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Basal Area
Basal area (BA) is a common forest structure measurement that provides a useful index of forest and habitat condition. Basal area is the cross-sectional area of the bole of a... -
Canopy Layer Count
This layer represents the number of distinct vertical canopy layers of trees. Vertical layer count is a proxy for leaf area index, and maps canopy complexity. Since LANDFIRE... -
Density - All Trees Per Acre >1" Dbh
Trees per acre (TPA) is a common forest structure measurement that provides a useful index of forest and habitat condition. Many other metrics can be derived from having... -
Density - Snags - 20" - 29.9"
The number of standing dead trees (snags) on the landscape is important to forest managers; high densities of standing dead trees are known to contribute to extreme fire events... -
Density - Snags - 30" - 39.9"
The number of standing dead trees (snags) on the landscape is important to forest managers; high densities of standing dead trees are known to contribute to extreme fire events... -
Density - Snags - 40" or Greater
The number of standing dead trees (snags) on the landscape is important to forest managers; high densities of standing dead trees are known to contribute to extreme fire events... -
Distribution of Redwood Structure Classes
Coast Redwoods grow in a band from the coast of central California to southern Oregon (thus these data are only in the Northern and Central California Regions). Compared to... -
Early Seral Stage Distribution
The seral stages are categories that represent the developmental progression of forest ecosystems from initial establishment or following a stand replacing event (e.g., high... -
Late Seral Stage Distribution
The seral stages are categories that represent the developmental progression of forest ecosystems from initial establishment or following a stand replacing event (e.g., high... -
SDI: Proportion of Max - Reineke 1933
Stand density index (SDI) helps vegetation managers to identify levels of site utilization and competition to determine management scenarios to meet objectives and is often used... -
SDI: Proportion of Max - Zeide 1983
Stand density index (SDI) helps vegetation managers to identify levels of site utilization and competition to determine management scenarios to meet objectives and is often used... -
SDI: Stand Density Index - Reineke 1933
Stand density index (SDI) helps vegetation managers to identify levels of site utilization and competition to determine management scenarios to meet objectives and is often used... -
SDI: Stand Density Index - Zeide 1983
Stand density index (SDI) helps vegetation managers to identify levels of site utilization and competition to determine management scenarios to meet objectives and is often used... -
Sierra Nevada - Large Tree Density - > 30" Dbh
Large trees are important to forest managers for multiple reasons: they have a greater likelihood of survival from fire; they are an important source of seed stock; they provide... -
Interagency Treatment Dashboard
The California Wildfire & Landscape Resilience Interagency Treatment Dashboard is a first-of-its-kind platform that displays the location and size of federal and state... -
Airborne Lidar Data from the 2022 Department of Defense Wildland Fire...
This dataset contains airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) data across burn units E16.2, E16.3, F6.3 and F6.4 in Fort Stewart, GA. Kucera International acquired airborne... -
Terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) point cloud data gathered in the Macon Study...
This data product contains point cloud data collected with a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) at the Macon Study of Dormant Season Prescribed Fire burn units within Osceola... -
Biomass field observations, terrestrial laser scanning point clouds, and...
This data product contains 1) weights of destructively sampled biomass, 2) terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) point cloud data, and 3) maps of predicted biomass and consumption... -
DryVegetation
Predictions of the geography and intensity of simulated wildfires, as well as post-fire burn severity measurements. Read more at https://the.forestobservatory.com/data -
SurfaceFuels
Predictions of the geography and intensity of simulated wildfires, as well as post-fire burn severity measurements. Read more at https://the.forestobservatory.com/data