Identification Information

Abstract Wilson and Company collected and processed multi-spectral (red, green, blue, near-infrared) digital aerial imagery of the Las Conchas Fire that burned in the Santa Fe National Forest in the Jemez Mountains of central New Mexico in the summer of 2011. The Area of Interest (AOI) is 632,000 acres and is larger than the actual burn acreage of approximately 150,000 acres that lies within the AOI. Aerial imagery was collected with a frame - based Z/I Digital Mapping Camera at an average of elevation of 4,500 feet above ground; generating an average ground sample distance (gsd) of 0.45 feet. This aerial imagery will be used to create natural color and false color infrared digital orthophotos of the AOI at a re-sampled gsd of .3 meters. The imagery will support the Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program that addresses landscape damage due to the fire, with the goal of protecting life, property, water quality, and deteriorated ecosystems from further damage now that the fire is out. While many wildfires cause little damage to the land and pose few threats to fish, wildlife and people downstream, the fires of 2011 has in this case created situations that require special efforts to prevent further problems after the fire. Loss of vegetation exposes soil to erosion; runoff may increase and cause flooding, sediments may move downstream and damage houses or fill reservoirs, and put endangered species and community water supplies at risk. The imagery will support the Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program that addresses these situations with the goal of protecting life, property, water quality, and deteriorated ecosystems from further damage after the fire is out. In addition, other federal, tribal, state, and local governments will be participating in similar program along with Universities in the region.
Purpose This imagery was acquired post fire to support the Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program.
Supplemental Information The Las Conchas Post Fire data are available in three formats. These metadata apply to all three. The GeoTIFFs are uncompressed four-band files, and due to file size limitations, are not available for downloading from the Resource Geographic Information System Program (RGIS) website. Therefore, they are available only through the custom order process described in the Distribution section of these metadata. The MrSid files have been created from the GeoTIFFs in both CIR and RGB formats. The files are a 1:15 compression of the GeoTIFF files. The compression creates a smaller file size that can be downloaded easily from the RGIS website and are readily available. The raw imagery files are also available via the custom ordering process.

Time Period of Content

Multiple Dates/Times

Single Date/Time

Calendar Date 2011-09-19

Single Date/Time

Calendar Date 2011-09-20

Single Date/Time

Calendar Date 2011-09-22

Single Date/Time

Calendar Date 2011-09-23

Currentness Reference ground condition

Status

Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency Unknown

Spatial Domain

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate -106.313561111
East Bounding Coordinate -106.279852778
North Bounding Coordinate 36.1262416667
South Bounding Coordinate 36.0924222222

Keywords

Theme

Thesaurus ortho image, rectified photograph, rectified image, orthophoto, image map, false color, CIR, orthophotography, near-infrared
Keyword Digital Ortho Photo
Keyword Las Conchas Fire
Keyword Post Fire Imagery

Theme

Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Place

Thesaurus None
Keyword USA
Keyword Las Conchas
Keyword New Mexico

Access Constraints None.

Use Constraints None. However, users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and that some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. Acknowledgment of Wilson and Company would be appreciated for products derived from these data.

Point of Contact

Contact Information

Contact Person Primary

Contact Person
Contact Organization

Contact Organization Primary

Contact Organization USDA USFS Southwestern Region
Contact Person Bart Matthews

Contact Position Photogrammetry Program Specialist

Contact Address

Address Type mailing and physical address
Address 333 Broadway SE
City Albuquerque
State or Province NM
Postal Code 87102
Country United States of America

Contact Voice Telephone 505-842-3861

Contact Facsimile Telephone

Contact Electronic Mail Address bartmatthews@fs.fed.us

Hours of Service 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Contact Instructions

Security Information

Security Classification System Unknown
Security Classification Unclassified
Security Handling Description Unknown

Native Data Set Environment Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850

Cross Reference

Citation Information

Originator Wilson and Company

Publication Date Unknown

Publication Time

Title Las Conchas Imagery

Geospatial Data Presentation Form raster digital data

Publication Information

Publication Place
Publisher

Other Citation Details

Online Linkage unknown

Data Quality Information

Attribute Accuracy Report

Report This aerial photography was designed to support digital orthophotos with a horizontal accuracy of +/- 6 meters RMSE.

Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment

Attribute Accuracy Value +/- 6 meters
Attribute Accuracy Explanation This aerial photography was designed to support digital orthophotos with a horizontal accuracy of +/- 6 meters RMSE.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

Report This aerial photography was designed to support digital orthophotos with a horizontal accuracy of +/- 6 meters RMSE.

Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value 0
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation This source imagery is geopositioned using the external orientation information from the acquisition. This imagery should be used for reference only, and not for accurate mensuration.

Vertical Positional Accuracy Report

Report This aerial photography was designed for orthophotos (which only have a horizontal accuracy). This photography could be used to generate a DTM that would support 5' contours (ASPRS class 2) with proper ground control.

