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To provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and WUI change between 1990 and 2020 across the coterminous U.S. to support wildland fire research, policy and management, and inquiries into the effects of housing growth on the environment. |
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To provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and WUI change between 1990 and 2020 across the coterminous U.S. to support wildland fire research, policy and management, and inquiries into the effects of housing growth on the environment. |
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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. Author Information: Volker C. Radeloff SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison David P. Helmers SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Miranda H. Mockrin USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station Amanda R. Carlson SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Todd J. Hawbaker U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, Colorado, USA Sebastián Martinuzzi SILVIS Lab, Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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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 1990-2020. 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 densities for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, 2011, and 2019; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. |
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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.; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Carlson, Amanda R.; Hawbaker, Todd J.; Martinuzzi, Sebastián. 2022. The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data. 3rd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0012-3 |
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["wildland fire","WUI","sprawl","housing growth","Fire","Wildland/urban interface","conterminous United States","United States","fragmentation","wildland-urban interface","Environment and People","environment"] |
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