New Hampshire Prescribed Fire Statistics 2014 and 2015
vector digital data
<URL:http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/cgi-bin/nhsearch?dset=prescribedfirestatistics/nhprescribedfirestatistics2014_2015>
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.
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.
20140101
20151231
Data represents the 2014 and 2015 survey period. Data collection occurred in 2016.
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ISO 19115 Topic Category
enviroment
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prescribed fire
fire
controlled burn
burn
forest protection
ecology
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NH, New Hampshire
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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.
University of New Hampshire Extension
Benjamin T Kaufhold
Intern
University of New Hampshire Extension
Andrew Fast
Field Specialist, Natural Resources
mailing and physical
268 County Farm Road
Dover
NH
03820
US
603-841-6544
andrew.fast@unh.edu
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.
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959
The primary measurement, burn acreage, was typically based on interviewee estimates. For accuracy associated with political bounds refer to lineage and original source.
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.
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.
See lineage and refer to New Hampshire Political Bounds at 1:24,000 Scale for positional accuracy.
New Hampshire Political Boundaries at 1:24,000 Scale
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New Hampshire Political Boundaries at 1:24,000 Scale
Political Boundaries of New Hampshire at 1:24,000 Scale .
Digital Line Graphs - 1:24,000/1:25,000
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http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis
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Digital Line Graphs - 1:24,000/1:25,000
US Geological Survey or another mapping agency in cooperation with USGS created political boundary map.
National Cartographic Database
http://www.usgs.gov/
24000
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19530101
19900101
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National Cartographic Database
National Cartographic Database US Geological Survey.
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.
19920101
Earth Systems Research Center
GRANIT Database Manager
mailing and physical
Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire
Durham
NH
03824
US
603-862-1792
603-862-0188
granit@unh.edu
8:30AM-5PM, EST
The RPA (Regional Planning Agency) designation for 3 towns - Wilmot, Langdon, and Brookfield - was updated.
20060502
Earth Systems Research Center
GRANIT Database Manager
mailing and physical
Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire
Durham
New Hampshire
03824
US
603-862-1792
603-862-0188
granit@unh.edu
8:30AM-5PM, EST
The RPA (Regional Planning Agency) designation for 1 town - Mason - was updated.
20090414
Earth Systems Research Center
GRANIT Database Manager
mailing and physical
Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire
Durham
NH
03824
US
603-862-1792
603-862-0188
granit@unh.edu
8:30AM-5PM, EST
The RPA (Regional Planning Agency) designation for 1 town - Windham - was updated.
20090414
Earth Systems Research Center
GRANIT Database Manager
mailing and physical
Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire
Durham
NH
03824
US
603-862-1792
603-862-0188
granit@unh.edu
8:30AM-5PM, EST
Data collected from NH Prescribed Fire Survey was merged with 'New Hampshire Political Boundaries at 1:24,000 Scale' attribute table.
20161201
University of New Hampshire Extension
Andrew Fast
Field Specialist, Natural Resources
mailing and physical
268 County Farm Road
Dover
NH
03820
US
603-841-6544
andrew.fast@unh.edu
Vector
GT-polygon composed of chains
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NewHampshirePrescribedFireStatistics2014_2015
FID
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
OBJECTID
Municipali
Town where burn occurred.
author
Burn
Indicates if prescribed burn was conducted within municipality. Y=Yes. N=No. NA=Information Unavailable.
author
Year
The year a prescribed burn occurred. Survey period was 2014 and 2015.
author
Date
Date of prescribed fire.
author
Fire_ID
Each prescribed fire has a unique fire-ID. The ID includes year, location of burn, and a sequential number for each burn.
author
Acres_burn
Acres burned in each prescribed fire.
author
Fuel
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
author
Objective
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
author
Affiliatio
Prescribed fire user affiliations. Listed below are the four affiliations.
State agency
Federal agency
Municipal fire department
Other (private individual/organization)
FIPS
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
Federal Information Processing Standard
Municipal_
Municipal/territory acreage.
author
COUNTY
County in which town resides
author
SHAPE_Leng
SHAPE_Area
Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
20170201
UNH Extension
Andrew Fast
Field Specialist, Natural Resources
mailing and physical
268 County Farm Road
Dover
NH
03820
US
603-841-6544
andrew.fast@unh.edu
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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