Burn Intensity for the 1994 Bannock Creek Fire within Boise National Forest, Idaho

Burn Intensity for the 1994 Bannock Creek Fire within Boise National Forest, Idaho

Frequently-asked questions:

What does this data set describe?

Title:
Burn Intensity for the 1994 Bannock Creek Fire within Boise National Forest, Idaho

Abstract: 
This data set reflects fire intensity as measured by canopy scorch for the 1994 Bannock Creek Fire, Idaho City Ranger District, Boise National Forest, Idaho.

Supplemental information: 
Procedures_Used:
Field crews surveyed fire area (ground and air).  Islands < 40 acres USGS topographical maps, then remanuscripted 1:24000 stable mylar.  Digitized Arc-Info RMSE .003, clean weed 10.

  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Boise National Forest GIS Staff, Unknown, Burn Intensity for the 1994 Bannock Creek Fire within Boise National Forest, Idaho: Boise National Forest GIS Staff, Boise, ID, USA.

    Online links:
  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    Bounding coordinates:
    West: -115.768216
    East: -115.70652
    North: 43.790125
    South: 43.757448

  3. What does it look like?

    http://insideidaho.org/data/BNF/image/bannfire_bnf_bnf.gif (GIF)
    Simple image of the data set at full extent

    Thumbnail image:

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar date: 1994
    Currentness reference: 
    ground condition

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):
      • Complete chain (43)
      • Entity point (12)
      • GT-polygon composed of chains (12)
      • Point (224)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The grid coordinate system used is Universal Transverse Mercator

      Universal Transverse Mercator
      UTM zone number: 11
      Transverse Mercator projection parameters:
      Scale factor at central meridian: 0.999600
      Longitude of central meridian: -117.000000
      Latitude of projection origin: 0.000000
      False easting: 500000.000000
      False northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using Coordinate Pair.
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000004.
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000004.
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters.

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
      The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.9786982.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    BANNFIRE.AAT
    Arc attribute table (Source: ARC/INFO)

    -
    Arc attribute table (Source: ARC/INFO)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    BANNFIRE#
    Internal feature number (Source: Computed)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    BANNFIRE-ID
    User-assigned feature number (Source: User-defined)

    Whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    FNODE#
    Internal number of from-node (Source: Computed)

    Whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    LENGTH
    Length of arc in coverage units (Source: Computed)

    Whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    LPOLY#
    Internal number of poly to left of arc (Source: Computed)

    Whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    RPOLY#
    Internal number of poly to right of arc (Source: Computed)

    Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

    TNODE#
    Internal number of to-node (Source: Computed)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    BANNFIRE-ID
    User-defined feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    BANNFIRE.PAT
    Polygon attribute table (Source: Field mapping by watershed (see narrative))

    -
    Polygon attribute table (Source: ARC/INFO)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    AREA
    Area of poly/region in square coverage units (Source: Computed)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    BAN_ACRES
    Acres calculated from area ( area / 4046.85) (Source: Calculated)

    Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

    BAN_BI
    Relative measure of fire intensity as measured by canopy scorch.  Usually islands < 40 acres not mapped.  Scorch canopy defined fire killed needles/leaves which remain on trees/brush (Source: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) -- Forest Service (Boise National Forest))

    Ban_bi (burn intensity), relative measure of fire intensity as measured by canopy scorch. Usually islands < 40 acres not mapped. Scorch canopy defined fire killed needles/leaves which remain on trees/brush. L- low, < 50%. Canopy "green" with scattered scorched canopy M- Medium, 51-100%, usually >75%. Canopy "red",scattered red/black H- High, 100%. Canopy completely consumed. Canopy black.

    BAN_DISS
    Added item to dissolve polygons into perimeter (Source: unknown)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    BANNFIRE#
    Internal feature number (Source: Computed)

    BANNFIRE-ID
    User-assigned feature number (Source: Computed)

    PERIMETER
    Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units (Source: Computed)

    BAN_DISS
    Entity and attribute overview: 
    Ban_bi (burn intensity), relative measure of fire intensity as measured by canopy scorch.  Usually islands < 40 acres not mapped.  Scorch canopy defined fire killed needles/leaves which remain on trees/brush.  L- low, < 50%.  Canopy "green" with scattered scorched canopy M- Medium, 51-100%, usually >75%.  Canopy "red",scattered red/black H- High, 100%.  Canopy completely consumed.  Canopy black.

