US_HIST_FIRE_PERIMTRS_2000_2018_DD83

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata language: eng
Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2019-11-12
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: Jodi Riegle
Organization's name: U.S. Geological Survey - Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center
Contact's position: Computer Scientist
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 303-236-1415
Address:
Delivery point: Box 25046, MS 980
City: Denver
Administrative area: CO
Postal code: 80225
Country: US
e-mail address: jlriegle@usgs.gov
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Scope name: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: US_HIST_FIRE_PERIMTRS_2000_2018_DD83
Date:
Presentation format: mapDigital
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Perimeter data is derived from data produced by GIS specialists working on each incident.
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: IRWIN, GeoMAC, Wildland Fire Perimeters
Descriptive keywords:
Keyword type not provided
Keywords: Downloadable Data
Keyword thesaurus:
Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Abstract: The Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group, or GeoMAC, is an internet-based mapping tool originally designed for fire managers to access online maps of current fire locations and perimeters in the US. Perimeters are submitted to GeoMAC by field offices. The GeoMAC team attributes the perimeters using various sources, and then posts them on the GeoMAC website and to an HTTP site for downloading. This file contains all the latest fire perimeters that were processed by the GeoMAC team between 2000 and 2018. The projection is geographic and the datum is NAD83.
Purpose: This geospatial dataset contains wildfire perimeter data between the years of 2000 - 2018 derived from the GeoMAC application.
Dataset language:eng
Dataset character set: utf8
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: Unless otherwise states, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviews for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: Unless otherwise states, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviews for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
Spatial representation type: vector
Processing environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: -169.2
East longitude: -66.5
North latitude: 71.6
South latitude: 18.6
Resource extent:
Extent description: Perimeter dates
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -178.841456
East longitude: -65.33316
North latitude: 70.159162
South latitude: 3.386426
Credits: National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
Resource point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: Jodi Riegle
Organization's name: USGS - GECSC
Contact's position: Computer Scientist
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 303-236-1415
Address:
City: Denver
Administrative area: CO
Postal code: 80225
Country: US
e-mail address: jlriegle@usgs.gov
Resource point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: Catherine Costello
Organization's name: USGS - GECSC
Contact's position: Cartographer
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 303-236-1352
Fax: 303-236-5349
Address:
City: Denver
Administrative area: CO
Postal code: 80225
Country: US
e-mail address: ccostello@usgs.gov

Spatial Representation

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type: composite
Object count: 23776

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4269
Code space: EPSG
Version: 6.12(3.0.1)

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset
Resource lineage:
Process step:
Description: File Geodatabase was created from SDE feature class.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2000-20-18T00:00:00
Description: Perimeter geospatial data was downloaded daily from several locations - including but not limited to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) FTP site, Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) and the National Incident Feature Service (NIFS).
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2000-20-18T00:00:00
Description: Downloaded data was attributed using information from various sources, including but not limited to the firecode system, Situation Report information and the Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) system (2014 - 2018). The perimeters were then loaded into the SDE database located at the USGS Geosciences and Evironment Change Science Center (GECSC).
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2019-01-01T00:00:00
Description: Perimeter data was reviewed, cleaned up and updated as needed.
Process step:
When the process occurred: 2019-01-01T00:00:00
Description: The latest perimeters from the individual years feature classes were extracted and merged to create the 2000-2018 SDE feature class.
Data quality report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure produced by the test: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Completeness omission:
Measure produced by the test: Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Quantitative attribute accuracy:
Measure produced by the test: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure produced by the test: A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted.
Data quality result:
Data quality report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure produced by the test: A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.
Data quality result:

Distribution Information

Distribution format:
Format name: File Geodatabase Feature Class
Format version: