUS only used the vegetation and disturbance dynamics model LANDSUM). This layer is created by linking the BpS Group attribute in the BpS layer with the Refresh Model Tracker (RMT) data and assigning the MFRI attribute. This geospatial product should display a reasonable approximation of MFRI, as documented in the RMT. MFRI is used in landscape assessments.
The LANDIFRE Fire datasets include:
Bands
Resolution
30 meters
Bands
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
MFRI |
Mean Fire Return Interval |
MFRI Class Table
| Value | Color | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0b0080 | 0-5 Years |
| 2 | 3800a1 | 6-10 Years |
| 3 | 470087 | 11-15 Years |
| 4 | 9300b0 | 16-20 Years |
| 5 | bf00ac | 21-25 Years |
| 6 | cf008a | 26-30 Years |
| 7 | de0059 | 31-35 Years |
| 8 | f00028 | 36-40 Years |
| 9 | e60000 | 41-45 Years |
| 10 | ff4d00 | 46-50 Years |
| 11 | ff8400 | 51-60 Years |
| 12 | ffbf00 | 61-70 Years |
| 13 | fffb00 | 71-80 Years |
| 14 | fff642 | 81-90 Years |
| 15 | fff782 | 91-100 Years |
| 16 | fffac4 | 101-125 Years |
| 17 | d4de8a | 126-150 Years |
| 18 | 9dbf58 | 151-200 Years |
| 19 | 64a132 | 201-300 Years |
| 20 | 4b8c23 | 301-500 Years |
| 21 | 146600 | 501-1000 Years |
| 22 | 004700 | >1000 Years |
| 111 | 0000ff | Water |
| 112 | c8ffff | Snow / Ice |
| 131 | 4e4e4e | Barren |
| 132 | b2b2b2 | Sparsely Vegetated |
| 133 | e1e1e1 | Indeterminate Fire Regime Characteristics |
Collection Properties
Collection Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MFRI_classes | DOUBLE | Class values of the mean fire return interval. |
| MFRI_names | STRING | Descriptive names of the mean fire return interval. |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
LANDFIRE data are public domain data with no use restrictions, though if modifications or derivatives of the product(s) are created, then please add some descriptive modifier to the data set to avoid confusion.
Citations
The suggested way to cite LANDFIRE products is specific to each product, so the model for citation is provided, with an example for a particular product. Producer. Year released. Product xxxxx:
- Individual model name.
- BpS Models and Descriptions, Online. LANDFIRE. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
- U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; Arlington, VA
- The Nature Conservancy (Producers). Available- URL. Access date.
Example Citation: LANDFIRE Biophysical Settings. 2018. Biophysical setting 14420: South Texas sand sheet grassland. In: LANDFIRE Biophysical Setting Model: Map zone 36, [Online]. In: BpS Models and Descriptions. In: LANDFIRE. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey; Arlington, VA: The Nature Conservancy (Producers). Available: https://www.landfire.gov/national_veg_models_op2.php [2018, June 27]. Additional guidance on citation of LANDFIRE products can be found here
Explore in Earth Engine
var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('LANDFIRE/Fire/MFRI/v1_2_0');
var visualization = {
bands: ['MFRI'],
};
Map.setCenter(-121.671, 40.699, 5);
Map.addLayer(dataset, visualization, 'MFRI');