Title:

Smoothed raster of wildfire transmission to buildings in the continental United States and Hawaii (4th Edition)

Author(s):

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

Publication Year:

2026

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Bunzel, Ken; Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; Evers, Cody R.; Ringo, Chris D. 2026. Smoothed rasters of wildfire transmission to buildings in the continental United States and Hawaii. 4th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0015-4

Abstract:

Recent fire seasons in the United States have prompted federal agencies to explore strategies for expanding fuel management and forest restoration in areas where wildfires ignite and spread to buildings in nearby communities. This data publication includes three geodatabase rasters that represent spatial assessments across the conterminous United States, Alaska, and Hawaii of the potential for wildfires to ignite, spread, and expose buildings. The rasters provide smoothed estimates of annual building exposure from wildfire. They were created by intersecting simulated wildfire perimeters with building location data over 10,000 to 100,000 simulated fire seasons. The assessment reflects 2020 vegetation and fuel conditions and 2023 building locations. These data support scenario planning efforts to design fuel treatment programs that target wildfire exposure to developed areas. The national-scale extent of the data enables broader application of scenario planning science to analyze and communicate potential large-scale expansions of 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; United States; continental United States; conterminous United States; Alaska; Hawaii

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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
• 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 and Alaska. 3rd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0015-3
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