New Mexico Wildland Fire Perimeters 1911-2014
Metadata from the RGIS Metadata Repository
Identification Information
- Title New Mexico Wildland Fire Perimeters 1911-2014
- Date 2019-07-24
- Date Type Publication
- Cited Responsible Party
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- Organization Name USDA Forest Service, MTBS, GeoMAC
- Role identify
- Presentation Form vector digital data
- Abstract Wildfire boundaries were combined from the USFS, GeoMAC and the MTBS program.USFS Fire
History polygons represent the final mapped wildfire perimeter.The tracking of prescribed fires
is an optional use These data are maintained at the Forest / District level to track the area
affected by fire. The Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group, or GeoMAC, is an
internet-based mapping tool originally designed for fire managers to access online maps of
current fire locations and perimeters in the conterminous 48 states and Alaska. Perimeters are
submitted to GeoMAC by field offices and then posted to an FTP site for downloading. MTBS data
contains the extent of the burned areas of all currently completed MTBS fires occurring between
calendar year 1984 and 2014 for the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto
Rico.
- Purpose The purpose of this feature class is to depict the boundaries of historical fires in New
Mexico.
- Status In work
- Point of Contact
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- 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
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- 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
- Maintenance and Update Frequency Annually
- Descriptive Keywords Districts, State House, Legislative districts
- Access Constraints None
- Use Constraints Comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be
inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in photo interpretation, rounding of
decimal coordinates during conversion, and mapping conventions over time. Any hardcopies
utilizing these data sets shall clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data
in any way, they are obligated to describe the types of modifications they have performed on the
hardcopy map. The user specifically agrees not to misrepresent these data sets, nor to imply that
changes made were approved by the USFS.
- Language English
- Topic Category
- Extent
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- Geographic Bounding Box
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- West Bound -109.454917956
- East Bound -99.471553653
- North Bound 36.959331623
- South Bound 31.263048334
- Temporal Extent
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- Beginning Position 1911-01-01
- Ending Position 2014-12-31
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Distribution Information
- Distributor
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- 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
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- 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
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- Online Resource ZIP
- Online Resource ESRI Shapefile (shp)
- Online Resource GML
- Online Resource KML
- Online Resource GeoJSON
- Online Resource JSON
- Online Resource Comma Separated Values (csv)
- Online Resource MS Excel format (xls)
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Spatial Reference Information
- Spatial References
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- Spatial Reference Universal Transverse Mercator, 13
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- Online Reference EPSG:
- Indirect Spatial Reference Unknown
- Geometric Object Type G-polygon
- Geometric Object Count 2282
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Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
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- Report USFS Data: Accuracy and completeness of the attributes was checked by manually
comparing attributes and locations of the fire history point layer which was derived from the
firestat database in Kansas City. As the polygons were drawn on to hardcopy maps, they were
coded with a number that referenced the firestat database. Most of the attibuting on the Fire
History Polygon layer was derived from the Fire History Point layer. All the data fields were
built in accordance with 2004 National and Regional data standards as per 2004 spatial data
dictionary. All attibuting and attribute checking was done in ARCMAP and/or ARCVIEW. Wildland
fire perimeter data displayed in and delivered by the GeoMAC application are not the final or
official perimeters for any incident and are provided for informational purposes only. The final
official perimeter should be obtained from the host unit which can be determined by the UNIT_ID
for any specific fire. The host unit is responsible for producing official and final perimeters
for all incidents in their jurisdiction.
- Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
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- Attribute Accuracy Value
- Attribute Accuracy Explanation
- Logical Consistency Report Unknown
- Completeness Report Complete
- Lineage
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- Source Information
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- Source Citation
- Source Scale Denominator 24000
- Type of Source Media None
- Source Time Period of Content
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- DateTime 2014-03-01
- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation Unknown
- Source Contribution KCFAST
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
- Source Scale Denominator 9999
- Type of Source Media digital
- Source Time Period of Content
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- DateTime 2014-01-01
- Source Currentness Reference publication date
- Source Citation Abbreviation GeoMAC
- Source Contribution Wildland Fire Boundaries
- Source Information
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- Source Citation
- Source Scale Denominator 9999
- Type of Source Media various
- Source Time Period of Content
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- DateTime 2014-02-10
- Source Currentness Reference Most current data available within the stated time period.
- Source Citation Abbreviation USFS
- Source Contribution Digital fire boundaries
- Process Step
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- Process Description Original dataset combined and duplicate records removed.
- Process Date 2015-11-06
- Process Time
- Process Contact
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Metadata Reference Information
- File Identifier 29b84830-1fd2-44dd-a8f7-1b824dee2797
- Metadata Language English
- Hierarchy Level Dataset
- Date Stamp 2025-07-27
- Metadata Standard Name ISO 19115:2003
- Metadata Standard Version 1.0
- Metadata Contact
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- 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
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- 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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