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The fireshed and subfireshed boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of
fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive
cross-boundary risk mitigation planning. Exposure metrics are designed to be used
for strategic allocation. Tactical operations should incorporate additional local
knowledge. |
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The fireshed and subfireshed boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of
fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive
cross-boundary risk mitigation planning. Exposure metrics are designed to be used
for strategic allocation. Tactical operations should incorporate additional local
knowledge. |
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This project was funded by the USDA Forest Service, State & Private Forestry
and the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Additional acknowledgments
are extended to Portland State University, Oregon State University, USDA Forest Service
International Visitor Program, and Kingbird Software. |
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The Fireshed Registry is a geospatial dashboard and decision tool built to
organize information about wildfire transmission to buildings and monitor progress
towards risk reduction for communities from management investments. The concept
behind the Fireshed Registry is to identify and map the source of risk rather than
what is at risk across all lands in the United States. While the Fireshed Registry
was organized around mapping the source of fire risk to communities, the framework
does not preclude the assessment of other resource management priorities and trends
such as water, fish and aquatic or wildlife habitat, or recreation. The Fireshed
Registry is also a multi-scale decision tool for quantifying, prioritizing, and
geospatially displaying wildfire transmission to buildings in adjacent or nearby
communities. Fireshed areas in the Fireshed Registry are approximately 250,000 acre
accounting units that are delineated based on a smoothed building exposure map of
the United States. These boundaries were created by dividing up the landscape into
regular-sized units that represent similar source levels of community exposure to
wildfire risk. Subfiresheds are approximately 25,000 acre accounting units nested
within firesheds. Firesheds for the Conterminous U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii were
generated in separate research efforts and are published in incremental versions in
the Research Data Archive. They are combined here for ease of use. |
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These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used
without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication,
presentation, or other research product please use the following citation: Evers, Cody
R.; Ringo, Chris D.; Ager, Alan A.; Day, Michelle A.; Alcasena Urdíroz, Fermin J.;
Bunzel, Ken. 2024. The Fireshed Registry: Fireshed and subfireshed boundaries for the
continental United States. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive.
https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2020-0054-3 The USDA Forest Service makes no warranty,
expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy,
reliability, completeness or utility of these geospatial data, or for the improper or
incorrect use of these geospatial data. These geospatial data and related maps or
graphics are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The data and
maps may not be used to determine title, ownership, legal descriptions or boundaries,
legal jurisdiction, or restrictions that may be in place on either public or private
land. Natural hazards may or may not be depicted on the data and maps, and users should
exercise due caution. The data are dynamic and may change over time. The user is
responsible to verify the limitations of the geospatial data and to use the data
accordingly. |
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