LANDFIRE Remap 2016 Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC) CONUS

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 20200731

Title: LANDFIRE Remap 2016 Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC) CONUS

Edition: LF Remap

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD

Publisher:

Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://www.landfire.gov

Description:

Abstract:

LANDFIRE's (LF) Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC) represents the vertically projected percent cover of the live canopy for a 30-m cell. EVC is produced separately for tree, shrub, and herbaceous lifeforms. Training data depicting percentages of canopy cover are obtained from plot-level ground-based visual assessments and lidar observations. These are combined with Landsat imagery (from multiple seasons), topographic, climate, and other geospatial data sets to inform models built independently for each lifeform. Tree, shrub, and herbaceous lifeforms each have a potential range from 10% to 100%. The three independent lifeform datasets are merged into a single product. The EVC product is then reconciled through QA/QC measures to ensure lifeform is synchronized with both Existing Vegetation Height (EVH) and Type (EVT) products. Disturbance events not visible in the source imagery are accounted for by incorporating LF Remap Annual Disturbance products. LF uses EVC as an input for LF Remap Fuel Vegetation Cover (FVC).

Purpose:

LF Remap is a comprehensive mapping effort that uses recent data to create a new base map product suite that better represents contemporary conditions. LF Remap represents circa 2016 ground conditions and is designed to produce vegetation, disturbance, and fuels products that inform wildland fire and ecological decision systems. LF Remap has improved past methodologies and processes to incorporate current satellite imagery, contemporary data sources, and the latest software and hardware technologies. Final LF Remap products offer significant improvements to all previous LF versions (read more about versions here https://www.landfire.gov/lf_schedule.php).
LF Remap products are designed to facilitate national- and regional-level strategic fire and resource management planning and reporting of management activities. The principal purposes of the products include providing, 1) national-level, landscape-scale geospatial products to support fire and fuels management planning, and 2) consistent fuels products to support fire planning, analysis, and budgeting to evaluate fire management alternatives.
Products are created at a 30-meter raster; however, the applicability of products varies by location and specific use. LF products were designed to support 1) national (all states) strategic planning, 2) regional (single large states or groups of smaller states), and 3) strategic/tactical planning for large sub-regional landscapes and Fire Management Units (FMUs) (such as significant portions of states or multiple federal administrative entities). The applicability of LF products to support fire and land management planning on smaller areas will vary by product, location, and specific use. Managers and planners must evaluate LF products according to the scale and requirements specific to their needs.

Supplemental_Information: None.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2016

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Biennially

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.98775263969655

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -65.25444546636928

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 51.64968101623376

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 22.765446426860603

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus

Theme_Keyword: fires

Theme_Keyword: hazard preparedness

Theme_Keyword: remote sensing

Theme_Keyword: image collections

Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Theme_Keyword: geographic information systems

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: raster digital data

Theme_Keyword: Existing Vegetation Cover

Theme_Keyword: EVC

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Theme_Keyword: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)

Theme_Keyword: LANDFIRE Remap

Theme_Keyword: LANDFIRE 2016

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Common geographic areas

Place_Keyword: US

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: Continental U.S.

Place_Keyword: Conterminous United States

Place_Keyword: CONUS

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 47914 252nd Street

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198

Country: U.S.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6151

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helpdesk@landfire.gov

Data_Set_Credit:

These products were created by the LF team at USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD. Refer to the contact information throughout this metadata to contact the LF team.

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: None in place

Security_Classification: Unclassified

Security_Handling_Description:

If there is ever doubt, contact the LF Help Desk at helpdesk@landfire.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 10; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.6.1

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Products were tested to ensure that each attribute is represented consistently across all data sets. Attributes were not validated against in person observations.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The products were pixel "truth" tested for consistency of land or water characteristics across all products.

