Title:

The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data (4th Edition)

Author(s):

Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Carlson, Amanda R.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián

Publication Year:

2023

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Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Carlson, Amanda R.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián. 2023. The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. 4th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-4

Abstract:

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. This makes the WUI a focal area for human-environment conflicts such as wildland fires, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and biodiversity decline. Using geographic information systems (GIS), we integrated U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data, to map the Federal Register definition of WUI (Federal Register 66:751, 2001) for the conterminous United States from 1990-2020. These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels. Data are available as a geodatabase and include information such as housing densities for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, 2011, and 2019; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.

Keywords:

environment; Environment and People; Fire; Wildland/urban interface; fragmentation; wildland-urban interface; WUI; housing growth; wildland fire; sprawl; conterminous United States

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• Martinuzzi, Sebastián; Stewart, Susan I.; Helmers, David P.; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Hammer, Roger B.; Radeloff, Volker C. 2015. The 2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012
• Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Kramer, H. Anu; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Alexandre, Patricia M.; Bar Massada, Avi; Bustic, Van; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián; Syphard, Alexandra D.; Stewart, Susan I. 2017. The 1990-2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. 2nd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-2
• Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Carlson, Amanda R.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián. 2022. The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. 3rd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-3
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