# LANDFIRE.HI_130FBFM40

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- Data_Quality_Information
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information
- Distribution_Information
- Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
      Publication_Date: 20130331
      Publication_Time: unknown
      Title: LANDFIRE.HI_130FBFM40
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
      Series_Information:
        Series_Name: LANDFIRE Fire Behavior Fuel Model 40
        Issue_Identification: LANDFIRE 2012 (LF 1.3.0)
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD
        Publisher:
          Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
      Other_Citation_Details: United States Forest Service
      Online_Linkage: <http://landfire.cr.usgs.gov/viewer/>
      Online_Linkage: <http://www.landfire.gov>
  Description:
    Abstract:
      The LANDFIRE fuel data describe the composition and characteristics of both surface fuel and canopy fuel. Specific products include fire behavior fuel models, canopy bulk density (CBD), canopy base height (CBH), canopy cover (CC), canopy height (CH), and fuel loading models (FLMs). These data may be implemented within models to predict the behavior and effects of wildland fire. These data are useful for strategic fuel treatment prioritization and tactical assessment of fire behavior and effects. DATA SUMMARY: These fire behavior fuel models represent distinct distributions of fuel loadings found among surface fuel components (live and dead), size classes and fuel types. The fuel models are described by the most common fire carrying fuel type (grass, brush, timber litter or slash), loading and surface area-to-volume ratio by size class and component, fuelbed depth and moisture of extinction. Further detail can be found in Scott and Burgan (2005) and Rothermel (1983). This data layer contains a complete set of fire behavior fuel models for use with Rothermel's fire spread models. Characteristics of the new fuel model set, its development and its relationship to the original set of 13 fire behavior fuel models can be found in Burgan (2005). In fire behavior fuel models, canopy characteristics are used to compute shading, wind reduction factors, spotting distances, crown fuel volume, spread characteristics of crown fires and incorporate the effects of ladder fuels for transitions from a surface to crown fire. Canopy characteristics refer to the tree canopy. Where there are tree canopies, i.e. existing vegetation types that are forest and woodland, LANDFIRE has attributed the grid with canopy characteristics with some exceptions. There will be no canopy characteristics in fuel types where the tree canopy is considered a part of the surface fuel and the surface fire behavior fuel model is chosen as such. This is because LANDFIRE assumes the potential burnable biomass in the tree canopy has been accounted for in the surface fuel model parameters. For example, young or short conifer stands where the trees are represented by a shrub type fuel model will not have canopy characteristics. Field plot data contributed either directly or indirectly to this LANDFIRE National data product. Go to <http://www.landfire.gov/participate_acknowledgements.php> for more information regarding contributors of field plot data. LANDFIRE 2010 (lf_1.2.0) and Refresh 2008 (lf_1.1.0) used 2001 data as a launching point to incorporate disturbance and its severity, both managed and natural, which occurred on the landscape after 2001. Specific examples of disturbance are: fire, vegetation management, weather, and insect and disease. Disturbance data used in the updating is the result of several efforts that include data derived in part from remotely sensed land change methods, Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), and the LANDFIRE events data call. Vegetation growth was modeled where both disturbance and non-disturbance occurs. For details on methods, see Process Description for and LANDFIRE 2010 (lf_1.2.0) and Refresh 2008 (lf_1.1.0).
    Purpose:
      LANDFIRE data products are designed to facilitate national- and regional-level strategic planning and reporting of management activities. Data products are created at a 30-meter grid spatial resolution raster data set; however, the applicability of data products varies by location and specific use. Principal purposes of the data products include providing, 1) national-level, landscape-scale geospatial products to support fire and fuels management planning, and, 2) consistent fuels data to support fire planning, analysis, and budgeting to evaluate fire management alternatives. Users are advised to evaluate the data carefully for their applications.
    Supplemental_Information: The NoData Value in this image is -9999
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 20000101
        Ending_Date: 20010101
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -160.6050
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -154.7280
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.2961
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.8399
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Category
      Theme_Keyword: 010
      Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword: LF_1.2.0
      Theme_Keyword: Fuel Map
      Theme_Keyword: Fire Behavior Fuel Model
      Theme_Keyword: fbfm40
      Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
      Theme_Keyword: USGS
      Theme_Keyword: USFS
      Theme_Keyword: United States Forest Service
      Theme_Keyword: Raster digital data
      Theme_Keyword: LANDFIRE
      Theme_Keyword: GIS
      Theme_Keyword: LANDFIRE 2010
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
        U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4,): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology
      Place_Keyword: United States
      Place_Keyword: U.S.
