Fire Regime and Condition Class: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2003

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Abstract
Wildfire can cause serious and long-lasting damage to ecosystems. Following National Fire Plan concepts, this raster dataset depicts the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Fire Resource and Protection Program's (FRAP) use of data specific to the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California to describe ecosystems and fire-related metrics used in other analyses to define and describe fire-related risks to ecosystems. Fundamental to this idea is that current expected fires are compared to historic fire regimes with respect to fire frequency, size, patchiness and effects on key ecosystem elements and processes. Thus, these classes are then assigned based on current vegetation type and structure, an understanding of its pre-settlement fire regime and current conditions regarding expected fire frequency and potential fire behavior. As a result of these efforts, Condition Classes were defined as the “relative risk of losing key components that define an ecosystem" (Hardy et al., 2001). Source data was compiled by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Purpose
This dataset was developed/compiled for use in the San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project, a Project used to identify a Conservation Lands Network (CLN) for biodiversity preservation to inform conservation investments and lasting cooperative conservation partnerships. The Conservation Lands Network GIS Database is the primary output of the Project. The data depicts the spatially explicit CLN that is recommended for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California.

Description

Type of resource cartographic, software, multimedia
Form Arc/Info Binary Grid
Place Berkeley, California, US
Publisher Bay Area Open Space Council
Publication date 2011
Language English
Digital origin born digital
Map data Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 123°32ʹ11ʺ--W 121°12ʹ16ʺ/N 38°53ʹ8ʺ--N 36°51ʹ13ʺW 123°32ʹ11ʺ--W 121°12ʹ15ʺ/N 38°53ʹ8ʺ--N 36°51ʹ12ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator Bay Area Open Space Council
Creator Conservation Lands Network
Creator San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project
Creator GreenInfo Network (Firm)

Subjects

Subject Biogeography
Subject Ecosystem health
Subject Forest resilience
Subject Ecological disturbances
Subject Forests and forestry
Subject Timber
Subject Forest fires
Subject Forest fire forecasting
Subject Fire risk assessment
Subject Ecological risk assessment
Subject Environmental impact analysis
Subject San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Subject Alameda County (Calif.)
Subject Contra Costa County (Calif.)
Subject Marin County (Calif.)
Subject Napa County (Calif.)
Subject San Francisco County (Calif.)
Subject San Mateo County (Calif.)
Subject Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Subject Solano County (Calif.)
Subject Sonoma County (Calif.)
Subject 2004
Subject Imagery and Base Maps
Subject Geoscientific Information
Genre Geospatial data
Genre Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Supplemental information Source metadata and data available at: http://frap.fire.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata-subset.php
WGS84 Cartographics This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/tp856vy3579

Access conditions

Use and reproduction
This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright
This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Preferred citation

Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Fire Regime and Condition Class: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2003. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/tp856vy3579.

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The Conservation Lands Network regional biodiversity GIS database

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