Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  Protecting Forests and Communities from Wildfire Risk

Reference date - publication:  2010-08-04

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Party responsible for the resource - publisher: 
Organization's name: NC Division of Forest Resources - Central Office (CO) GIS Program

Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point: Raleigh, NC
Party responsible for the resource - originator: 
Organization's name: North Carolina Division of Forest Resources

Themes or categories of the resource:  environment

Place keywords:
Keywords:  United States, North Carolina

Place keywords:
Keywords:  United States, North Carolina

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  Environment, Response, Hazards, Ecology, Management, Natural Resources, Land, Risk, Wildfire risk, Modeling

Thesaurus name:
Title:  EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus

Theme keywords:
Keywords:  environment

Thesaurus name:
Title:  ISO 19115 Topic Category

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Abstract:  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.

Purpose: 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.

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Status:  completed
Maintenance:
Update frequency:  asNeeded


Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: https://www.nconemap.gov/pages/terms

Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Other constraints: None. Data subject to NC Public Records Law, NC General Statute 132.

Limitations of use: 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.

Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification system: NC Public Records Law, GS132

Additional restrictions on handling the resource: Standard Technical Controls

Spatial representation type:  grid

Processing environment: ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500

Extent:
Extent description: Publication date

2010-07-01
Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: -84.419437
East longitude: -75.417534
North latitude: 36.615337
South latitude: 33.728955
Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -84.421942
East longitude: -75.055475
North latitude: 36.61777
South latitude: 33.491773
Supplemental information: 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.

Point of contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: Andrew D. Bailey
Organization's name: NC Division of Forest Resources, Central Office (CO) GIS Program
Contact's position: GIS Coordination Forester

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: (919) 857-4812
Fax: (919) 857-4803
Address:
Delivery point: 1616 Mail Service Center
City: Raleigh
Administrative area: NC
Postal code: 27699-1616
e-mail address: Andrew.Bailey@ncdenr.gov
Contact instructions: http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/

Spatial Representation - Georectified:

Number of dimensions: 2
Axis dimensions properties:
Dimension:
Dimension name:  row
Dimension size: 11134
Dimension:
Dimension name:  column
Dimension size: 27956
Dimension:
Dimension name:  vertical
Dimension size: 1
Cell geometry:  area


Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 32119
Code space: EPSG
Version: 4.2(3.0.1)

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset

Lineage:
Process step:
Description: Dataset moved.

Data quality report - Conceptual consistency:
Measure description: Tests for integrity have not been performed.

Data quality report - Completeness omission:
Measure description: Features represented have not been tested for completeness

Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure description: 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.

Distribution Information:

Distributor:
Distributor information - distributor: 
Organization's name: NC CGIA

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 919-754-6580
Fax: 919-715-8551
Address:
Delivery point: 20322 Mail Service Center
City: Raleigh
Administrative area: North Carolina
Postal code: 27699
Country:  U.S.A.
e-mail address: dataq@its.nc.gov
Hours of service: 8am to 5pm
Contact instructions: Phone and electronic mail preferred
Format:
Format name: ESRI shapefile (*.shp)

Ordering process:
Terms and fees: None. Download from www.nconemap.com is free of charge.
Date of availability:  2010-08-04T00:00:00

Transfer options:
Format:
Format name: Enterprise Geodatabase Raster Dataset

Transfer options:
Online resource:
Online location:http://www.ncforestservice.gov

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2022-05-23

Metadata constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: 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.

Metadata contact - pointOfContact: 
Individual's name: Andrew D. Bailey
Organization's name: NC Division of Forest Resources, Central Office (CO) GIS Program
Contact's position: GIS Coordination Forester

Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: (919) 857-4812
Fax: (919) 857-4803
Address:
Delivery point: 1616 Mail Service Center
City: Raleigh
Administrative area: NC
Postal code: 27699-1616
e-mail address: Andrew.Bailey@ncdenr.gov
Contact instructions: http://www.dfr.state.nc.us/
Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007