      Place_Keyword: US
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints:
    Although LANDFIRE products are delivered as 30-meter pixels, they should not be used at the individual pixel level or on small groups of pixels. LANDFIRE products were designed to support 1) national (all states) strategic planning, 2) regional (single large states or groups of smaller states), and 3) strategic/tactical planning for large sub-regional landscapes and Fire Management Units (FMUs) (such as significant portions of states or multiple federal administrative entities). The applicability of LANDFIRE products to support fire and land management planning on smaller areas will vary by product, location, and specific use. Further investigation by local and regional experts should be conducted to inform decisions regarding local applicability. However, it is the responsibility of the local user, using LANDFIRE metadata and local knowledge, to determine if and/or how LANDFIRE can be used for particular areas of interest. LANDFIRE products are not intended to replace local products, but rather serve as a back-up by providing wall-to-wall cross-boundary products. It is the responsibility of the user to be familiar with the value, assumptions, and limitations of LANDFIRE products. Managers and planners must evaluate LANDFIRE data according to the scale and requirements specific to their needs.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
      Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: physical
        Address: 47914 252nd Street
        City: Sioux Falls
        State_or_Province: SD
        Postal_Code: 57198-0001
        Country: US
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605/594-6151
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605/594-6589
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helpdesk@landfire.gov
  Data_Set_Credit:
    Data have been collected and analyzed by teams at both the USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD and at the USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT. Depending on the data set described primary responsibility may reside with USGS EROS or with USFS. Contact information will be listed in the Contact Section and in the Metadata Reference section with regards to the primary responsibility.
  Security_Information:
    Security_Classification_System: None in place
    Security_Classification: Unclassified
    Security_Handling_Description:
      If there is ever doubt, contact the appropriate resource staff who has stewardship responsibility and the GIS Coordinator.
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Rothermel, R.C.
      Publication_Date: 19830101
      Title:
        How to predict the spread and intensity of forest and range fires
      Other_Citation_Details:
        General Technical Report INT-143, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Scott, J.H, and R.E. Burgan.
      Publication_Date: 20050101
      Title:
        Standard fire behavior fuel models: A comprehensive set for use with Rothermel's surface fire spread model
      Other_Citation_Details: United States Department of Agriculture, RMRS, GTR RMRS-GTR-153

Data_Quality_Information:
  Lineage:
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        LANDFIRE Refresh 2001 (lf_1.0.5): A series of workshops were held across the 48 states with fire and fuels specialists to assist the Landfire team in determining surface fuel models for existing vegetation types based on rulesets developed by the existing cover and height of the vegetation. The resultant spatial arrangement of surface fuel models were applied to the National Map and are known as the Landfire National Calibrated Fuel Model Set of fire behavior fuel model 13 and fire behavior fuel model 40. In order to bring these fuel model sets to the age of the imagery and to incorporate new methods for determining cover and height, the fuel model sets were combined spatially with new spatial information and re-assembled as the lf_1.0.5 (Refresh 2001) data set. The lf_1.0.5 (Refresh 2001) data set incorporates some new LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type (EVT) values, new LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC), and new LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Height (EVH) from the Landfire National effort. Since the rulesets for fuel model development were based on EVT, EVC, and EVH the distribution and count of pixels in each fuel model group may be different from the Landfire National Calibrated Fuel Model Set. The changes in count and arrangement of the surface fuel models was minimized, as much as possible, by the rectification process as the new layers were combined.
      Process_Date: 20100101
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        LANDFIRE 2010 (lf_1.2.0) and Refresh 2008 (lf_1.1.0): To bring the fuel model set from the age of the imagery to a more current time period (2010 or 2008), the LF_1.0.5 fuels data set was revised based on the modeled change in vegetation (type, cover, height) through disturbance and natural processes. Five major disturbance types are displayed in the LF_1.1.0/LF_1.2.0 fuel model dataset described by three intensities and two time periods since the disturbance event. The five disturbance types are: 1. Fire 2. Mechanical A which manipulates fuels on site but does not reduce the loading 3. Mechanical B which removes fuel mass from the site 4. Wind 5. Insect and Disease The three intensities for mortality of above ground vegetation are: high >75% , moderate 25-75% , and low 0-25%. The time periods since the disturbance event are 0-3 years and 4-10 years (the first time step is 0-3 years due to quick return of vegetation). Based on the intensity of the disturbance and the time since the event the surface fuel model was changed to reflect the change in surface vegetation from modeling and expert opinion inputs. Generally, the second time step since disturbance returned the fuel model to its original state due to the quick return of the vegetation. The rulesets in the Calibrated Fuel Model Set were not revised in this process. Vegetation in areas that were not included in the disturbance layer was modeled through growth simulation models. Determination of the change in FBFM13/40 due to disturbance or natural processes was based on information attained from Forest Vegetation Simulator /Fire and Fuels Extension (FVS/FFE) and local expert opinion.
      Process_Date: 20130331
      Process_Time: 124930

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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    Row_Count: 23553
    Column_Count: 7783
    Vertical_Count: 1

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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      Entity_Type_Definition: Fire Behavior Fuel Model 40
      Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Landfire
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      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 98
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: NB8: Water
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        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: NB9: Barren
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            GR1: Grass is short naturally or heavy grazing, predicted rate of fire spread and flame length is low
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            GR2: Primarily grass with some small amounts of fine, dead fuel, any shrubs do not affect fire behavior
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      Attribute_Domain_Values:
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            GR3: Continuous, coarse humid climate grass, any shrubs do not affect fire behavior
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: GR4: Continuous, dry climate grass, fuelbed depth about 2 feet
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: GR5: Humid climate grass, fuelbed depth is about 1-2 feet
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: GR6: Continuous humid climate grass, not so coarse as GR5
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: GR7: Continuous dry climate grass, grass is about 3 feet high
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            GR8: Continuous, coarse humid climate grass, spread rate and flame length may be extreme if grass is fully cured
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          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            GR9: Dense, tall, humid climate grass, about 6 feet tall, spread rate and flame length can be extreme if grass is fully cured
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            GS1: Shrubs are about 1 foot high, grass load is low, spread rate moderate and flame length is low
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            GS3: Moderate grass/shrub load, grass/shrub depth is less than 2 feet, spread rate is high and flame length is moderate
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            SH1: Woody shrubs and shrub litter, fuelbed depth about 1 foot, may be some grass, spread rate and flame low
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            SH3: Woody shrubs and shrub litter, possible pine overstory, fuelbed depth 2-3 feet, spread rate and flame low
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            SH4: Woody shrubs and shrub litter, low to moderate load, possible pine overstory, fuelbed depth about 3 feet, spread rate high and flame moderate
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            SH5: Grass and shrubs combined, heavy load with depth greater than 2 feet, spread rate and flame very high
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            SH6: Woody shrubs and shrub litter, dense shrubs, little or no herbaceous fuel, depth about 2 feet, spread rate and flame high
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            SH7: Woody shrubs and shrub litter, very heavy shrub load, depth 4-6 feet, spread rate somewhat lower than SH6 and flame very high
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            SH8: Woody shrubs and shrub litter, dense shrubs, little or no herbaceous fuel, depth about 3 feet, spread rate and flame high
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            SH9: Woody shrubs and shrub litter, dense finely branched shrubs with fine dead fuel, 4-6 feet tall, herbaceous may be present, spread rate and flame high
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            TU1: Low load of grass and/or shrub with litter, spread rate and flame low
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            TU3: Moderate forest litter with some grass and shrub, spread rate high and flame moderate
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            TU4: Short conifer trees with grass or moss understory, spread rate and flame moderate
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            TL3: Moderate load conifer litter, light load of coarse fuels, spread rate and flame low
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            TL4: Moderate load of fine litter and coarse fuels, small diameter downed logs, spread rate and flame low
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            TL6: Moderate load broadleaf litter, spread rate and flame moderate
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            TL7: Heavy load forest litter, larger diameter downed logs, spread rate and flame low
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            TL8: Moderate load long needle pine litter, may have small amounts of herbaceous fuel, spread rate moderate and flame low
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            TL9: Very high load fluffy broadleaf litter, may be heavy needle drape, spread rate and flame moderate
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            SB1: Light dead and down activity fuel, fine fuel is 10-20 t/ac, 1-3 inches in diameter, depth less than 1 foot, spread rate moderate and flame low
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            SB2: Moderate dead down activity fuel or light blowdown, 7-12 t/ac, 0-3 inch diameter class, depth about 1 foot, blowdown scattered with many still standing, spread rate and flame low
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