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Fire Perimeters California
May 19, 2016
Uploaded by
Daryl Van_Dyke
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- This is a merge of the prescribed and wild fires tracked by CalFire. Full metadata on the host site.Version Information:
The data is updated yearly with the previous fire season's fire perimeters.
Fire14_1 was released in May, 2014. After release, the NPS supplied corrections for 14 wildfires and 67 prescribed burns. The corrected data was posted to FRAP's data download page as fire14_1 in late May.
Fire 14_2 was released in July, 2015 to reflect that changes had been made to the original release in late May. Version 14_1 from late May is an exact copy of version 14_2 released in July. ______________________________________________________________________________
CAL FIRE, USDA Forest Service Region 5, BLM, NPS, USFWS, Contract Counties and other agencies jointly maintain a comprehensive fire perimeter GIS layer for public and private lands throughout the state. The data covers fires back to 1878. For the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and US Forest Service, fires of 10 acres and greater are reported. For CAL FIRE, timber fires greater than 10 acres, brush fires fires greater than 50 acres, grass fires greater than 300 acres, and fires that destroy three or more residential dwellings or commercial structures are reported.
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CAL FIRE recognizes the various partners that have contributed to this dataset, including USDA Forest Service Region 5, BLM, National Park Service, USFWS and numerous local agencies.
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- Title Fire Perimeters - California [ds396]Publication date 2015-03-1200:00:00Edition 2014 version 2Presentation formats * digital mapOther citation detailsDISCLAIMER The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. The user will not seek to hold the State or the Department liable under any circumstances for any damages with respect to any claim by the user or any third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps. The user will cite the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as the original source of the data, but will clearly denote cases where the original data have been updated, modified, or in any way altered from the original condition.
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- https://map.dfg.ca.gov
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
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About the Uploader
Daryl Van_Dyke
GIS Analyst with USFWS - R8 - Klamath Strategic Habitat Conservation
GIS Analyst for the Klamath Strategic Habitat Conservation Team Klamath Basin Region 8 US Fish & Wildlife Service
