Input Variable Maps
Maximum Fire Size Observed in Fire Occurrence Data Set |
Maximum fire size observed in the Fire Occurrence Dataset |
Maximum Number of Fires |
Maximum number of fires reported in a single year (2002-2011), all sources combined |
Mean Burn Probability |
Burn Probability estimated from FSIM runs, 9-15-11 |
Mean Flame Intensity |
Mean FIL estimated using FSIM. |
Mean Urban Value |
Average county value from the “Urbaness Index.” |
Median Income of Families |
American Community Survey, 2005-2009, median income of families (USD). A family includes a householder and one or more individuals related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption. |
Modal Fire Regime Group |
The historical Fire Regime Group with the highest occurrence for each county. |
Modal Hotspots |
Landcover classification type with the most MODIS hotspots per county. |
Natural Fire Incidents |
Mean annual number of incidents from natural causes, normalized by area. |
Natural Landscape |
Percent area in natural vegetation landcover. |
Natural-mixed Landscape |
Percent area in mixed-natural vegetation landcover. |
NFIRS 95th Pct Arrival Time |
The 95th percentile arrival time for incidents reported in NFIRS. |