The LANDFIRE (LF) program is working to increase the frequency of product releases and to reduce the latency of the LF products by producing annual version releases that reflect data less than one year behind current conditions and represent data conditions homologous to the growth that one would expect in areas of change/disturbances up to the year when the product
LANDFIRE-Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Active
LANDFIRE (LF), a shared program between the wildland fire management programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), represents the first and only complete nationally consistent collection of more than 25 geospatial layers (e.g. vegetation, fuel, disturbance, etc.), databases, and ecological models.
LANDFIRE, products can be used across all lands and multiple disciplines to support cross-boundary planning, management, and operations. In addition, LF’s detailed geospatial mapping products have become a critical component of wildfire and post-fire modeling, land management decisions, fire risk assessments, firefighter safety, and have proven useful across a wide variety of scientific disciplines and applications.
While LANDFIRE provides geo-spatial layers for strategic planning, the data can be used for other natural resource management activities. LANDFIRE meets landscape-scale assessment needs with consistent cross-boundary vegetation-and fire-related data.
Other ways LANDFIRE is used include:
- Running fire behavior models at a landscape scale
- Providing historical disturbance regimes and vegetation patterns
- Aiding in estimating ecosystem site potential.
- Exploring the impact of changing age class distributions on carbon dynamics of forests
More examples of how LANDFIRE products are produced and used can be found on the LANDFIRE website under Applications. You can also search for LANDFIRE data case studies such as fire incident management, fire incidents, fuels planning and threatened species studies in the Document Library. Additional applications can be found on the LANDFIRE Web-Hosted Applications Map (WHAM!), an online, interactive map that shares the applications, locations, and partners working with LANDFIRE data.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Eyes on Earth Episode 102 – LANDFIRE 2022 Update
Eyes on Earth Episode 102 – LANDFIRE 2022 Update
Eyes on Earth Episode 56 – Modeling the Past to Plan for the Future
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how scientists built a map of pre-Colonial land cover in the U.S.
Eyes on Earth Episode 51 – LANDFIRE 2019 Limited
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about a new update to LANDFIRE mapping products.
Eyes on Earth Episode 48 – Satellites and the Forest Census
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear how the Nation’s forest census aids satellite-based mapping efforts.
Eyes on Earth Episode 30 – Remapping LANDFIRE
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about LANDFIRE and a yearslong project to improve the critical nationwide data source.
Eyes on Earth Episode 24 – Wildfire Risk to Communities
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear about a national wildfire risk tool built using satellite-derived mapping data produced at EROS.
LANDFIRE-Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity
Below are multimedia items associated with this project.
The LANDFIRE (LF) program is working to increase the frequency of product releases and to reduce the latency of the LF products by producing annual version releases that reflect data less than one year behind current conditions and represent data conditions homologous to the growth that one would expect in areas of change/disturbances up to the year when the product
LANDFIRE (LF) Remap is the most comprehensive mapping effort in LF's history. This years-long effort included updating the base maps across the original data product suite to create LF's second base map product suite consisting of 28 vegetation and fuels layers. LF Remap products reflect circa 2016 ground conditions.
LANDFIRE (LF) Remap is the most comprehensive mapping effort in LF's history. This years-long effort included updating the base maps across the original data product suite to create LF's second base map product suite consisting of 28 vegetation and fuels layers. LF Remap products reflect circa 2016 ground conditions.
LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type imagery.
LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type imagery.
LANDFIRE's Existing Vegetation Type layer from the Data Distribution Site.
LANDFIRE's Existing Vegetation Type layer from the Data Distribution Site.
Below are publications associated with this project.
LANDFIRE technical documentation
LANDFIRE data and applications
LANDFIRE 2015 Remap – Utilization of Remotely Sensed Data to Classify Existing Vegetation Type and Structure to Support Strategic Planning and Tactical Response
LANDFIRE 2010—Updates to the national dataset to support improved fire and natural resource management
A comparison of NLCD 2011 and LANDFIRE EVT 2010: Regional and national summaries.
2014-2015 Partnership accomplishments report on joint activities: National Gap Analysis Program and LANDFIRE
Automated integration of lidar into the LANDFIRE product suite
LANDFIRE 2010 - updated data to support wildfire and ecological management
The LANDFIRE Total Fuel Change Tool (ToFuΔ) user’s guide
Monitoring landscape change for LANDFIRE using multi-temporal satellite imagery and ancillary data
LANDFIRE 2001 and 2008 Refresh Geographic Area Report--Pacific Southwest
Spatial fuel data products of the LANDFIRE Project
LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment
LANDFIRE Map Viewer
Map interface to view and download LANDFIRE data sets, receive alerts and notifications.
Below are news stories associated with this project.
LANDFIRE Updates Valuable Firefighting Data
A wildfire sparks an average of 60,000 times a year in the United States. Fortunately, it is not just anybody’s guess where it goes from there—whose house it might burn or which town it might decimate.
