Large wildfire Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) report-generated data for the western United States, 2002-2016

Metadata:

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Wildfire

Entity_Type_Definition:

Natural fire ignition which ignites in materials other than human built structures.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Vaillant and Reinhardt (2017)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: start_year

Attribute_Definition:

Year wildfire incident is discovered, described as YYYY

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2002

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2016

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year C.E.

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of year, Common Era (C.E.)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: region_ind

Attribute_Definition:

Numeric value representing the region

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 6

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: geographic region

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Regions described in single digit format as defined by the USDA Forest Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: incident_number

Attribute_Definition:

Wildfire incident identifying number

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Combination of alphabetic, numeric, and special characters arranged into a unique wildfire incident identifier

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Alphanumeric identifier up to 20 characters in length

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: avrh_mean

Attribute_Definition:

Average (mean) Relative Humidity, a percentage defined as "Daily average water vapor in the air relative to saturation"

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 3

Range_Domain_Maximum: 86

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: percent

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of relative humidity rounded to nearest percent

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: wind_med

Attribute_Definition:

Daily average (median) wind speed within the wildfire incident area in miles per hour

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 38

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: miles per hour

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric representation of wind speed rounded to nearest whole-integer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: erc_med

Attribute_Definition:

Average (median) Energy Release Component (ERC) defined as "BTUs / square foot released from a fire’s flaming front"

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 317

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: BTU / ft^2

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric representation of average ERC rounded to nearest whole integer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: rain_sum

Attribute_Definition:

Summary of daily precipitation, described as either total precipitation over the length of an individual wildfire incident or the total for all fires within a "fire cluster" for a fire year

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 31

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: inches

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric representation of inches or precipitation rounded to nearest whole-integer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: region

Attribute_Definition:

Geographic region where the wildfire incident was discovered; dataset contains six regions total (California, Great Basin, Northwest, Inland Empire, Rocky Mountains, Southwest)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: California

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Region of California

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Great Basin

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Region of Great Basin

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Inland Empire

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Region of Inland Empire

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Northwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Region of Northwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Rocky Mountains

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Region of Rocky Mountains

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Region of Southwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Alphabetic representation of geographic region containing between nine and 15 characters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: state

Attribute_Definition:

Standard two-letter representation of the U.S.A. state where a wildfire incident was discovered

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of CA within region of California

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NV

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Nevada within region of Great basin

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: UT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Utah within region of Great Basin

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ID

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Idaho within region of Inland Empire

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: MT

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Montana within region of Inland Empire

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: OR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Oregon within region of Northwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WA

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Washington within region of Northwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CO

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Colorado within region of Rocky Mountains

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: WY

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Wyoming within region of Rocky Mountains

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: AZ

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of Arizona within region of Southwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NM

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

State of New Mexico within region of Southwest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Alphabetic two-character representation of state

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: incident_name

Attribute_Definition:

Unique alphabetic identifier for a wildfire incident

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Multi-character alphabetic identifier unique to a given wildfire incident, usually based on geographic landmark in close proximity to ignition point

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Matches ICS-209 identifier

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: cause

Attribute_Definition:

Declared cause of wildfire incident ignition; attribute contains several different causes which are grouped into "human" and "non-human" or "natural"

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: U

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Unknown cause of wildfire ignition

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Natural cause of wildfire ignition

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: H

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Human cause of wildfire ignition

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: L

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Lightning cause of wildfire ignition

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: O

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

"Other" (than Human, Natural, Lightning, or Unknown) cause of wildfire ignition

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Alphabetic single-character representation of cause of wildfire incident as declared in ICS-209

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: dominant_strategy_25_s

Attribute_Definition:

Dominant wildfire incident management strategy by incident command; wildfires with at least 25% suppression = full suppression, wildfires with <25% suppression = "other" management strategy which may include managing for resource benefit.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Full Suppression

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Dominant or co-dominant wildfire incident management strategy

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Dominant wildfire incident management strategy of "other" than full suppression, including sub-dominant strategies of "confine", "point/zone protection", and "monitor".

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Alphabetic description of dominant management strategy where "Full Suppression" indicates wildfire with at least 25% suppression response strategy and "Other" indicates wildfire with less than 25%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: dominant_strategy_50_s

Attribute_Definition:

Dominant wildfire incident management strategy by incident command; wildfires with at least 50% suppression = full suppression, wildfires with <50% suppression = "other" management strategy which may include managing for resource benefit.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Dominant wildfire incident management strategy of "other" than full suppression, including sub-dominant strategies of "confine", "point/zone protection", and "monitor".

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Full Suppression

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Dominant or co-dominant wildfire incident management strategy

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Alphabetic description of dominant management strategy where "Full Suppression" indicates wildfire with at least 50% suppression response strategy and "Other" indicates wildfire with less than 50%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: dominant_strategy_75_s

Attribute_Definition:

Dominant wildfire incident management strategy by incident command; wildfires with at least 75% suppression = full suppression, wildfires with <75% suppression = "other" management strategy which may include managing for resource benefit.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Full Suppression

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Dominant or co-dominant wildfire incident management strategy

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Dominant wildfire incident management strategy of "other" than full suppression, including sub-dominant strategies of "confine", "point/zone protection", and "monitor".

