Identification Information

Title 2011 Las Conchas Post Fire, e535106_nw_nw, RGB

Date 2012-08-27

Date Type Publication

Cited Responsible Party

Organization Name Wilson and Company, Inc.

Role identify

Presentation Form remote-sensing image

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.

Status Complete

Point of Contact

Individual Name

Organization Name USDA USFS Southwestern Region

Position Name Photogrammetry Program Specialist

Role Point of contact

Voice 505-842-3861

Facsimile

Address

Delivery Point 333 Broadway SE
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area NM
Postal Code 87102
Country United States of America

Electronic Mail Address bartmatthews@fs.fed.us

Maintenance and Update Frequency Unknown

Descriptive Keywords Digital Ortho Photo, Las Conchas Fire, Post Fire Imagery

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.

Language English

Topic Category imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Extent

Geographic Bounding Box

West Bound -106.626075
East Bound -106.592705556
North Bound 35.6263194444
South Bound 35.5924166667

Temporal Extent

DateTime 2011-09-19
DateTime 2011-09-20
DateTime 2011-09-22
DateTime 2011-09-23

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

Source Scale Denominator

Type of Source Media CD-ROM

Source Time Period of Content

DateTime 2011-09-19
DateTime 2011-09-20
DateTime 2011-09-22
DateTime 2011-09-23
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

Individual Name Wilson and Company, Inc. Personnel

Organization Name

Position Name

Role Point of contact

Voice 505-348-4000

Facsimile

Address

Delivery Point 4900 Lang Ave NE
City Albuquerque
Administrative Area New Mexico
Postal Code 87109
Country USA

Electronic Mail Address sales@wilsonco.com

Cloud Cover 0

2011 Las Conchas Post Fire, e535106_nw_nw, RGB

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