Quantitative Vertical Positional Accuracy Assessment

Vertical Positional Accuracy Value 0
Vertical Positional Accuracy Explanation This raw imagery delivery contains no vertical component.

Logical Consistency Report The elevation and imagery products generated during this project were cross-checked as a complete data set as well as being subjected to independent QA/QC.

Completeness Report This is the source imagery for orthophoto development. Images are visually inspected for completeness to ensure that no gaps or image misplacements exist within and between adjacent images. Source imagery is cloud free.

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Source Information

Source Citation

Citation Information

Originator Wilson and Company

Publication Date 2011-11-01

Publication Time

Title Las Conchas Imagery

Geospatial Data Presentation Form raster digital data

Publication Information

Publication Place
Publisher

Other Citation Details

Online Linkage unknown

Source Scale Denominator

Type of Source Media CD-ROM

Source Time Period of Content

Source Currentness Reference Date of Photography as indicated on source negative.

Source Citation Abbreviation Las Conchas Imagery

Source Contribution Color Infrared digital aerial imagery provides the base for the digital ortho image.

Process Step

Process Description Wilson and Company collected and processed multi-spectral (red, green, blue, near-infrared) digital aerial imagery on 9/19/2011. 9/20/2011, 9/22/2011 and 9/23/2011 of the Las Conchas Fire that burned in the Santa Fe National Forest in the Jemez Mountains of central New Mexico in the summer of 2011. The Area of Interest (AOI) is 632,000 acres and is larger than the actual burn acreage of approximately 150,000 acres that lies within the AOI. Aerial imagery was collected with a frame - based Z/I Digital Mapping Camera at an average of elevation of 4,500 feet above ground; generating an average ground sample distance (gsd) of 0.45 feet. This aerial imagery will be used to create natural color and false color infrared digital orthophotos of the AOI at a re-sampled gsd of 0.5 foot. The imagery will support the Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) program that addresses landscape damage due to the fire, with the goal of protecting life, property, water quality, and deteriorated ecosystems from further damage now that the fire is out.

Process Date 2011-11-04

Process Time

Process Contact

Contact Information

Contact Person Primary

Contact Person Wilson and Company, Inc. Personnel
Contact Organization Wilson and Company, Inc.

Contact Organization Primary

Contact Organization
Contact Person

Contact Position

Contact Address

Address Type mailing and physical address
Address 4900 Lang Ave NE
City Albuquerque
State or Province New Mexico
Postal Code 87109
Country USA

Contact Voice Telephone 505-348-4000

Contact Facsimile Telephone

Contact Electronic Mail Address sales@wilsonco.com

Hours of Service

Contact Instructions

Cloud Cover 0

Spatial Data Organization Information

Indirect Spatial Reference Method Rio Arriba County (35039)

Direct Spatial Reference Method Raster

Raster Object Information

Raster Object Type Pixel
Row Count 10280
Column Count 12370
Vertical Count 1

Spatial Reference Information

Spatial Reference

Name North American Datum of 1983
Code EPSG:4269
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269

Spatial Reference

Name Geodetic Reference System 80
Code EPSG:7019
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:ellipsoid:EPSG::7019

Spatial Reference

Name Universal Transverse Mercator, 13
Code EPSG:26713
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::26713

Spatial Reference

Name North American Vertical Datum of 1988
Code EPSG:5103
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:datum:EPSG::5103

Distribution Information

Distributor
Resource Description Downloadable Data
Distribution Liability The material on this site is made available as a public service. Maps and data are to be used for reference purposes only and the Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) and The University of New Mexico are not responsible for any inaccuracies herein contained. No responsibility is assumed for damages or other liabilities due to the accuracy, availability, use or misuse of the information herein provided. Unless otherwise indicated in the documentation (metadata) for individual data sets, information on this site is public domain and may be copied without permission; citation of the source is appreciated.
Custom Order Process Contact Earth Data Analysis Center at clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Technical Prerequisites Adequate computer capability is the only technical prerequisite for viewing data in digital form.

Metadata Reference Information

Metadata Date 2024-12-26

Metadata Review Date

Metadata Future Review Date

Metadata Contact

Contact Information

Contact Person Primary

Contact Person
Contact Organization

Contact Organization Primary

Contact Organization Earth Data Analysis Center
Contact Person

Contact Position Clearinghouse Manager

Contact Address

Address Type mailing and physical address
Address MSC01 1110
Address 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
State or Province NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA

Contact Voice Telephone 505-277-3622 ext. 230

Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-277-3614

Contact Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu

Hours of Service 0800 - 1700 MT, M-F -7 hours GMT

Contact Instructions

Metadata Standard Name FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention

Metadata Access Constraints

Metadata Use Constraints

Metadata Security Information

Security Classification System
Security Classification
Security Handling Description

Metadata Extensions

2011 Las Conchas Post Fire, a336106_ne_nw, RGB

Metadata from the RGIS Metadata Repository

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Spatial Data Organization Information

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