Completeness_Report:

Products were formally tested to ensure that valid data was produced for all pixels. Each product was then validated and tested for duplicates, omissions, and errors.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Beginning in 2016 LF Remap products were created using recent advances in image compositing, tiling algorithms, and faster computing hardware to ensure that LF products remained relevant. LF Remap leveraged the Landsat archive, lidar data, and user contributed field plot data compiled into the LF Reference Database (LFRDB), to create new base map vegetation products. Reference resources included, but were not limited to, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program plot data (USFS - https://fia.fs.fed.us/), Landsat Dynamic Surface Water Extent [(DSWE) USGS - https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/], the National Land Cover Dataset [(NLCD) USGS - https://www.mrlc.gov/data], and National Agricultural Statistics Service [(NASS) USDA - https://www.nass.usda.gov/]. To read more about LF reference resources go to https://www.landfire.gov/reference.php. Information about LF Remap product testing is available by request or via the website at https://www.landfire.gov.

Process_Date: 20200731

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 20729

Column_Count: 24853

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 29.5

Standard_Parallel: 45.5

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 23.0

False_Easting: 0

False_Northing: 0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 30

Ordinate_Resolution: 30

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83)

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: EVC

Entity_Type_Definition: LF Remap EVC attributes spreadsheet.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VALUE

Attribute_Definition: The code that identifies the percent canopy cover.

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No Data

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 11

Range_Domain_Maximum: 399

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CLASSNAMES

Attribute_Definition:

Existing Vegetation Cover depicts percent canopy cover by life form. Potential range is 10-100%

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NoData

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No Data

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tree cover 10% to >=99%

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tree over 10 to 100%.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Shrub cover 10% to >=99%

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shrub cover 10 to 100%.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Herb cover 10% to >=99%

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Herb cover 10 to 100%.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Open Water

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Open water.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Snow/Ice

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Snow and ice.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Upland Deciduous Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed upland deciduous forest.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Upland Evergreen Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed upland evergreen forest.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Upland Mixed Forest

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed upland mixed forest.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Upland Herbaceous

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed upland herbaceous.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Upland Shrubland

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed upland shrubland.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Low Intensity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed low intensity.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Medium Intensity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed medium intensity.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-High Intensity

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Developed high intensity.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Developed-Roads

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Roads.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Barren

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Barren.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Quarries-Strip Mines-Gravel Pits-Well and Wind Pads

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Quarries, strip mines, gravel pits, well and wind pads.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NASS-Vineyard

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vineyards.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NASS-Row Crop-Close Grown Crop

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Close grown row crop.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NASS-Row Crop

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Row Crops.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NASS-Close Grown Crop

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Close grown crop.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NASS-Wheat

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wheat.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NASS-Aquaculture

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Aquaculture.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sparse Vegetation Canopy

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sparse vegetation.

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: R

Attribute_Definition: Red color value/255

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: G

Attribute_Definition: Green color value/255

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: B

Attribute_Definition: Blue color value/255

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 255

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RED

Attribute_Definition: Red color value.

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GREEN

Attribute_Definition: Green color value.

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BLUE

Attribute_Definition: Blue color value.

Attribute_Definition_Source: LF Remap

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 1.0

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

LANDFIRE (LF) Remap Existing Vegetation Cover (EVC). An Attribute Table is included with each product download as a .dbf and embedded in the metadata. The Attribute Data Dictionary (ADD) can be found at https://www.landfire.gov/.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: https://www.landfire.gov/evc.php

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 47914 252nd Street

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198

Country: U.S.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6151

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helpdesk@landfire.gov

Distribution_Liability:

This product is reproduced from geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) USGS EROS. By removing the contents of this package or taking receipt of these files via electronic file transfer methods, you understand that the data stored on this media can be updated at any time. Represented features may not be in an accurate geographic location. USGS EROS makes no expressed or implied warranty, including warranty of merchantability and fitness, with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of the data or their appropriateness for any user's purposes. USGS EROS reserves the right to correct, update, modify, or replace this geospatial information without notification.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ARCG

Format_Version_Date: 20200731

Format_Specification: LF Remap

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://www.landfire.gov

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20200731

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 47914 252nd Street

City: Sioux Falls

State_or_Province: SD

Postal_Code: 57198

Country: U.S.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6151

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: helpdesk@landfire.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: None

Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: None