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David P. Helmers
SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
GIS Specialist
608-890-3160
1630 Linden Dr.
Madison
WI
53706
US
helmers@wisc.edu
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Research Data Archivist
see Contact Instructions
240 West Prospect Road
Fort Collins
CO
80526
US
This contact information was current as of November 2017. For current information see Contact Us page on: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS.
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https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-2
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2nd
Alexandre, Patricia M.
Butsic, Van
Martinuzzi, Sebastián
Forest Service Research Data Archive
Fort Collins, CO
Helmers, David P.
Hawbaker, Todd J.
Bar Massada, Avi
Kramer, H. Anu
Syphard, Alexandra D.
Radeloff, Volker C.
Mockrin, Miranda H.
Stewart, Susan I.
Vector Digital Data
The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. This makes the WUI a focal area for human-environment conflicts such as wildland fires, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and biodiversity decline. Using geographic information systems (GIS), we integrated U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data, to map the Federal Register definition of WUI (Federal Register 66:751, 2001) for the conterminous United States from 1990-2010. These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels. Data are available as a geodatabase and include information such as housing and population densities for 1990, 2000, and 2010; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, and 2011; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, and 2010.
To provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI change between 1990 and 2010 across the coterminous U.S. to support wildland fire research, policy and management, and inquiries into the effects of housing growth on the environment.
Financial support was provided by the USDA Forest Service under the National Fire Plan. Funding also provided by USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Data obtained from the U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data, see source citations noted below for more details.
Miranda H. Mockrin
USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Research Scientist
443-543-5389
5523 Research Park Drive Suite 350
Baltimore
MD
21228-4783
US
mhmockrin@fs.fed.us
United States
conterminous United States
sprawl
wildland fire
wildland-urban interface
WUI
fragmentation
housing growth
environment
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Fire
Wildland/urban interface
Environment and People
National Research & Development Taxonomy
sprawl
wildland fire
United States
wildland-urban interface
WUI
fragmentation
Fire
Wildland/urban interface
conterminous United States
environment
Environment and People
housing growth
Metadata documents have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness. Unless otherwise stated, all data and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. However, neither the author, the Archive, nor any part of the federal government can assure the reliability or suitability of these data for a particular purpose. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed for a user's application of these data or related materials. The metadata, data, or related materials may be updated without notification. If a user believes errors are present in the metadata, data or related materials, please use the information in (1) Identification Information: Point of Contact, (2) Metadata Reference: Metadata Contact, or (3) Distribution Information: Distributor to notify the author or the Archive of the issues.
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation: Radeloff, Volker C.; Helmers, David P.; Kramer, H. Anu; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Alexandre, Patricia M.; Bar Massada, Avi; Butsic, Van; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián; Syphard, Alexandra D.; Stewart, Susan I. 2017. The 1990-2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. 2nd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-2
The 2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data
2015-01-01
Hammer, Roger B.
Stewart, Susan I.
Forest Service Research Data Archive
Fort Collins, CO
Helmers, David P.
Martinuzzi, Sebastián
Radeloff, Volker C.
Mockrin, Miranda H.
vector digital data
https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012
Rapid growth of the U.S. Wildland Urban Interface increases wildfire risk
Alexandre, Patricia M.
Martinuzzi, Sebastián
Butsic, Van
Hawbaker, Todd J.
Mockrin, Miranda H.
Kramer, H. Anu
Radeloff, Volker C.
Stewart, Susan I.
Helmers, David P.
Syphard, Alexandra D.
Bar Massada, Avi
Journal Article
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
In review
The wildland-urban interface in the United States
2005-01-01
Fried, J.S.
Radeloff, Volker C.
McKeefry, J.F.
Holcomb, S.S.
Hammer, Roger B.
Stewart, Susan I.
journal article
Ecological Applications
15(3):799-805
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/14912
The 2010 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States
2015-01-01
Stewart, Susan I.
Hammer, Roger B.
Helmers, David P.
Radeloff, Volker C.
Mockrin, Miranda H.
