Fire Rotation: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2004
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This raster dataset depicts fire rotation class intervals calculated from 1950-2003 fire history on land areas grouped into strata based on fire environment conditions for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California. These strata are defined by vegetation, climate, direct protection agency and elevation. The fire rotation interval is the expected number of years it would take, based on past fire rates, to burn an area equivalent to that of a given stratum. Fire rotation interval for a given stratum is calculated by dividing the mean annual number of acres burned into the total area of the stratum. Finally, fire rotation values are grouped into classes. The larger fire rotation values correspond to less frequent burning. In contrast the higher the rotation class value is, the more frequent fire is in that stratum. The source data was compiled by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
- 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 |
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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 | |
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Creator | Conservation Lands Network | |
Creator | San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project | |
Creator | GreenInfo Network (Firm) |
Subjects
Subject | Biogeography |
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Subject | Forests and forestry |
Subject | Timber |
Subject | Forest fires |
Subject | Forest fire forecasting |
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 | 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 |
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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/tw527tc9048 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. http://www.gnu.org/licenses.
- Copyright
- Copyright resides with the originator.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Fire Rotation: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2004. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tw527tc9048
Collection
The Conservation Lands Network regional biodiversity GIS database
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