Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk

North Carolina Division of Forest Resources 20100804 Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk vector digital data Raleigh, NC NC Division of Forest Resources - Central Office (CO) GIS Program http://www.ncforestservice.gov Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk (FIGURE 1b-3) The Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk map shows areas of North Carolina where wildfire mitigation and preparedness efforts can reduce loss of life and property, and prevent degradation of the forest resource due to intense fires typical of southern forests. These lands rank high for wildfire susceptibility in the Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment System (ArcGIS software). Many of these areas are considered to be within the wildland-urban interface, and many are owned by individuals who may be unfamiliar with the role of fire in southern forests and firewise building principles. The identification of urban and rural priority areas is a requirement of all statewide assessments of forest resources, as specified in the S&PF Redesign guidance developed by the USDA Forest Service: State forest resource assessments will identify, describe, and spatially define forest landscape areas where forestry program outreach and activity will be emphasized and coordinated. Establishment of these priority areas is intended to (1) enable the efficient, strategic, and focused use of limited program resources; (2) address current state and national resource management priorities; and (3) produce the most benefit in terms of critical forest resource values and public benefits. This component of a states assessment should be geospatially based. Mapped priority areas provide a method for focusing on areas where federal investment can most effectively stimulate or leverage desired action and engage multiple partners. Mapping must enable the discovery of multistate areas in which collaboration can lead to stronger outcomes. Accomplishments using federal funds may be evaluated against priority areas to determine the effectiveness of S&PF program implementation. Two sets of priority maps were developed for North Carolina. The first set (1) shows areas of specific emphasis in North Carolina according to themes identified during the assessment process and (2) aligns with programmatic funding available from USDA Forest Service S&PF. These maps show areas of emphasis for these assessment themes: Conserving Working Forestlands, Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk, Threats to Forest Health, and Maintaining Viable Urban Forests. The second set of maps shows overall urban and rural forest priority landscapes. 20100701 Publication date Complete As needed -84.419437 -75.417534 36.615337 33.728955 ISO 19115 Topic Category environment EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus Ecology Environment Hazards Land Management Modeling Natural Resources Response Risk Wildfire risk None North Carolina United States None. Data subject to NC Public Records Law, NC General Statute 132. None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the NC Division of Forest Resources would be appreciated. NC Division of Forest Resources, Central Office (CO) GIS Program Andrew D. Bailey GIS Coordination Forester mailing address

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Raleigh North Carolina 27699 U.S.A. 919-754-6580 919-715-8551 dataq@its.nc.gov 8am to 5pm Phone and electronic mail preferred Downloadable Data NCCGIA is charged with the development and maintenance of NC OneMap and, in cooperation with other mapping organizations, is committed to offering its users accurate, useful, and current information. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop this dataset may be reflected in the data supplied. The user must be aware of possible conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data. NCCGIA does not support secondary distribution of this dataset without its current, compliant metadata record. The use of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by NCCGIA or North Carolina State Government. ESRI shapefile (*.shp) withheld None. Download from www.nconemap.com is free of charge. Data can be customized on a cost-recovery basis. Contact dataq@its.nc.gov or 919-754-6580 for more information. All formats available from www.nconemap.com are in ESRI shapefile. Other formats are available on a cost-recovery basis - contact dataq@its.nc.gov or 919-754-6580 for more information. Format compatibility is the user's responsibility. 20100804 Present 20121003 NC Division of Forest Resources, Central Office (CO) GIS Program Andrew D. Bailey GIS Coordination Forester mailing address

