Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Title: New Hampshire Prescribed Fire Statistics 2014 and 2015 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: This feature class contains polygon data covering prescribed fire data by town for the state of New Hampshire for the years 2014 and 2015. Data includes who (state agencies, private landowners, etc.) conducted prescribed burns, in which town municipal burns were conducted, and the primary fuels and objectives of the burns. Data were derived from a comprehensive survey of town fire wardens, state and federal agencies, burn permit records, and private landowners/organizations. Purpose: The data provides baseline spatial prescribed fire information for the state of New Hampshire. This information can be used to analyze long-term prescribed fire trends; improve air quality emissions modeling; and inform state prescribed fire policy. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20140101 Ending_Date: 20151231 Currentness_Reference: Data represents the 2014 and 2015 survey period. Data collection occurred in 2016. Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.594653 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.664747 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.307189 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.693632 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: enviroment Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: prescribed fire Theme_Keyword: fire Theme_Keyword: controlled burn Theme_Keyword: burn Theme_Keyword: forest protection Theme_Keyword: ecology Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: NH, New Hampshire Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: This is a partial dataset. Data represents 90% of NH municipal fire departments and/or fire wardens. Unincorporated territories were not included in the Extent of Prescribed Fire in NH report. Unincorporated territories are included within the shapefile, however, data for these areas are listed as 'NA.'Data was collected at the municipal level. Use and analysis of geographic data are limited by the scale at which the data are collected and mapped, and by means of interpolation and other modeling procedures used in preparation of the data. The data were prepared with spatial models that used data at multiple scales and are time-limited. The user is advised of these complications.This dataset is provided 'as is.' The producer(s) of this dataset and contributors to this dataset do not make any warranties of any kind for this dataset, and are not liable for any loss or damage however and whenever caused by any use of this dataset. UNH Extension and the conservation partners do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the data nor make claim to any implied uses of the data.Users should credit UNH Cooperative Extension when displaying or analyzing these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: University of New Hampshire Extension Contact_Person: Benjamin T Kaufhold Contact_Position: Intern Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: University of New Hampshire Extension Contact_Person: Andrew Fast Contact_Position: Field Specialist, Natural Resources Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 268 County Farm Road City: Dover State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03820 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-841-6544 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: andrew.fast@unh.edu Data_Set_Credit: Ben Kaufhold, UNH Cooperative Extension; Andy Fast, UNH Cooperate Extension; Mark Ducey, University of New Hampshire; Steve Sherman, NH Division of Forests and Lands; Bryan Nowell, NH Division of Forests and Lands; Lisa Landry, NH Department of Environmental Services; Jennifer Little, NH Division of Forests and Lands; Meredith Lund, NH Department of Safety; John Neely, US Forest Service, Wendy Weisiger, Society for the Protection of NH Forests; Zachary Boyajian, NH Adjutant General’s Department; Heidi Holman, NH Fish and Game; Jeff Lougee, The Nature Conservancy; Stephan Najjar, US Air Force; Karen P. Bennett, UNH Cooperative Extension. A project by UNH Cooperative Extension, University of New Hampshire, and NH Prescribed Fire Council. Funding provided by UNH Cooperative Extension. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The primary measurement, burn acreage, was typically based on interviewee estimates. For accuracy associated with political bounds refer to lineage and original source. Logical_Consistency_Report: Prescribed fires may burn over political lines and acreage per municipality may be affected. Many prescribed fires can have multiple objectives, data was organized based on primary objective(s). Not all objectives may have been captured in the data. Many prescribed fires can have multiple fuels, data was organized based on primary fuel(s). Not all fuels may have been captured in the data. Prescribed fire users where grouped into four 'affiliations.' There are potential challenges assigning fires to a single 'affiliation' when multiple parties are involved. Completeness_Report: Dataset is incomplete. Data represents 90% of municipalities, 100% of class IV burn permits (including private burns), and 100% of burns conducted by state and federal agencies. Unincorporated territories were not included in survey process. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: See lineage and refer to New Hampshire Political Bounds at 1:24,000 Scale for positional accuracy. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Title: New Hampshire Political Boundaries at 1:24,000 Scale Type_of_Source_Media: onLine Source_Citation_Abbreviation: New Hampshire Political Boundaries at 1:24,000 Scale Source_Contribution: Political Boundaries of New Hampshire at 1:24,000 Scale . Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Title: Digital Line Graphs - 1:24,000/1:25,000 Edition: 1 Online_Linkage: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_of_Source_Media: None Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Digital Line Graphs - 1:24,000/1:25,000 Source_Contribution: US Geological Survey or another mapping agency in cooperation with USGS created political boundary map. Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Title: National Cartographic Database Online_Linkage: http://www.usgs.gov/ Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000 Type_of_Source_Media: None Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19530101 Ending_Date: 19900101 Source_Currentness_Reference: Unknown Source_Citation_Abbreviation: National Cartographic Database Source_Contribution: National Cartographic Database US Geological Survey. Process_Step: Process_Description: The DLG-3 files for the 213 7.5-minute quadrangles in the state were converted to Arc/Info coverages using "DLGARC". Line topology was constructed, and attributes were appended using standard Arc/Info utilities. Each tile was then projected from UTM meters (Zone 18 or 19), NAD27, to NH State Plane feet, NAD83. The individual tiles were then edgematched, allowing for movement of arcs at the quadrangle seams of up to 10 ft. to create the statewide layer. Process_Date: 19920101 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Earth Systems Research Center Contact_Position: GRANIT Database Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire City: Durham State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03824 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: granit@unh.edu Hours_of_Service: 8:30AM-5PM, EST Process_Step: Process_Description: The RPA (Regional Planning Agency) designation for 3 towns - Wilmot, Langdon, and Brookfield - was updated. Process_Date: 20060502 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Earth Systems Research Center Contact_Position: GRANIT Database Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire City: Durham State_or_Province: New Hampshire Postal_Code: 03824 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: granit@unh.edu Hours_of_Service: 8:30AM-5PM, EST Process_Step: Process_Description: The RPA (Regional Planning Agency) designation for 1 town - Mason - was updated. Process_Date: 20090414 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Earth Systems Research Center Contact_Position: GRANIT Database Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire City: Durham State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03824 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: granit@unh.edu Hours_of_Service: 8:30AM-5PM, EST Process_Step: Process_Description: The RPA (Regional Planning Agency) designation for 1 town - Windham - was updated. Process_Date: 20090414 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Earth Systems Research Center Contact_Position: GRANIT Database Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire City: Durham State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03824 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: granit@unh.edu Hours_of_Service: 8:30AM-5PM, EST Process_Step: Process_Description: Data collected from NH Prescribed Fire Survey was merged with 'New Hampshire Political Boundaries at 1:24,000 Scale' attribute table. Process_Date: 20161201 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: University of New Hampshire Extension Contact_Person: Andrew Fast Contact_Position: Field Specialist, Natural Resources Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 268 County Farm Road City: Dover State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03820 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-841-6544 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: andrew.fast@unh.edu Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 570 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 StatePlane New Hampshire FIPS 2800 Ft US Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9999666666666667 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.66666666666667 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.5 False_Easting: 984250.0 False_Northing: 0.0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000007286182768240225 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000007286182768240225 Planar_Distance_Units: foot_us Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: NewHampshirePrescribedFireStatistics2014_2015 Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: OBJECTID Attribute: Attribute_Label: Municipali Attribute_Definition: Town where burn occurred. Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Burn Attribute_Definition: Indicates if prescribed burn was conducted within municipality. Y=Yes. N=No. NA=Information Unavailable. Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Year Attribute_Definition: The year a prescribed burn occurred. Survey period was 2014 and 2015. Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Date Attribute_Definition: Date of prescribed fire. Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Fire_ID Attribute_Definition: Each prescribed fire has a unique fire-ID. The ID includes year, location of burn, and a sequential number for each burn. Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Acres_burn Attribute_Definition: Acres burned in each prescribed fire. Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Fuel Attribute_Definition: Primary fuel(s) for each prescribed fire. Fuels used in the survey are listed below. grass shrub timber litter slash grass - shrub grass - timber litter grass - slash shrub - grass shrub - timber litter shrub - slash timber litter - grass timber litter - slash timber litter - shrub slash - grass slash - shrub slash - timber litter Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Objective Attribute_Definition: Primary objective(s) for each prescribed fire. Objectives used in the survey are listed below. agriculture wildlife forestry biodiversity agriculture - wildlife agriculture - forestry agriculture - biodiversity wildlife - agriculture wildlife - forestry wildlife - biodiversity forestry - agriculture forestry - wildlife forestry - biodiversity biodiversity - agriculture biodiversity - wildlife biodiversity - forestry public safety public safety - agriculture public safety - wildlife public safety - forestry public safety - biodiversity biodiversity - public safety agriculture - public safety wildlife - public safety forestry - public safety Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: Affiliatio Attribute_Definition: Prescribed fire user affiliations. Listed below are the four affiliations. State agency Federal agency Municipal fire department Other (private individual/organization) Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIPS Attribute_Definition: Five-digit version of the Federal Information Processing Standard Code, used to uniquely identify each town. The format for NH GRANIT town FIPS codes is ccttt, where the first two digits (cc) reflect the county FIPS code (01 to 19, assigned alphabetically and in increments of 2) and the last three digits (ttt) reflect the town within each county (005 to nnn, assigned alphabetically and in increments of 5 Attribute_Definition_Source: Federal Information Processing Standard Attribute: Attribute_Label: Municipal_ Attribute_Definition: Municipal/territory acreage. Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: COUNTY Attribute_Definition: County in which town resides Attribute_Definition_Source: author Attribute: Attribute_Label: SHAPE_Leng Attribute: Attribute_Label: SHAPE_Area Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20170201 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: UNH Extension Contact_Person: Andrew Fast Contact_Position: Field Specialist, Natural Resources Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 268 County Farm Road City: Dover State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03820 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-841-6544 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: andrew.fast@unh.edu Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time