Fire History Polygons for Region 1 - 1985-2009

THIS PORTION CREATED BY KIM FOILES (June 2010) Fire perimeters for 2009 were added to this data set by Chip Fisher of the RO geospatial group (March 2009): Fire perimeters for 2008 were added to this data set by various GIS technicians at the R1-RO based on perimeter data obtain from Region 1 Units.
THIS PORTION CREATED BY WILLIAM TANKE (May 2008): Fire perimeters for 2006, 2007 were added to this data set based on perimeter data obtain from Region 1 Units. Fire perimeters for years prior to 2006 may have been added or edited based on data provided from the units. Detailed process steps are included as a metadata enclosure.
THIS PORTION CREATED BY TOBIN SMALL: The polygon feature class is part the Region 1 Fire History Geodatabase of wildfire perimeters. The feature class is populated with year 1985-2005 polygons representing fire perimeters. These perimeters are of fires 10 acres and greater. Fires less than 10 acres are still available in point form in the point feature class of this data set. As more forests provide perimeter data, it will be add to the Region 1 Fire History Geodatabase. A field for joining the polygon feature class and point feature class of this dataset is labeled Yr_Reg_For_SOnum, which contains Year : Region# : Forest# : SO Fire #. Most of the discrepancies found between the polygon and point feature classes can be fixed as more data is provided by the forests through polygon/point data, local knowledge, and constructive criticism. A few prescribed burns and fire use fires have been identified in the TYPE field of the polygon feature class and the PRESCRIBED field of the point feature class.