Download USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities data (e.g., Risk to Potential Structures, Wildfire Hazard Potential)

domain: wildfirerisk.org · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Go to wildfirerisk.org/download/ for the summary tabular workbook (xlsx) covering all US counties/communities
  2. For GIS layers on all lands (Risk to Potential Structures, Wildfire Hazard Potential, Burn Probability, Conditional Flame Length, Exposure Type), fetch the per-state zips from the Forest Service Research Data Archive via DOI 10.2737/RDS-2020-0016-2
  3. For population/building/housing risk layers, use the companion archive at DOI 10.2737/RDS-2020-0060-2
  4. For interactive exploration before committing to a bulk download, use the linked ArcGIS Experience app on the download page

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