Title:

Smoothed raster of wildfire transmission to buildings in the continental United States and Alaska (3rd Edition)

Author(s):

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

Publication Year:

2023

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Bunzel, Ken; Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; Evers, Cody R.; Ringo, Chris D. 2023. Smoothed raster of wildfire transmission to buildings in the continental United States. 3rd Edition. Updated 18 December 2023. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0015-3

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 two (2) geodatabase rasters representing a spatial assessment within the continental U.S. and Alaska of areas at high risk of igniting fires that spread to and expose buildings as smoothed rasters of sources of annual building exposure from wildfire. These rasters were created by intersecting simulated wildfire perimeters with building location data over 10,000 to 100,000 fire seasons. This assessment reflects 2014 vegetation conditions and 2020 building locations. 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; Alaska

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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. 1st Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0015
• 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. 2nd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0015-2
• 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
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