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LANDFIRE fuel data describe the composition and characteristics of surface and canopy fuel. LANDFIRE fuel products:

• provide consistent fuel data to support fire planning, analysis, and budgeting to evaluate fire management alternatives
• supplement strategic and tactical planning for fire operations

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LANDFIRE 2008 (LF_1.1.0) Fire Behavior Fuel Models 40 (FBFM40) for Hawaii, zone 79, was updated 6/5/12. The FBFM40 layer was updated due to an updated disturbance layer. Users are advised to delete local copies of these layers downloaded prior to June 5, 2012 and download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. LANDFIRE 2008 (LF_1.1.0) fuel layers for zones 10, 19, 41, 37, 46, 48, 54, 98, and 99 are updated 5/1/12. The fuel layers were updated due to corrected input layers. Updated layers are Canopy Bulk Density (CBD), Canopy Base Height (CBH), Canopy Cover (CC), Canopy Height (CH), Fire Behavior Fuel Models 13/40 (FBFM13/40), and Fuel Characteristic Classification System Fuelbeds (FCCS). Users are advised to delete local copies of these layers downloaded prior to May 1, 2012 and download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. Fuel Loading Models (FLM) versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (Refresh 2001/2008) for the Southeast (SE) GeoArea are updated as of 1/30/12. LF_1.0.5/1.1.0 was delivered incrementally over the course of a year beginning in April 2010 with the SE GeoArea (zones 37, 46, 48, 54, 55, 56, 98, and 99). Remaining GeoAreas were completed over the course of the next eighteen months and methods for completing these data were refined, including improved agricultural, urban, and riparian/wetland mapping. LANDFIRE has now implemented these refinements in the SE GeoArea. Users are advised to delete local copies of the FLM layer for the SE GeoArea LF_1.0.5/1.1.0 downloaded prior to 1/30/12 and download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. Fuel layers for the Southeast (SE) GeoArea versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (Refresh 2001/2008) are updated as of 12-20-11. LF_1.0.5/1.1.0 was delivered incrementally over the course of a year beginning in April 2010 with the SE GeoArea (zones 37, 46, 48, 54, 55, 56, 98, and 99). Remaining GeoAreas were completed over the course of the next eighteen months. Methods for completing these data were refined, including improved agricultural, urban, and riparian/wetland mapping. LANDFIRE implemented these refinements in the SE GeoAreas. The updated LF_1.0.5/1.1.0 fuel layers for the SE GeoArea include: Canopy Bulk Density (CBD) Canopy Base Height (CBH) Canopy Cover (CC) Canopy Height (CH) 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Model s (FBFM13) 40 Scott and Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models (FBFM40) Fuel Characteristic Classification System Fuelbeds (FCCS) Users are advised to delete local copies of these SE GeoArea LF_1.0.5/1.1.0 layers downloaded prior to 12-20-11 and download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. A problem with LF_1.0.5 (Refresh 2001) zone 30 was recently identified. Areas in zone 30 were misclassified, affecting two fuel layers: zone 30 LF_1.0.5 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models (FBFM13) 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models (FBFM40) Users are advised to delete any local copies of these layers downloaded prior to 12-20-11 and download the current versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. A problem with LF_1.1.0 (Refresh 2008) zone 7 was recently identified. Areas in zone 7 were misclassified, affecting six fuel layers: zone 7 LF_1.1.0 Canopy Bulk Density (CBD) Canopy Base Height (CBH) Canopy Cover (CC) Canopy Height (CH) 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models (FBFM13) 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models (FBFM40) Users are advised to delete any local copies of these layers downloaded prior to 12-20-11 and download the current versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. A minor problem was recently identified with Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, and Canopy Height for map zone 60. While affected acreage is small, users are advised to delete any local copies of these four layers downloaded prior to August 3, 2011 and download the updated versions. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. A problem with LF_1.1.0 (Refresh 2008) zones 1 - 25, 28 - 31, 39 -41 was recently identified. Areas in mechanical disturbances were misclassified. Affected layers include: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and Fuel Characteristic Classification System Fuelbeds. While the affected acreage varies depending on the amount of mechanical disturbance found in any given zone, users are advised to delete any local copies of these layers downloaded prior to May 12, 2011 and download the current versions. We regret any inconvenience this may cause. To read an expanded explanation concerning this Vegetation Transition Error click here. The following fuel layers for zone 79 were updated February 23, 2011 to reflect the changes made during a recent vegetation/ fuel workshop in Honolulu, Hawaii: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The first version of the Aspect layer for Hawaii, mapping zone 79, was delivered on the National Map in a binned format. Users are advised to delete any local copies of this layer downloaded prior to April 29, 2010 and download the updated unbinned version as of April 29, 2010. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. The following fuel layers for zones 42, 47, 49, 52, 53, 57, and 59 were updated 09/29/09 to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Marion, Illinois and London, Kentucky: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 38, 40, and 43 were updated 08/20/09 to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Decatur, TX and Pierre, SD: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 12, 16, 17, and 23 were updated July 21, 2009 to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Salt Lake City, UT: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 14, 15, 24, and 28 were updated June 19, 2009 to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Phoenix, AZ: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 10, 18, 19, 37, 44, 45, 46, 48, 54, 98, and 99 were updated to reflect the changes made during the most recent fuel calibration workshops held in Missoula, MT; Atlanta, GA; and Jackson, MS: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use these updated versions of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 were updated December 22, 2008, to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. A problem was recently identified with the Canopy Bulk Density (cbd) layer for mapping zones 26, 33, and 34. Development of cbd was mistakenly inconsistent with surrounding zones and has been subsequently reprocessed to maintain inter-zone consistency. Users are advised to delete any local copies of this layer for these three zones and download the updated versions as of October 20, 2008. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. The following fuel layers for zones 41, 50 and 51 were updated spring 2008 to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Minneapolis, Minnesota: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. A problem was recently identified with the Aspect layer from Mapping Zone 41. The original version of Aspect was missing Isle Royale in the northeastern region of the zone. Aspect was recalculated to include the island. Customers are advised to delete any local copies of this Aspect layer downloaded prior to March 21, 2008, and download the current version. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. The following fuel layers for zones 55, 56 and 58 were updated winter 2008 to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Lake City, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 25, 26, 27, 33 and 34 were recently updated to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Albuquerque, New Mexico: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 29 and 30 were updated July 20, 2007 to reflect the changes made during our most recent fuel calibration exercise held in Rapid City, South Dakota: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Users are strongly encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. The following fuel layers for zones 9 and 24 were updated July 20, 2007 to include canopy characteristics changes: Canopy Bulk Density, Canopy Base Height, Canopy Cover, Canopy Height, 13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models, and 40 Scott & Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models. Affected acreage is small. Users are encouraged to use this updated version of the fuel suite. A minor problem was recently identified with the Canopy Bulk Density and Canopy Base Height layers for mapping zones 55 and 29. Users are advised to delete any local copies of these two layers downloaded prior to July 3, 2007 and download the current versions. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. All updated fuel layers for the western mapping zones are available as of May 31, 2007. These updates were conducted to: 1) implement all refinements identified during the calibration workshops, 2) update the fuel layers in response to planned revisions of vegetation products, 3) include data from more plots in the formulation of canopy fuel products, 4) include key deciduous species in the formulation of canopy fuel products, and 5) leverage a new exotics data product to identify annual grasses pervasive throughout much of the western United States. For more information, please visit the Fire Behavior Fuel Model Calibration page. posted 05-JUN-12 LANDFIRE 2008 (LF_1.1.0) Fire Behavior Fuel Models 40 (FBFM40) for Hawaii, zone 79, was updated 6/5/12... posted 01-MAY-12 LANDFIRE 2008 (LF_1.1.0) fuel layers for zones 10, 19, 41, 37, 46, 48, 54, 98, and 99 are updated 5/1/12... posted 01-FEB-12 Fuel Loading Models (FLM) versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (Refresh 2001/2008) for the Southeast (SE) GeoArea are updated as of 1/30/12... posted 21-DEC-11 Fuel layers for the Southeast (SE) GeoArea versions 1.0.5/1.1.0 (Refresh 2001/2008) are updated as of 12-20-11... posted 21-DEC-11 A problem with LF_1.0.5 (Refresh 2001) zone 30 was recently identified... posted 21-DEC-11 A problem with LF_1.1.0 (Refresh 2008) zone 7 was recently identified... posted 04-AUG-11 Zone 60: A problem was identified with the following layers... posted 12-MAY-11 A problem with LF_1.1.0 (Refresh 2008) zones 1 - 25, 28 - 31, 39 -41 was recently identified... posted 24-FEB-11 LF_1.0.0 (National) Zone 79: The following layers were updated... posted 29-APR-10 Zone 79: The first version of the Aspect layer for Hawaii was delivered in a binned format... posted 29-SEP-09 Zones 42, 47, 49, 52, 53, 57, and 59: The following fuel layers were updated... posted 20-AUG-09 Zones 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 38, 40, and 43:  The following fuel layers were updated... posted 21-JUL-09 Zones 12, 16, 17, and 23: The following fule layers were updated... posted 19-JUN-09 Zones 14, 15, 24, and 28: The following fuel layers were updated... posted 18-APR-09 Zones 10, 18, 19, 37, 44, 45, 46, 48, 54, 98, and 99: The following fuel layers were updated... posted 24-DEC-08 Zones 60 - 66: The following fuel layers were updated... posted 22-OCT-08 Zones 26, 33, & 34: A problem was identified with the Canopy Bulk Density (cbd) layer... posted 20-MAY-08 Zones 41, 50, & 51: The following fuel layers were updated... posted 25-MAR-08 Zone 41: A problem was identified with the Aspect layer... posted 25-MAR-08 Zones 55, 56, & 58: The following fuel layers were updated... posted 19-NOV-07 Zones 25, 26, 27, 33 & 34: The following fuel layers were updated... posted 23-JUL-07 Zones 29 and 30: The following fuel layers for were updated... posted 23-JUL-07 Zones 9 and 24: The following fuel layers for were updated... posted 03-JUL-07 Zones 29 & 55: A problem was identified with the following layers... posted 31-MAY-07 all western mapping zones: All updated fuel layers are available...
Surface Fuel	Canopy Fuel
13 Anderson Fire Behavior Fuel Models- original 13 fire behavior fuel models, represents severe fire conditions 40 Scott and Burgan Fire Behavior Fuel Models – fire behavior fuel model predictions beyond the severe fire season, such as prescribed fire and fire use applications Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System - Canadian system for rating the risk of forest fires, distributed for Alaska only Fuel Characteristic Classification System Fuelbeds- provide land managers, regulators, and scientists with a nationally consistent and durable procedure for characterizing and classifying fuels Fuel Loading Models- surface fuel classification system to characterize wildland surface fuel	Forest Canopy Cover - proportion of the forest floor covered by the vertical projection of the tree crowns Forest Canopy Height - average height of the top of the vegetated canopy Forest Canopy Bulk Density - density of available canopy fuel in a stand Forest Canopy Base Height - average height from the ground to a forest stand’s canopy bottom
Other Landscape (.LCP) file - multi-band raster format used by wildland fire behavior and fire effect simulation models such as FARSITE and FlamMap LANDFIRE Reference Database (LFRDB) – consists of vegetation and fuel data from geo-referenced sampling units nationwide

Application

These data can be implemented within models to predict wildland fire behavior and effects, and are useful for strategic fuel treatment prioritization and tactical assessment of fire behavior and effects.

Follow the links below to learn more about how these data are used for these and other uses:

2010

LANDFIRE 2008 data in the Cowychee Mountain Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Yakima, Washington — Making Risk Assessments User-Friendly

2008

Upper Fraser Valley CWPP and LANDFIRE data: Northern Colorado
Use of LANDFIRE Data in Wildland Fire Risk Assessment and Multi-Year Fuels Program Planning for Bureau of Indian Affairs, Spokane Agency, & Spokane Tribe

2007

Project Summary: Supporting Fire and Land Management Across the Nation
On Fire Incidents in 2007
Yellowstone Central Plateau Fire Behavior Assessment using LANDFIRE data products
Data Comparison and Sensitivity Analysis in Yellowstone National Park

2006

Use of LANDFIRE Data in Wildland Fire Risk Assessment: Ashley Lakes Fire
Use of LANDFIRE data in fuels program prioritization and planning: Signal Peak Assessment

2005

Use of LANDFIRE Data in Wildland Fire Incident Management: Dammeron & Valley Road Fires