2004-2017 Geospatial dataset of wild and prescribed fire activity over the conterminous United States
James Beidler1, George Pouliot1, Kristen Foley1
1US Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, United States.
Abstract:
Wildland fire activity is provided in a geospatial database of polygons over the conterminous United States for the 2004 through 2017 time period. The location, timing, and size of the fires are derived from a fusion of wildland fire activity from a consistent set of national ground reports, satellite, and geospatial fire data. A combination of information from the underlying data sources and a regional climatological approach is used to differentiate prescribed fire from unplanned wildfire. The data were developed as part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Air Quality Time Series project (EQUATES). This dataset can be useful for the evaluation of wildland fire activity over time and across regions.
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