Schedule ›› Updated Products

Rapid Refresh Through the Rapid Refresh, mapping zones associated with eleven western states were updated by June 2008 (see figure at right). Mapping zones were grouped by geographic areas (Southwest, Pacific Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Northern Rocky Mountains, Central Rocky Mountains, and the Great Basin) to facilitate data gathering, processing, and review. For information on how Rapid Refresh was completed along with the list of data products and descriptions, click here. For additional details on LANDFIRE’s strategy for updating products, click here.

Refresh

The Refresh approach to updating LANDFIRE layers will focus on landscape changes to vegetation such as wildland fire, fuel and vegetation treatments, mortality from insects and disease, storm damage, invasive plants, and other natural or anthropogenic events. The Refresh project will update existing layers to reflect more current conditions. LANDFIRE is a national project, and LANDFIRE Refresh began work in the southeastern United States. See map at right which lists the geographic area mapping order for the nation. For additional information on LANDFIRE Refresh and a list of data products and descriptions, click here.

Refresh Data Call

The Refresh project is subject to a production schedule that sequences the input of contributions by geographic regions, as noted in the table below. The project data administrator will accept contributed data as soon as they are available. However, data must be submitted within the timeframes listed below to contribute to the Refresh update. Those data that are submitted after these dates will become part of a national data base that will be used in subsequent updates and also be available for other efforts.

For a map of the geographic processing areas for Refresh data contributions, please click here.

For more information about data contributions and data submission periods for Refresh, please click here.

Click here to download the formal data request letter for LANDFIRE Refresh.

Click here to download frequently asked questions associated with the Refresh data request letter.

Refresh Product Delivery Schedule

The Refresh project is estimated to span 24 months. The project involves over 500 unique tasks to deliver updated LANDFIRE data layers. Refresh is highly dependent upon the contributions of field data in the form of change data polygons and other information regarding landscape conditions (see Refresh Data Call section above). The schedule of estimated data product delivery is provided in the table below and is subject to a range of factors that may result in possible advances or delays in product delivery dates.

For a map of the Refresh data products delivery schedule by geographic processing areas, please click here.