Martinuzzi, Sebastián
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Newtown Square, PA
document
Research Map
NRS-8
124 p. [includes pull-out map]
https://doi.org/10.2737/nrs-rmap-8
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/48642
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This data publication is a second edition. The first edition (https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012) contained data representing the 2010 WUI of the conterminous United States. This second edition contains additional data such that the data represent the 1990-2010 WUI. Information about WUI can also be found here: http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/data/wui_change
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Topology maintained by ArcGIS 10.3. All fuzzy tolerances during processing were set to 0.00000001 to prevent data loss.
Data is for the conterminous United States only (lower 48 states and Disrict of Columbia). No data were generated for Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories.
We verified that WUI classes were classified correctly based on experience (visual assesment of maps) and also verified that all WUI classes meet the correct combination of housing density and land cover.
Step 4: Selected all block housing polygons with >= 75% wildland vegetation in 2010 and dissolved into larger contiguous areas. Buffered areas > 500 hectares by 2414 m (1.5 miles) to identify potential interface WUI areas. Unioned 2010 buffers with integrated block housing polygons and assigned Interface WUI classes to all polygons falling inside vegetation buffers and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km (ignoring pre-existing Intermix WUI areas) for all 3 decades 1990, 2000, 2010.
2017-10-05
Step 3: Assigned 1990 Intermix WUI classes to all polygons with > 50% wildland vegetation in 1990 and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km in 1990. Assigned 2000 Intermix WUI classes to all polygons with > 50% wildland vegetation in 2000 and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km in 2000. Assigned 2010 Intermix WUI classes to all polygons with > 50% wildland vegetation in 2010 and minimum 6.177635 housing units / square km in 2010.
2017-10-04
Step 1: Created nationwide map of "protected areas with no housing units", pulled from the PAD-US (CBI Edition) version 2, including all federal, state, regional, and local government owned lands. Intersected these protected areas with U.S. block level housing change 1990-2010 dataset and moved housing units out of protected areas into neighboring privately owned blocks with the same block ID (called public land adjustment or PLA). If the same block ID had no private areas then houses remained within the protected lands boundary (no adjustment).
2017-10-02
Step 2: Integrated U.S. block level housing change 1990-2010 dataset (public land adjusted) with the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset NLCD, 2001 NLCD, and the 1992/2001 Retrofit Change Product (1992 values only) using ArcGIS Tabulate Area command. Calculated wildland vegetation % for 3 decades (1990, 2000, 2010), with wildland vegetation defined as sum of relative percentages of land cover classes for forests, grasslands, and wetlands.
2017-10-03
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 2011. Product Provided landcover information for identifying forest, grassland, and wetland areas (wildland vegetation) for 2010 WUI classification.
Completion of the 2011 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States-Representing a decade of land cover change information
NLCD2011
2015-01-01
Jin, S.
Coulston, J.
Homer, C.G.
Yang, L.
Wickham, J.D.
Dewitz, J.A.
Megown, K.
Herold, N.D.
Danielson, P.
Xian, G.
Journal Article
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
81(5): 345-354
https://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd2011.php
Ground Condition
2011-01-01
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 1992/2001 Retrofit Land Cover Change Product. Provided landcover information for identifying forest, grassland, and wetland areas (wildland vegetation) for 1990 WUI classification.
Completion of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 1992/2001 Land Cover Change Retrofit product
NLCD Retrofit 1992
2009-01-01
Homer, C.G.
Coan, M.
Meyer, D.K.
Wickham, J.D.
Fry, J.
Document
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
2008-1379
18 p.
Ground Condition
1992-01-01
U.S. Census TIGER 2010 block polygons with associated 2010, 2000, and 1990 housing and population density. 2010 Census Block housing densities obtained from Summary File 1 and 1990 and 2000 housing densities allocated from Census Bureau 2000 and 2010 Block Relationship Files.
U.S. Block Housing Change 1990-2010
U.S. Block Housing Change 1990-2010
2017-10-02
SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Raster Digital Data
Dataset created by SILVIS Lab by allocating 1990 and 2000 housing units and population to 2010 TIGER block geography using Block Relationship Files. See metadata for the U.S. Block Housing Change 1990 - 2010 dataset on the SILVIS website for more details.
http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/data/housing/block_change
Publication Date
2010-01-01
2000-01-01
1990-01-01
PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2 is a comprehensive geospatial data set of United States protected areas, including detailed information on land ownership, management and conservation status.
PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2
PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2, October 2012
2012-10-31
Conservation Biology Institute
Conservation Biology Institute
Corvallis, OR
Database
https://databasin.org/galleries/b84ac5ccebd24658bc3cfe4dfaa6c629
Publication Date
2012-10-31
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 2001. Provided landcover information for identifying forest, grassland, and wetland areas (wildland vegetation) for 2000 WUI classification.
Completion of the 2001 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States
NLCD2001
2007-01-01
Hossain, N.
Homer, C.G.
Wickham, J.D.
McKerrow, A.
Dewitz, J.A.
Herold, N.D.
VanDriel, J.N.
Larson, C.
Coan, M.
Fry, J.
Journal Article
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
73(4): 337-341
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2000 population
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Wildland Vegetation % in 2001 wildland vegetation = (forests + grasslands + wetlands)
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2010 households
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2010 housing units
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2010 household density (households / square km)
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38
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2010 housing density (housing units / square kilometer [km])
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8
38
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1990 seasonal housing units
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10
0
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2000 housing units
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4
10
0
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1990 seasonal housing density (units / square km)
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8
38
8
HUDEN1990
1990 housing density (units / square km)
HUDEN1990
Double
8
38
8
POP1990
1990 population
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10
0
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2000 wildland-urban interface class (see enumerated domains for WUICLASS10)
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2000 population density (persons / square km)
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2000 seasonal housing density (housing units / square km)
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Double
8
38
8
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1990 population density (persons / square km)
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8
38
8
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1990 household density (households / square km)
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Double
8
38
8
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Flag (1=inside, 0=outside) for polygons within potential interface buffers (2.14 km around dense vegetation areas >= 75% wildland vegetation and > 500 hectares in 2010)
Silvis
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SmallInteger
2
5
0
WUICLASS10
2010 wildland-urban interface class (see enumerated domains)
Silvis
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Housing density >= 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50% and within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% wildland vegetation
Low_Dens_Interface
Housing density between 6.177635 and 49.42108 and wildland vegetation <= 50% and within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% wildland vegetation
Very_Low_Dens_Veg
Housing density < 6.177635 and wildland vegetation > 50%
Med_Dens_Intermix
Housing density between 49.42108 and 741.3162 and wildland vegetation > 50%
Med_Dens_NoVeg
Housing density between 49.42108 and 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
Water
open water
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Housing density >= 741.3162 and wildland vegetation > 50%
Uninhabited_NoVeg
Housing density = 0 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Housing density = 0 and wildland vegetation > 50%
Very_Low_Dens_NoVeg
Housing density < 6.177635 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Housing density between 6.177635 and 49.42108 and wildland vegetation > 50%
Med_Dens_Interface
Housing density between 49.42108 and 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50% and within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% wildland vegetation
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Housing density between 6.177635 and 49.42108 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Housing density >= 741.3162 and wildland vegetation <= 50%
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Flag designating WUI (1=intermix; 2=interface) vs. non-WUI (0) areas in 2010
Silvis
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10
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1990 wildland-urban interface class (see enumerated domains for WUICLASS10)
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Coordinates defining the features
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VEG92PC
Wildland Vegetation % in 1992 wildland vegetation = (forests + grasslands + wetlands)
MRLC Retrofit 1992/2001 Change Product
VEG92PC
Double
8
38
8
HHUDEN2000
2000 household density (households / square km)
HHUDEN2000
Double
8
38
8
HUDEN2000
2000 housing density (housing units / square km)
HUDEN2000
Double
8
38
8
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2010 seasonal housing density (housing units / square km)
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8
38
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2010 population
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0
HU1990
1990 housing units
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Integer
4
10
0
SHU2000
2000 seasonal housing units
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Integer
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10
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Flag designating WUI (1=intermix; 2=interface) vs. non-WUI (0) areas in 2000
Silvis
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10
0
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1990 households
HHU1990
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10
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2000 households
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Shape.STLength()
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This data publication includes a geodatabase containing WUI data for the conterminous United States. Data include housing and population densities for 1990, 2000, and 2010; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, and 2011; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, and 2010. Specific information about these data are available in the detailed section above. Note that spatial objects (features) do not model any real world entities. Spatial objects (features) can be thought of as uniform areas of housing density and landcover, which have been assigned a wildland-urban Interface classification. Items pertaining to National Land Cover Data (NLCD) make use of the following classification: http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd11_leg.php
None provided
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