Description: The Fireshed Registry is a geospatial dashboard and decision tool built to organize information about wildfire transmission to communities 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 exposure rather than mapping the value at risk across all lands in the conterminous United States. Risk is composed of three components: (1) ignition likelihood, (2) expected fire intensity, and (3) effects related to expected fire intensity. Wildfire exposure, by contrast, only concerns the juxtaposition of threatened values in relation to predicted fire occurrence and intensity without estimating potential loss. Exposure is the measure of structures that are exposed to fires that originate within the Fireshed or Project Area. The annual average measure is constructed by averaging potential exposure from the "FSIM" fire simulation database. Fire simulations are based on fuel conditions in 2014. Structures are based on Microsoft Building Footprints identified using a computer vision algorithm on imagery from 2012 - 2016. Exposure measures are adjusted where wildfire or management activities have changed the fuel conditions since 2014. 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 conterminous 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. Project areas are approximately 25,000 acre accounting units nested within firesheds. The fireshed and project area boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive cross-boundary risk mitigation planning.
Copyright Text: 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.
Description: The Fireshed Registry is a geospatial dashboard and decision tool built to organize information about wildfire transmission to communities 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 exposure rather than mapping the value at risk across all lands in the conterminous United States. Risk is composed of three components: (1) ignition likelihood, (2) expected fire intensity, and (3) effects related to expected fire intensity. Wildfire exposure, by contrast, only concerns the juxtaposition of threatened values in relation to predicted fire occurrence and intensity without estimating potential loss. Exposure is the measure of structures that are exposed to fires that originate within the Fireshed or Project Area. The annual average measure is constructed by averaging potential exposure from the "FSIM" fire simulation database. Fire simulations are based on fuel conditions in 2014. Structures are based on Microsoft Building Footprints identified using a computer vision algorithm on imagery from 2012 - 2016. Exposure measures are adjusted where wildfire or management activities have changed the fuel conditions since 2014. 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 conterminous 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. Project areas are approximately 25,000 acre accounting units nested within firesheds. The fireshed and project area boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive cross-boundary risk mitigation planning.
Copyright Text: 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.
Description: The Fireshed Registry is a geospatial dashboard and decision tool built to organize information about wildfire transmission to communities 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 exposure rather than mapping the value at risk across all lands in the conterminous United States. Risk is composed of three components: (1) ignition likelihood, (2) expected fire intensity, and (3) effects related to expected fire intensity. Wildfire exposure, by contrast, only concerns the juxtaposition of threatened values in relation to predicted fire occurrence and intensity without estimating potential loss. Exposure is the measure of structures that are exposed to fires that originate within the Fireshed or Project Area. The annual average measure is constructed by averaging potential exposure from the "FSIM" fire simulation database. Fire simulations are based on fuel conditions in 2014. Structures are based on Microsoft Building Footprints identified using a computer vision algorithm on imagery from 2012 - 2016. Exposure measures are adjusted where wildfire or management activities have changed the fuel conditions since 2014. 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 conterminous 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. Project areas are approximately 25,000 acre accounting units nested within firesheds. The fireshed and project area boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive cross-boundary risk mitigation planning.
Copyright Text: 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.
Description: The Fireshed Registry is a geospatial dashboard and decision tool built to organize information about wildfire transmission to communities 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 exposure rather than mapping the value at risk across all lands in the conterminous United States. Risk is composed of three components: (1) ignition likelihood, (2) expected fire intensity, and (3) effects related to expected fire intensity. Wildfire exposure, by contrast, only concerns the juxtaposition of threatened values in relation to predicted fire occurrence and intensity without estimating potential loss. Exposure is the measure of structures that are exposed to fires that originate within the Fireshed or Project Area. The annual average measure is constructed by averaging potential exposure from the "FSIM" fire simulation database. Fire simulations are based on fuel conditions in 2014. Structures are based on Microsoft Building Footprints identified using a computer vision algorithm on imagery from 2012 - 2016. Exposure measures are adjusted where wildfire or management activities have changed the fuel conditions since 2014. 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 conterminous 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. Project areas are approximately 25,000 acre accounting units nested within firesheds. The fireshed and project area boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive cross-boundary risk mitigation planning.
Copyright Text: 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.