    Entity and attribute detail citation: 
    none
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Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

    • Boise National Forest GIS Staff

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Diane McConnaughey
    Boise National Forest GIS Staff
    GIS Specialist
    1249 South Vinnell Way
Suite 200
    Boise, ID 83709
    USA

    (208) 373-4247 (voice)
    dmcconnaughey@fs.fed.us
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Why was the data set created?

The data are intended to assist efforts surrounding broad-scale forest planning for analysis in fire-recovery: soil stabilization, reestablishing vegetation, and protection of other resources such as wildlife, riparian habitat, water quality, fisheries and timber. These data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:24,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the Boise National Forest GIS Staff in the use of these data.

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How was the data set created?

  1. Where did the data come from?

  2. What changes have been made?

    Date: 19940923 (change 1 of 22) 
    DTHOM BUILD BANNOCK POLY

    Date: 19940923 (change 2 of 22) 
    DTHOM CREATELABELS BANNOCK

    Date: 19940923 (change 3 of 22) 
    DTHOM IDEDIT BANNOCK POLY

    Date: 19940923 (change 4 of 22) 
    DTHOM ARCEDIT /PROJECTS/BNF/BANNOCK

    Date: 19940927 (change 5 of 22) 
    IMPORT COVER BANNOCK BANNOCK

    Date: 19940927 (change 6 of 22) 
    RENAME BANNOCK BANBIS

    Date: 19941003 (change 7 of 22) 
    EXPORT COVER BANBIS BANBIS

    Date: 19950420 (change 8 of 22) 
    EXTERNALALL

    Date: 19950421 (change 9 of 22) 
    EXPORT COVER /IMG/RCR/BANBIS /FOIA/EXPORTS/BANBIS

    Date: 19950606 (change 10 of 22) 
    EXPORT COVER BANBIS BANBIS

    Date: 19950613 (change 11 of 22) 
    COPY BANBIS /FIRE2/94FIRES/BBIS

    Date: 19960429 (change 12 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA   DOCUMENT BBIS CREATE DMCCONNA

    Date: 19960429 (change 13 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA EXPORT COVER BBIS /WRK/COV_DEV/BBIS NONE

    Date: 19960507 (change 14 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA  EXPORT COVER /FIRE2/94FIRES/BBIS BBIS

    Date: 19960531 (change 15 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA EXPORT COVER /FIRE2/94FIRES/BBIS BBIS NONE

    Date: 19970708 (change 16 of 22) 
    EXTERNALALL

    Date: 19970715 (change 17 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA IMPORT COVER BBIS.E00 BBIS

    Date: 19980105 (change 18 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/BOISE/FIRE/BBIS BBIS

    Date: 19980105 (change 19 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/BOISE/FIRE/BBIS BBIS

    Date: 19980925 (change 20 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA COPY BBIS /FSFILES/OFFICE/GISDEV/BNFDEV/BBIS

    Date: 19990525 (change 21 of 22) 
    DMCCONNA COPY BBIS /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/BOISE/FIRE/BANNOCK

    Date: 20000706 (change 22 of 22) 
    EXPORT COVER BANNOCK BANNFIRE_BNF_BNF.E00

The orginal coverage contributed by Diane McConnaughey was imported into ARC/INFO, renamed, and exported.  The file was then compressed using GZIP.

Metadata included with the original coverage (created using DOCUMENT.AML) was imported.  If the metadata was not FGDC compliant, it was updated to be compliant.

    Person responsible for change:
    Bruce Godfrey
    University of Idaho Library
    GIS Specialist
    PO Box 442350
    Moscow, ID 83844-2350
    USA

    208-885-6463 (voice)
    208-885-6817 (FAX)
    bgodfrey@uidaho.edu

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How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

    See Entity_Attribute_Information

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    Unknown

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    Unknown

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    Polygon and chain-node topology present.

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How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access constraints: None
Use constraints: 
None

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  1. Who distributes the data set?

    Bruce Godfrey
    University of Idaho Library
    GIS Specialist
    PO Box 442350
    Moscow, ID 83844-2350
    USA

    208-885-6463 (voice)
    208-885-6817 (FAX)
    bgodfrey@uidaho.edu

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the University of Idaho Library, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

  5. Is there some other way to get the data?

  6. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

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Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 19960429
Last reviewed: 20040527

Metadata author:
Diane McConnaughey
Boise National Forest GIS Staff
GIS Specialist
1249 South Vinnell Way
Suite 200
Boise, ID 83709
USA

(208) 373-4247 (voice)
dmcconnaughey@fs.fed.us

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata(FGDC-STD-001-1998)

Metadata extensions used:
  • http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

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