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Title - Individual Fire-Level Geospatial Data

MTBS Data Production Schedule
MTBS fire-level datasets are generated according to zonal and temporal specifications outlined in
the MTBS production schedule. MTBS fire mapping (burn severity assessment) is conducted concurrently for both current and historical fires. Current MTBS fires occur in the 2004-2010 time period and are mapped nationwide on annual intervals. Historical MTBS fires occur from 1984 to 2003 and are mapped by MTBS mapping zones for specified 2-year production cycles during the MTBS project

Current MTBS Data Availability
MTBS fire-level datasets consist of continuous and thematic GIS data, imagery and associated metadata compiled for each completed MTBS fire. Prior to the completion of the 1984 to 2010 MTBS data record in 2011, fire-level datasets for all MTBS fires in a given year may not be available for the entire country. Please see the status map that displays by Landsat path/row the MTBS fire availability completion status by year of fire occurrence. The MTBS fire-level datasets for fires within specific path/rows indicated as complete for specified years are available for download.

Quality Control and MTBS Data Revisions
MTBS datasets undergo a quality control review by the project after the original data are compiled. As a result, original MTBS fire datasets published on this web page are subject to revision. Consequently, if a dataset is revised, the original version of the dataset is removed and is replaced with the revised version. Original datasets for newly mapped fires and revised datasets for previously mapped fires are released on a regular basis.

Accessing MTBS Data
Individual Fire-Level Datasets are accessible via the data portal below:

MTBS Data Search and Distribution Tools

The MTBS Data Search and Distribution Tools allow users to create queries to access data for specific MTBS fires. Targeted queries may be constructed using one or more of the following criteria:
  1. Fire ignition date
  2. Spatial relationship of the fire relative to selected states, geographic areas or administrative ownerships
  3. Administrative Ownership
  4. Fire size
  5. MTBS fire mapping assessment strategy
  6. MTBS dataset version
  7. Fire name
Query results from this portal provide download links to fire-level geospatial data and mapping products (Google Earth KMZs and PDF maps). Geospatial data and mapping products may be downloaded individually for each fire, or downloaded en masse for a group of fires that meet the query criteria.

 

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