Geospatial Metadata

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

Frequently-asked questions:

What does this data set describe?
Who produced the data set?
Why was the data set created?
How was the data set created?
1. Where did the data come from?
2. What changes have been made?
How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?
How can someone get a copy of the data set?
Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

Title:

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

Abstract:

This data set reflects fire intensity as measured by canopy scorch for the 1994 Thunderbolt Fire, Cascade Ranger District, Boise National Forest, Idaho.

Supplemental information:

Procedures_Used:
Field crews surveyed fire area (ground and air).  Islands < 40 acres usually not mapped.  Burn polygons drawn on paper copies 7 1/2 minute USGS topographical maps, then remanuscripted 1:24000 stable mylar.  Digitized Arc-Info RMSE .003, clean weed 10.

Reviews_Applied_to_Data:
Manuscripts compared with field maps to check for line and attribute accuracy.

How should this data set be cited?

Boise National Forest GIS staff, Unknown, Burn Intensity for the 1994 Thunderbolt Fire within Boise National Forest, Idaho: Boise National Forest GIS Staff, Boise, ID, USA.
Online links:
- http://insideidaho.org/data/BNF/archive/thunfire_bnf_bnf.gz
What geographic area does the data set cover?

Bounding coordinates:

West: -115.68816014

East: -115.49810397

North: 44.87519103

South: 44.69444056
What does it look like?

http://insideidaho.org/data/BNF/image/thunfire_bnf_bnf.gif (GIF)

Simple image of the data set at full extent

Thumbnail image:
Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

Calendar date: 1994

Currentness reference:
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ground condition
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What is the general form of this data set?

Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data
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):
  - Point (90)
  - String (238)
  - GT-polygon composed of chains (91)
  - Node, planar graph (165)
  - 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 1.
  
  Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1.
  
  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.

How does the data set describe geographic features?

THUNFIRE.PAT

Polygon attribute table, Thunderbolt Fire Fire Intensity (Source: Field mapping)

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Polygon attribute table, Thunderbolt Fire Fire Intensity (Source: Field mapping)

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

ACRES

Acres calcualted from area (area / 4046.85) (Source: Calculated)

Coordinates defining the features.

AREA

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

Whole numbers that are automatically generated.

BIS

Burn Intensity, canopy scorch (Source: See narrative)

BIS (burn intensity), relative estimate of fire intensity as measured by canopy scorch. Generally areas > 40 acres mapped. Scorch canopy defined as fire killed needles and leaves that remain on trees or brush. U - Not Burned. Canopy not scorched. L - Low, < 50%. Canopy "green" with scattered scorched canopy areas. M - 51-100%, usually > 75%. Canopy "red", scattered black, green areas. H - 100%. Canopy completely consumed. Canopy black.

BIS_INT

Integer equivalent of bis, for use in GRID (Source: L=1, M=2, H=3, UB=99)

DISS

Item used to dissolve into perimeter (Source: user defined)

PERIMETER

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

Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

THUNFIRE#

Internal feature number (Source: Computed)

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

THUNFIRE-ID

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

THUNFIRE.AAT

Attribute table of THUNFIRE.AAT (Source: ARC/INFO)

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Attribute table of TBIS. (Source: ARC/INFO)

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

FNODE#

Internal number of from-node (Source: Computed)

Coordinates defining the features.

LENGTH

Length of arc in coverage units (Source: Computed)

Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

LPOLY#

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

Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

RPOLY#

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

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

THUNFIRE#

Internal feature number (Source: Computed)

THUNFIRE-ID

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

TNODE#

Internal number of to-node (Source: Computed)

DISS

Unknown (Source: Unknown)

BIS_INT

Unknown (Source: Unknown)

BOLT_BI

Unknown (Source: Unknown)

THUNFIRE.NAT

Attribute table of THUNFIRE.NAT (Source: ARC/INFO)

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Attribute table of TBIS. (Source: ARC/INFO)

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

ARC#

Unknown (Source: Unknown)

Coordinates defining the features.

THUNFIRE#

Internal feature number (Source: Computed)

THUNFIRE-ID

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

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

THUNFIRE-ID

User-defined feature number. (Source: ESRI)

Entity and attribute overview:

BIS (burn intensity), relative estimate of fire intensity as measured by canopy scorch. Generally areas > 40 acres mapped.  Scorch canopy defined as fire killed needles and leaves that remain on trees or brush.
UB - canopy not scorched.
L - Low, < 50%. Canopy "green" with scattered scorched canopy areas.
M - 51-100%, usually > 75%. Canopy "red", scattered black, green areas.
H - 100%.  Canopy completely consumed.  Canopy black.

Entity and attribute detail citation:

Not Available

Who produced the data set?

Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
- Boise National Forest GIS staff
Who also contributed to the data set?
To whom should users address questions about the data?
Diane McConnaughey

Boise National Forest GIS Staff

GIS Specialist
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1249 South Vinnell Way
Suite 200
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Boise, ID 83709

USA

(208) 373-4247 (voice)

dmcconnaughey@fs.fed.us

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.

How was the data set created?

Where did the data come from?
What changes have been made?
Date: 19941021 (change 1 of 58)
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DTHOM IMPORT COVER TBOLT TBOLT
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Date: 19941025 (change 13 of 58)
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COPY TBOLT THUNDER/TBOLT
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Date: 19941026 (change 14 of 58)
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Date: 19941027 (change 28 of 58)
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ARCEDIT /GRD/XXSPACE/THUNDER/TBINT
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Date: 19941028 (change 29 of 58)
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EXPORT COVER TBINT TBINT
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Date: 19941030 (change 30 of 58)
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EXPORT COVER TBINT TBINT
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Date: 19941103 (change 31 of 58)
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COPY /GRD/XXSPACE/THUNDER/TBINT TBINT
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Date: 19941209 (change 34 of 58)
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EXPORT COVER /GRD/XXSPACE/CASCADE/TBINT /BNF1/BAT_EXPORTS/TBINT
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Date: 19950609 (change 45 of 58)
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COPY TBINT /FIRE2/94FIRES/TBINT
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Date: 19960429 (change 47 of 58)
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DMCCONNA   DOCUMENT TBIS CREATE DMCCONNA
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DMCCONNA EXPORT COVER TBIS /WRK/COV_DEV/TBIS NONE
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DMCCONNA  EXPORT COVER /FIRE2/94FIRES/TBIS TBIS
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DMCCONNA EXPORT COVER /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/BOISE/FIRE/TBIS TBIS
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DMCCONNA COPY TBIS /FSFILES/OFFICE/GISDEV/BNFDEV/TBIS
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DMCCONNA COPY TBIS /FSFILES/REF/LIBRARY/GIS/BOISE/FIRE/TBOLT
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Date: 20000707 (change 57 of 58)
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PROJECTCOPY COVER BBEXPFOR COVER THUNFIRE

The original ArcInfo coverage did not have a projection defined.
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Person responsible for change:
Lily Wai

University of Idaho Library

Head of Government Documents

University of Idaho Library

Moscow, ID 83844-2350

USA

208-885-6344 (voice)

208-885-6817 (FAX)

lwai@uidaho.edu

Hours of Service: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Pacific Time), Monday - Friday
Date: 20000707 (change 58 of 58)
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EXPORT COVER THUNFIRE THUNFIRE_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.
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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

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

How well have the observations been checked?
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See Entity_Attribute_Information
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How accurate are the geographic locations?
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How accurate are the heights or depths?
Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?
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Unknown
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How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?
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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

Distributor 1 of 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

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

Downloadable Data

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.

How can I download or order the data?