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The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data: 4th edition

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posted on 2024-11-23, 21:24 authored by Volker C. Radeloff, David P. Helmers, Miranda H. Mockrin, Amanda R. Carlson, Todd J. Hawbaker, Sebastián Martinuzzi
The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. This makes the WUI a focal area for human-environment conflicts such as wildland fires, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and biodiversity decline. Using geographic information systems (GIS), we integrated U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data, to map the Federal Register definition of WUI (Federal Register 66:751, 2001) for the conterminous United States from 1990-2020. These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels. Data are available as a geodatabase and include information such as housing densities for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, 2011, and 2019; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.
To provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI change between 1990 and 2020 across the coterminous U.S. to support wildland fire research, policy and management, and inquiries into the effects of housing growth on the environment.
This data publication, published on 08/09/2023 is a fourth edition. The first edition (https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012) contained data representing the 2010 WUI of the conterminous United States. The second edition (https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-2) contained data that represented the 1990-2010 WUI. The third edition (https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-3) contains data that represent the 1990-2020 WUI. This fourth edition uses an improved PLA housing density dataset to classify WUI from 1990-2020. This involved updating the public land adjustment (PLA) process (step 1) by correcting topological errors and removing erroneous sliver polygons generated during the PLA process. Information about WUI can also be found here: http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/data/wui-change as well as https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/nrs/projects/wuigrowth.

Funding

USDA-FS

History

Data contact name

Miranda H. Mockrin

Data contact email

miranda.h.mockrin@usda.gov

Publisher

Forest Service Research Data Archive

Use limitations

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: Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Carlson, Amanda R.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián. 2023. The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. 4th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-4

Temporal Extent Start Date

1990-01-01

Temporal Extent End Date

2020-12-31

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Data are for the conterminous United States only (lower 48 states and Disrict of Columbia). No data were generated for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories.

ISO Topic Category

  • environment

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

Forestry, Wildland Management

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:96 - Forest Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:059 - Management Activities

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Identifier

RDS-2015-0012-4

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