Crown Fire Potential

Metadata from the RGIS Metadata Repository

Identification Information

Title Crown Fire Potential
Date 2010-09-30
Date Type Publication
Cited Responsible Party
Organization Name The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Role identify
Presentation Form raster digital data
Abstract Crown fire potential was modeled using FlamMap, an interagency fire behavior mapping and analysis program that computes potential fire behavior characteristics. The tool uses eight spatial input data layers to represent biophysical conditions and weather parameters to simulate wind and fuel moisture conditions. The spatial input layers were created by Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project (LANDFIRE) and include elevation, slope, aspect, canopy closure, fuel model 40, canopy base height, and canopy bulk density. The weather parameters were collected from the RAWS weather stations in New Mexico. Crown fire potential was modeled by individual fire zones, created by the Southwest Coordination Center (SWCC) then combined using the mosaic to new raster function in ArcGIS. The weather data for the northern and western fire zones (101, 102, 103, 109, 110, and 113) represents the average early summer (May and June ) conditions; the weather data for the eastern fire zones (104, 108, 114, 115) represents the average early spring (March and April ) conditions; and the weather data for the southern and central fire zones (105, 106, 107, 111, 112) represents the average spring (April and May) conditions. The Flam Map model result classifies crown fire potential into three categories: surface fire, passive crown fire, and active crown fire. The technical team recommended that the result be grouped into two categories: 1. areas with no crown fire potential and 2. areas with crown fire potential.
Purpose Crown fire is the movement of fire into and through the tree canopy. Crown fires typically move rapidly, and are very intense. Passive crown fire does not carry continuously through the canopy, but burns crown fuels intermittently (e.g. when individual trees or groups of trees burn). Active crown fire carries continuously through the canopy. Crown fires are the most difficult and dangerous types of fire to fight.
Data Set Credit The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Status Complete
Point of Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name EMNRD, Forestry Division
Position Name GIS Specialist
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-476-3346
Facsimile
Address
Delivery Point 1220 St. Francis Drive
City Santa Fe
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87505
Country
Electronic Mail Address trent.botkin@state.nm.us
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Descriptive Keywords NM Statewide Natural Resources Assessment
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints All data is provided "as is." Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division makes no representation or warranty as to the completeness, accuracy or utility of any specific data. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with this data.
Language English
Topic Category environment
Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
West Bound -109.324845
East Bound -102.936542
North Bound 37.065742
South Bound 31.320252
Temporal Extent
DateTime 2009
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Distribution Information

Distributor
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Transfer Options
Online Resource ZIP
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial References
Spatial Reference North American Datum of 1983
Online Reference EPSG:4269
Spatial Reference Geodetic Reference System 80
Online Reference EPSG:7019
Spatial Reference Universal Transverse Mercator, 13
Online Reference EPSG:26713
Indirect Spatial Reference United States
Row Count 21000
Column Count 18949
Vertical Count 1
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Data Quality Information

Logical Consistency Report Data set in raster format
Completeness Report Data created in FlamMap 3.1 using landfire spatial data downloaded fall 2009
Lineage
Source Information
Source Citation
Source Scale Denominator 2
Type of Source Media online
Source Time Period of Content
DateTime 2010
Source Currentness Reference Publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation LANDFIRE
Source Contribution Landfire provided 8 spatial input layers used to model crownfire in FlamMap
Process Step
Process Description Crown fire potential was modeled using FlamMap, an interagency fire behavior mapping and analysis program that computes potential fire behavior characteristics. The tool uses eight spatial input data layers to represent biophysical conditions and weather parameters to simulate wind and fuel moisture conditions. The spatial input layers were created by Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project (LANDFIRE) and include elevation, slope, aspect, canopy closure, fuel model 40, canopy base height, and canopy bulk density. The weather parameters were collected from the RAWS weather stations in New Mexico. Crown fire potential was modeled by individual fire zones, created by the Southwest Coordination Center (SWCC) then combined using the mosaic to new raster function in ArcGIS. The weather data for the northern and western fire zones (101, 102, 103, 109, 110, and 113) represents the average early summer (May and June) conditions; the weather data for the eastern fire zones (104, 108, 114, 115) represents the average early spring (March and April) conditions; and the weather data for the southern and central fire zones (105, 106, 107, 111, 112) represents the average spring (April and May) conditions. The Flam Map model result classifies crown fire potential into three categories: surface fire, passive crown fire, and active crown fire. Active and passive crown fire were reclassified to 5 and surface and no data were reclassed to 0. The reclassed and original grids were then combined
Source Used Citation Abbreviation LANDFIRE
Process Date 2009
Process Time
Process Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Position Name GIS Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-988-3867
Facsimile
Address
Delivery Point 212 East Marcy Street
City Santa Fe
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87501
Country
Electronic Mail Address
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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier c3bc829f-51ae-4cb8-8f19-917026270f35
Metadata Language English
Hierarchy Level Dataset
Date Stamp 2024-03-29
Metadata Standard Name ISO 19115:2003
Metadata Standard Version 1.0
Metadata Contact
Individual Name
Organization Name Earth Data Analysis Center
Position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Role Point of contact
Voice 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Facsimile 505-277-3614
Address
Delivery Point MSC01 1110
Delivery Point 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
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