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Project Introduction Methodology |
Database Description Example Map |
Status Report Status Map |
| Related Data, Maps, and Publications |
  Related Data Fire Perimeters |
Database Description
The data are maintained as a arc/Info vector coverage in the Regions format. The Arc/Info regions subclass is called FIRES. The FIRES subclass contains data including name, acres, cause, agency, year, month, and day.
Item Definitions
| FIREP.PATFIRES: | |||||
| ITEM NAME | INPUT WIDTH | OUTPUT WIDTH | DATA TYPE | DECI MALS | DESCRIPTION |
| ---------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ---- | ------------------------- |
| NAME | 40 | 40 | C | Fire name | |
| ACRES_CALC | 4 | 5 | B | Calculated acreage | |
| AGENCY | 3 | 3 | C | Agency who tracked fire | |
| CAUSE | 1 | 1 | I | Code for fire cause | |
| YEAR | 4 | 4 | I | Year of ignition | |
| MONTH | 2 | 2 | I | Month of ignition | |
| DAY | 2 | 2 | I | Day of ignition | |
Agency Coding:
| Agency | Description |
| BIA | USDI Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
| CDF | California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection |
| CCO | Contract Counties |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| FWS | USDI Fish and Wildlife Service |
| LRA | Local Response Area |
| NOP | No Protection |
| NPS | National Park Service |
| PVT | Private |
| USF | United States Forest Service |
| OTH | Other |
Cause coding:
| Cause Code | Description |
| 1 | Lightning |
| 2 | Equipment Use |
| 3 | Smoking |
| 4 | Campfire |
| 5 | Debris |
| 6 | Railroad |
| 7 | Arson |
| 8 | Playing with Fire |
| 9 | Miscellaneous |
| 10 | Vehicle |
| 11 | Power Line |
| 12 | Firefighter Training |
| 13 | Non-Firefighter Training |
| 14 | Unknown/Unidentified |
| 15 | Structure |
| 16 | Aircraft |
| 17 | Volcanic |
| 18 | Escaped Prescribed Burn |
| 19 | Illegal Alien Campfire |