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Title:

Smoothed raster of wildfire transmission to buildings in the continental United States

Author(s):

Bunzel, Ken; Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; Evers, Cody R.; Ringo, Chris D.

Publication Year:

2022

How to Cite:

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Bunzel, Ken; Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; Evers, Cody R.; Ringo, Chris D. 2022. Smoothed raster of wildfire transmission to buildings in the continental United States. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0015

Abstract:

Recent fire seasons in the continental United States have motivated federal agencies to explore scenarios for augmenting current fuel management and forest restoration in areas where fires ignite and spread to buildings in adjacent communities. This data publication contains one (1) geodatabase raster representing a spatial assessment within the continental U.S. of areas at high risk of igniting fires that spread to and expose buildings as a smoothed raster of sources of annual building exposure from wildfire. This raster was created by intersecting simulated wildfire perimeters with building location data over 10,000 to 100,000 fire seasons. This assessment was completed for the year 2020. These data can be used in scenario planning to helps design fuel treatment program that target wildfire exposure to developed areas. The continental scale of the data support expanded use of scenario planning science to analyze and communicate large scale expansion of current forest and fuel management initiatives.

Keywords:

geoscientificInformation; structure; Fire; Fire effects on environment; Wildland/urban interface; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; wildfire; wildfire exposure; wildfire transmission; wildfire management; continental United States

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• Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; Ringo, Chris D.; Evers, Cody R.; Alcasena, Fermin J.; Houtman, Rachel M.; Scanlon, Michael; Ellersick, Tania . 2021. Development and application of the Fireshed Registry. General Technical Report. RMRS-GTR-425. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-425
• Ager, Alan A.; Evers, Cody R.; Day, Michelle A.; Alcasena, Fermin J.; Houtman, Rachel M. 2021. Planning for future fire: scenario analysis of an accelerated fuel reduction plan for the western United States. Landscape and Urban Planning. 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104212 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/63129

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