Description: The Fireshed Registry is a geospatial dashboard and decision tool built to organize information about wildfire transmission to communities 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 exposure rather than mapping the value at risk across all lands in the conterminous United States. Risk is composed of three components: (1) ignition likelihood, (2) expected fire intensity, and (3) effects related to expected fire intensity. Wildfire exposure, by contrast, only concerns the juxtaposition of threatened values in relation to predicted fire occurrence and intensity without estimating potential loss. Exposure is the measure of structures that are exposed to fires that originate within the Fireshed or Project Area. The annual average measure is constructed by averaging potential exposure from the "FSIM" fire simulation database. Fire simulations are based on fuel conditions in 2014. Structures are based on Microsoft Building Footprints identified using a computer vision algorithm on imagery from 2012 - 2016. Exposure measures are adjusted where wildfire or management activities have changed the fuel conditions since 2014. 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 conterminous 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. Project areas are approximately 25,000 acre accounting units nested within firesheds. The fireshed and project area boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive cross-boundary risk mitigation planning.
Copyright Text: 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.
Description: The Fireshed Registry is a geospatial dashboard and decision tool built to organize information about wildfire transmission to communities 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 exposure rather than mapping the value at risk across all lands in the conterminous United States. Risk is composed of three components: (1) ignition likelihood, (2) expected fire intensity, and (3) effects related to expected fire intensity. Wildfire exposure, by contrast, only concerns the juxtaposition of threatened values in relation to predicted fire occurrence and intensity without estimating potential loss. Exposure is the measure of structures that are exposed to fires that originate within the Fireshed or Project Area. The annual average measure is constructed by averaging potential exposure from the "FSIM" fire simulation database. Fire simulations are based on fuel conditions in 2014. Structures are based on Microsoft Building Footprints identified using a computer vision algorithm on imagery from 2012 - 2016. Exposure measures are adjusted where wildfire or management activities have changed the fuel conditions since 2014. 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 conterminous 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. Project areas are approximately 25,000 acre accounting units nested within firesheds. The fireshed and project area boundaries are designed to delineate hotspots of fire transmission to adjacent or nearby communities to facilitate cohesive cross-boundary risk mitigation planning.
Copyright Text: 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.
Description: Ecological connectivity is a broad concept that includes functional connectivity (e.g., genetic connectivity and seasonal migratory connectivity), structural connectivity (e.g. habitat connectivity), and indices identifying connectivity among “natural” areas (i.e. those that have minimal human development). The Ecological Connectivity Team approached the Secretary’s directive by conducting a literature search to identify datasets representing any of these types of connectivity at a large landscape scale, which we defined as reflecting a substantial portion of a species’ or population’s range or the continental United States. For species-specific datasets, the Team focused on mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians that are threatened, endangered, proposed, or candidate species under the Endangered Species Act, Forest Service Sensitive Species, and species that serve important cultural purposes (e.g., subsistence) or have terrestrial seasonal migrations. Species corridors included in this dataset are: Elk, Greater Sage Grouse, Grizzly Bear, Lesser Prairie Chicken, Lynx, Mexican Spotted Owl, Mule Deer, Pronghorn and Wolverine. We don’t recommend collapsing these records together into a single layer. Major considerations in this recommendation include:The species represented in this dataset are severely biased by what has been studied, not all potential species of interest.Of these species, we do not have range-wide data (or even west-wide data) for most and regional coverage differs dramatically across each dataset.What we can conclude from each species’ dataset differs (e.g. some have just have corridor/ no-data while others also have a field for non-corridor).Each of these species has a different response to fire, meaning that presence of connectivity for each species could mean very different things for management decision-making.
Copyright Text: Data were complied by Mitch Lazarz at Rocky Mountain Research Station and includes data pulled from various sources, 11/1/22. Canada Lynx: (Squires, JR et al., 2013; Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group, 2010); Elk: (Kauffman, M. et al., 2022); Greater sage-grouse: (Row, JR et al., 2018); Grizzly bear: (Proctor MF. et al., 2015, van Manen, F.T., et al 2017); Lesser prairie chicken:(Wan et al. 2019); Mexican spotted owl: (Wan et al, 2019); Mule deer: (Kauffman, M., et al., 2022, USGS data release); Pronghorn: (Kauffman, M. et al., 2022); Wolverine (Schwartz M.K et al., 2009).