Below are partners associated with this project.
LANDFIRE (LF), a shared program between the wildland fire management programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), represents the first and only complete nationally consistent collection of more than 25 geospatial layers (e.g. vegetation, fuel, disturbance, etc.), databases, and ecological models.
LANDFIRE, products can be used across all lands and multiple disciplines to support cross-boundary planning, management, and operations. In addition, LF’s detailed geospatial mapping products have become a critical component of wildfire and post-fire modeling, land management decisions, fire risk assessments, firefighter safety, and have proven useful across a wide variety of scientific disciplines and applications.
While LANDFIRE provides geo-spatial layers for strategic planning, the data can be used for other natural resource management activities. LANDFIRE meets landscape-scale assessment needs with consistent cross-boundary vegetation-and fire-related data.
Other ways LANDFIRE is used include:
- Running fire behavior models at a landscape scale
- Providing historical disturbance regimes and vegetation patterns
- Aiding in estimating ecosystem site potential.
- Exploring the impact of changing age class distributions on carbon dynamics of forests
More examples of how LANDFIRE products are produced and used can be found on the LANDFIRE website under Applications. You can also search for LANDFIRE data case studies such as fire incident management, fire incidents, fuels planning and threatened species studies in the Document Library. Additional applications can be found on the LANDFIRE Web-Hosted Applications Map (WHAM!), an online, interactive map that shares the applications, locations, and partners working with LANDFIRE data.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Eyes on Earth Episode 102 – LANDFIRE 2022 Update
Eyes on Earth Episode 102 – LANDFIRE 2022 Update
Eyes on Earth Episode 56 – Modeling the Past to Plan for the Future
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how scientists built a map of pre-Colonial land cover in the U.S.
Eyes on Earth Episode 51 – LANDFIRE 2019 Limited
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about a new update to LANDFIRE mapping products.
Eyes on Earth Episode 48 – Satellites and the Forest Census
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear how the Nation’s forest census aids satellite-based mapping efforts.
Eyes on Earth Episode 30 – Remapping LANDFIRE
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about LANDFIRE and a yearslong project to improve the critical nationwide data source.
Eyes on Earth Episode 24 – Wildfire Risk to Communities
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear about a national wildfire risk tool built using satellite-derived mapping data produced at EROS.
LANDFIRE-Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity
Below are multimedia items associated with this project.
The LANDFIRE (LF) program is working to increase the frequency of product releases and to reduce the latency of the LF products by producing annual version releases that reflect data less than one year behind current conditions and represent data conditions homologous to the growth that one would expect in areas of change/disturbances up to the year when the product
The LANDFIRE (LF) program is working to increase the frequency of product releases and to reduce the latency of the LF products by producing annual version releases that reflect data less than one year behind current conditions and represent data conditions homologous to the growth that one would expect in areas of change/disturbances up to the year when the product
LANDFIRE (LF) Remap is the most comprehensive mapping effort in LF's history. This years-long effort included updating the base maps across the original data product suite to create LF's second base map product suite consisting of 28 vegetation and fuels layers. LF Remap products reflect circa 2016 ground conditions.
LANDFIRE (LF) Remap is the most comprehensive mapping effort in LF's history. This years-long effort included updating the base maps across the original data product suite to create LF's second base map product suite consisting of 28 vegetation and fuels layers. LF Remap products reflect circa 2016 ground conditions.
LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type imagery.
LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type imagery.
LANDFIRE's Existing Vegetation Type layer from the Data Distribution Site.
LANDFIRE's Existing Vegetation Type layer from the Data Distribution Site.
Below are publications associated with this project.
LANDFIRE technical documentation
LANDFIRE data and applications
LANDFIRE 2015 Remap – Utilization of Remotely Sensed Data to Classify Existing Vegetation Type and Structure to Support Strategic Planning and Tactical Response
LANDFIRE 2010—Updates to the national dataset to support improved fire and natural resource management
A comparison of NLCD 2011 and LANDFIRE EVT 2010: Regional and national summaries.
2014-2015 Partnership accomplishments report on joint activities: National Gap Analysis Program and LANDFIRE
Automated integration of lidar into the LANDFIRE product suite
LANDFIRE 2010 - updated data to support wildfire and ecological management
The LANDFIRE Total Fuel Change Tool (ToFuΔ) user’s guide
Monitoring landscape change for LANDFIRE using multi-temporal satellite imagery and ancillary data
LANDFIRE 2001 and 2008 Refresh Geographic Area Report--Pacific Southwest
Spatial fuel data products of the LANDFIRE Project
LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment
LANDFIRE Map Viewer
Map interface to view and download LANDFIRE data sets, receive alerts and notifications.
Below are news stories associated with this project.
LANDFIRE Updates Valuable Firefighting Data
A wildfire sparks an average of 60,000 times a year in the United States. Fortunately, it is not just anybody’s guess where it goes from there—whose house it might burn or which town it might decimate.
Below are partners associated with this project.