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Alphabetic description of dominant management strategy where "Full Suppression" indicates wildfire with at least 75% suppression response strategy and "Other" indicates wildfire with less than 75%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: subdom_strategy

Attribute_Definition:

Dominant wildfire incident management strategy listed in ICS-209 data; a sub-category of dominant_strategy where subdom_strategy is classified under either "Full Suppression" or "Other"

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Full Suppression

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Dominant or co-dominant wildfire incident management strategy

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Confine

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Sub-dominant wildfire incident management strategy under dominant umbrella of "other" (than full suppression); indicates strategy of establishing control lines around the wildfire to confine its potential growth

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Point/Zone Protection

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Sub-dominant wildfire incident management strategy under dominant umbrella of "other" (than full suppression); indicates strategy of identifying important points or zones to prioritize for wildfire protection

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Monitor

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Sub-dominant wildfire incident management strategy under dominant umbrella of "other" (than full suppression); indicates strategy of systematically observing, collecting, and recording fire-related data while allowing the wildfire to burn naturally

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: nonFS_Combo

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:

Sub-dominant wildfire incident management strategy under dominant umbrella of "other" (than full suppression); indicates strategy implemented by an incident command team outside of the Forest Service which may be confine, monitor, point/zone protection, or a combination of these strategies

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Detailed alphabetic description of dominant management strategy

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: start_date

Attribute_Definition:

Calendar date wildfire incident is discovered, described as MM/DD/YYYY C.E.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 01/01/2002

Range_Domain_Maximum: 12/31/2016

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: date

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of calendar date defined by the exact day of discovery

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: controlled_date

Attribute_Definition:

Calendar date wildfire incident is declared "controlled" by incident command, described as MM/DD/YYYY C.E.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 01/01/2002

Range_Domain_Maximum: 12/31/2016

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: date

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of calendar date defined by the exact day of incident control fire managers

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: duration

Attribute_Definition:

Length of time, in days, from when wildfire incident is discovered ("start_date") to when it is declared "out" by incident command

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 267

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: days

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of wildfire duration greater than "1"

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: prim_threatened_aggregate

Attribute_Definition:

Number of houses (primary residences) at risk because of or contributed to by a wildfire incident

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 147938

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: buildings at risk

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of houses at risk as described in ICS-209 data

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: comm_threatened_aggregate

Attribute_Definition:

Number of commercial buildings at risk because of or contributed to by a wildfire incident

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 18550

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: buildings at risk

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of commercial buildings at risk as described in ICS-209 data

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: outb_threatened_aggregate

Attribute_Definition:

Number of houses (primary residences) at risk because of or contributed to by a wildfire incident

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 71000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: buildings at risk

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of other buildings at risk as described in ICS-209 data

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: injuries_to_date_last

Attribute_Definition:

Total number of human injuries from discovery date to time of publication which are caused by or contributed to by a wildfire incident

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 113

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: injuries

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of injuries associated with the incident

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: fatalities_last

Attribute_Definition:

Total number of human fatalities from discovery date to time of publication which are caused or contributed to by a wildfire incident

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 19

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: fatalities

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of fatalities associated with the incident

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: latitude

Attribute_Definition:

A geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point (e.g., wildfire incident start point) on the Earth's surface. Latitude is an angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

A Guide to Coordinate Systems in Great Britain 2015

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 31

Range_Domain_Maximum: 49

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric representation of degrees deviation from Earth's equator, rounded to nearest whole-integer. Latitude broadly described by one- or two-digit numeric degrees of spherical coordinate system

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: longitude

Attribute_Definition:

A geographic coordinate expressed in degrees which specifies the east–west position of a point (e.g., wildfire incident start point) on the Earth's surface It is an angular measurement, The prime meridian is defined as 0° longitude; positive longitudes are east of the prime meridian, and negative longitudes are west.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

A Guide to Coordinate Systems in Great Britain 2015

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -134

Range_Domain_Maximum: -100

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric representation of degrees deviation from the prime meridian, rounded to nearest whole-integer. Longitude broadly described by one- to three-digit numeric degrees of spherical coordinate system

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: start_day_of_year

Attribute_Definition:

Day of the year a wildfire incident is discovered, described by a continuous day count where 1 January is "1" and 31 December is "365" ("366" on leap years)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1

Range_Domain_Maximum: 366

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: calendar day

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer description of discovery day; this number correlates to the calendar date denoted by start_date

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: control_year

Attribute_Definition:

Year wildfire incident is declared "controlled", described as YYYY

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2002

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2016

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: year C.E.

