Identification Information

Title FRCC

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 FRCC was modeled using an ArcGIS tool developed by the National Interagency Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Technology Transfer (NIFFT) project. The tool uses two GIS data layers created by LANDFIRE including biophysical setting and succession class to evaluate current condition. The tool then compares current condition to a database of historic conditions to derive relative departure of vegetation and structure. All data layers were downloaded from landfire.gov in 2009.

Purpose FRCC is a tool for determining how similar a landscape's fire regime is to its natural or historical state. FRCC 1 indicates low departure or areas that contain vegetation, fuels, and disturbances characteristic of the natural regime; FRCC 2 indicates moderate (33-66 %) departure from the natural regime; and FRCC 3 (>66%) indicates high departure. A watershed in FRCC 1 reflects a landscape with key ecosystem structure and processes intact; whereas a watershed predominantly in FRCC 3 reflects a landscape that has lost key ecosystem characteristics. For example, the departure could be a dominance of dense stands within forested systems which historically were more open or the loss of characteristic large trees due to unusually large wildfires

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 USA

Electronic Mail Address trent.botkin@state.nm.us

Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed

Descriptive Keywords NM Statewide Natural Resources Assessment, Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC)

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

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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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Logical Consistency Report FRCC was modeled using an ArcGIS tool developed by the National Interagency Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Technology Transfer (NIFFT) project. The tool uses two GIS data layers created by LANDFIRE including biophysical setting and succession class to evaluate current condition. The tool then compares current condition to a database of historic conditions to derive relative departure of vegetation and structure. All data layers were downloaded from landfire.gov in 2009. While an ecological measure was considered to be important for accurately modeling fire risk across the state, FRCC was intentionally weighted lower in the model. FRCC was not regarded as an effective measure of ecological health. The technical team identified the development and incorporation of an ecological health measure that more accurately reflects impact of catastrophic wildfire on functioning of ecosystems as a high priority data gap.

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Process Description FRCC was modeled using an ArcGIS tool developed by the National Interagency Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Technology Transfer (NIFFT) project. The tool uses two GIS data layers created by LANDFIRE including biophysical setting and succession class to evaluate current condition. The tool then compares current condition to a database of historic conditions to derive relative departure of vegetation and structure. The entire state was evaluated at landscape level 1. All data layers were downloaded from landfire.gov in 2009. The orginal FRCC values were reclassified such that no data and FRCC 1 = 0 and FRCC 2 = 1 and FRCC 3 = 2 for input into the wildfire risk model. The reclassed and original grids were then combined
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Process Description Metadata imported.
Process Date 2010-04-01
Process Time 13:27:44
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Process Description Dataset copied.
Process Date 2010-04-02
Process Time 08:49:52
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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier fd618d44-eb27-4d8c-bde5-379fc3fc34c0

Metadata Language English

Hierarchy Level Dataset

Date Stamp 2024-06-25

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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