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Raleigh NC 27699-1616 (919) 857-4812 (919) 857-4803 Andrew.Bailey@ncdenr.gov http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/ FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time None This metadata file is to accompany the dataset. NCCGIA does not support secondary distribution of this dataset without its current, compliant metadata record. If the dataset described in this metadata record was received from anyone besides NCCGIA, this metadata and the dataset it describes may contain discrepancies. http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile 20121003 14494600 FGDC CSDGM Metadata FALSE 002 WILDFIRE_RISK 124020.937500 962700.937500 -15865.346680 318154.653320 1 Projected GCS_North_American_1983 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_Carolina_FIPS_3200 <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/2.8.0'><WKT>PROJCS["NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_Carolina_FIPS_3200",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",609601.22],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-79.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",34.33333333333334],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",36.16666666666666],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",33.75],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",32119]]</WKT><XOrigin>-37137500</XOrigin><YOrigin>-28547400</YOrigin><XYScale>119309817.90311031</XYScale><ZOrigin>-100000</ZOrigin><ZScale>10000</ZScale><MOrigin>-100000</MOrigin><MScale>10000</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.00020000000000000001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.00020000000000000001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><WKID>32119</WKID><LatestWKID>32119</LatestWKID></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> 1.0 20210909 15583000 20260122 11074900 150000000 5000 FGDC Andrew D. Bailey NC Division of Forest Resources, Central Office (CO) GIS Program GIS Coordination Forester (919) 857-4812 (919) 857-4803 1616 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-1616 Andrew.Bailey@ncdenr.gov http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/ 20260122 ArcGIS Metadata 1.0 NC CGIA 919-754-6580 919-715-8551 20322 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 U.S.A. dataq@its.nc.gov 8am to 5pm Phone and electronic mail preferred None. Download from www.nconemap.com is free of charge. 2010-08-04 ESRI shapefile (*.shp) withheld http://www.ncforestservice.gov https://dit-cgia-gis-data.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NCOM-data/forest/wildfire_risk.zip HTTPS Download Wildfire Risk Download Wildfire Risk Enterprise Geodatabase Raster Dataset Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk 2010-08-04 NC Division of Forest Resources - Central Office (CO) GIS Program Raleigh, NC North Carolina Division of Forest Resources vector digital data <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk (FIGURE 1b-3) The Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk map shows areas of North Carolina where wildfire mitigation and preparedness efforts can reduce loss of life and property, and prevent degradation of the forest resource due to intense fires typical of southern forests. These lands rank high for wildfire susceptibility in the Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment System (ArcGIS software). Many of these areas are considered to be within the wildland-urban interface, and many are owned by individuals who may be unfamiliar with the role of fire in southern forests and firewise building principles.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Download dataset </SPAN><A href="https://dit-cgia-gis-data.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NCOM-data/forest/wildfire_risk.zip" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>here</SPAN></A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> The identification of urban and rural priority areas is a requirement of all statewide assessments of forest resources, as specified in the S&PF Redesign guidance developed by the USDA Forest Service: State forest resource assessments will identify, describe, and spatially define forest landscape areas where forestry program outreach and activity will be emphasized and coordinated. Establishment of these priority areas is intended to (1) enable the efficient, strategic, and focused use of limited program resources; (2) address current state and national resource management priorities; and (3) produce the most benefit in terms of critical forest resource values and public benefits. This component of a states assessment should be geospatially based. Mapped priority areas provide a method for focusing on areas where federal investment can most effectively stimulate or leverage desired action and engage multiple partners. Mapping must enable the discovery of multistate areas in which collaboration can lead to stronger outcomes. Accomplishments using federal funds may be evaluated against priority areas to determine the effectiveness of S&PF program implementation. Andrew D. Bailey NC Division of Forest Resources, Central Office (CO) GIS Program GIS Coordination Forester (919) 857-4812 (919) 857-4803 1616 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-1616 Andrew.Bailey@ncdenr.gov http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/ United States North Carolina EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus Environment Response Hazards Ecology Management Natural Resources Land Risk Wildfire risk Modeling ISO 19115 Topic Category environment environment Environment Response Hazards Ecology Management Natural Resources United States Land Risk Wildfire risk Modeling NC North Carolina Department of Information Technology DIT Center for Geographic Information and Analysis CGIA NC OneMap NCCGIA is charged with the development and maintenance of NC OneMap and, in cooperation with other mapping organizations, is committed to offering its users accurate, useful, and current information. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop this dataset may be reflected in the data supplied. The user must be aware of possible conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data. NCCGIA does not support secondary distribution of this dataset without its current, compliant metadata record. The use of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by NCCGIA or North Carolina State Government. None. Data subject to NC Public Records Law, NC General Statute 132. NC Public Records Law, GS132 Standard Technical Controls <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>https://www.nconemap.gov/pages/terms</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500 Publication date 2010-07-01 -84.419437 -75.417534 33.728955 36.615337 Two sets of priority maps were developed for North Carolina. The first set (1) shows areas of specific emphasis in North Carolina according to themes identified during the assessment process and (2) aligns with programmatic funding available from USDA Forest Service S&PF. These maps show areas of emphasis for these assessment themes: Conserving Working Forestlands, Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk, Threats to Forest Health, and Maintaining Viable Urban Forests. The second set of maps shows overall urban and rural forest priority landscapes. 1 -84.421942 -75.055475 36.617770 33.491773 This metadata file is to accompany the dataset. NCCGIA does not support secondary distribution of this dataset without its current, compliant metadata record. If the dataset described in this metadata record was received from anyone besides NCCGIA, this metadata and the dataset it describes may contain discrepancies. Tests for integrity have not been performed. Features represented have not been tested for completeness Data were derived from existing GIS data. The original datasets were created with methods accurate to within XX meters. See the NC State Assessment Forest Resource for a complete discussion of creation methods and accuracy. Dataset moved. 2 11134 27956 1 dataset EPSG 4.2(3.0.1)