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer representation of control year, C.E.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: control_day_of_year

Attribute_Definition:

Day of the year a wildfire incident is declared "controlled", described by a continuous day count where 1 January is "1" and 31 December is "365" ("366" on leap years)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2

Range_Domain_Maximum: 366

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: calendar day

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric whole-integer description of control day; this number correlates to the calendar date denoted by controlled_date

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: gt_100

Attribute_Definition:

Indicator for wildfire incident size greater than (gt) 100 acres (40.5 hectares) where "1" indicates >100 acres and "0" indicates <100 acres; all "small fires" (defined as less than 100 acres) were omitted from this dataset

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: attribute indicator

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Single-digit numeric indicator of acreage threshold as reported in ICS-209 data

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: dom_strat_ind_75

Attribute_Definition:

Indicator for wildfire with at least 75% suppression strategies (Dominant wildfire response strategy by fire managers and incident command: Wildfire with at least 75% suppression strategies = full suppression)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: attribute indicator

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric threshold-indicating integer where "1" indicates wildfire with at least 75% suppression response strategy, "0" indicates wildfire with less than 75%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: dom_strat_ind_25

Attribute_Definition:

Indicator for wildfire with at least 25% suppression strategies (Dominant wildfire response strategy by fire managers and incident command: Wildfire with at least 25% suppression strategies = full suppression)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: attribute indicator

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric threshold-indicating integer where "1" indicates wildfire with at least 25% suppression response strategy, "0" indicates wildfire with less than 25%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: dom_strat_ind_50

Attribute_Definition:

Indicator for wildfire with at least 50% suppression strategies (Dominant wildfire response strategy by fire managers and incident command: Wildfire with at least 50% suppression strategies = full suppression)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: attribute indicator

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric threshold-indicating integer where "1" indicates wildfire with at least 50% suppression response strategy, "0" indicates wildfire with less than 50%

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: station_verified_in_psa

Attribute_Definition:

Remote Automatic Weather Station (RAWS) ID number for weather data

Attribute_Definition_Source:

National Interagency Coordination Center (NIFC); Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Multi-character numeric identifier unique to a single RAWS weather station

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Multi-character numeric identifier of RAWS weather station which provides weather data for a given wildfire incident

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: hec

Attribute_Definition:

Wildfire incident size in hectares

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 41

Range_Domain_Maximum: 263862

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: hectares

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Numeric representation of wildfire size rounded to nearest whole-integer as described in ICS-209 data

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: cause_ind

Attribute_Definition:

Indicator of wildfire incident cause of ignition where "0" indicates non-human ignited (Natural, Unknown, Lightning) and "1" indicates human ignited

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: attribute indicator

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Single-digit numeric indicator of wildfire cause, grouped by human and non-human ignition source

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: total_fire_region

Attribute_Definition:

Total number of wildifire incidents in a given region (see "region" attribute) in a given fire year (see "start_year" in attributes)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 11

Range_Domain_Maximum: 218

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: fires per fire year

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Whole-integer numeric representation of total number of fires by region

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: total_fire_west

Attribute_Definition:

Total number of wildifire incidents in the western US (containing all six regions and 11 states) in a given fire year (see "start_year" in attributes)

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Young et al. (2020)

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 270

Range_Domain_Maximum: 817

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: fires per fire year

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1.0000

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Information:

Attribute_Value_Accuracy: 1

Attribute_Value_Accuracy_Explanation:

Whole-integer numeric representation of total number of fires in the study area

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Below you will find a list and description of the files included in this data publication.

1. \Data\Fire_Weather_Data_2002-2014_2016.csv: Comma-separated values file containing Incident Status Summary (ICS-209) report-generated wildfire data. Data comprises large wildfire incident summary information including fire activity, initial/extended attack resource information, identifying information, casualties, resources and cost, and other intelligence information related to wildland fire management and resources for incidents greater than 40.5 hectares in size occurring in the western United States of America from 2002-2016. The attributes included in this file are described in Entity and Attribute detailed section in this metadata document and are also defined in Fire_Weather_Data_VariableDescrip.csv.

2. \Data\Fire_Weather_Data_VariableDescrip.csv: Comma-separated values file containing a list and description of the variables available in Fire_Weather_Data_2002-2014_2016.csv.

Attributes in this file include:

Variable name = name of variable
Young et al. 2020, Table 1 = name of variable provided in Table 1 of Young et al. (2020)
Alternate description = description of variable

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Young, Jesse D.; Evans, Alexander M.; Iniguez, Jose M.; Thode, Andrea; Meyer, Marc D.; Hedwall, Shaula J.; McCaffrey, Sarah; Shin, Patrick; Huang, Ching-Hsun. 2020. Effects of policy change on wildland fire management strategies: Evidence for a paradigm shift in the western US? International Journal of Wildland Fire 29(10): 857-877. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF19189

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20211117

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jesse D. Young

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

Contact_Position: Postdoctoral Economist/Forester, Human Dimensions Program

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 800 East Beckwith Ave.

City: Missoula

State_or_Province: MT

Postal_Code: 59801

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 928-221-6232

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Jesse.Young@usda.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999