wiwui

Data format: ArcInfo Coverage

File or table name: wiwui

Coordinate system: Albers Conical Equal Area

Theme keywords: Wildland Urban Interface, WUI, wildfire, fragmentation, sprawl
Abstract: 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). These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels.

FGDC and ESRI Metadata:
Metadata elements shown with blue text are defined in the Federal Geographic Data Committee's (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Elements shown with green text are defined in the ESRI Profile of the CSDGM. Elements shown with a green asterisk (*) will be automatically updated by ArcCatalog. ArcCatalog adds hints indicating which FGDC elements are mandatory; these are shown with gray text.
Identification Information:


Citation:
Citation information:
Originators: SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison


*Title:
wiwui
*File or table name: wiwui


Publication date: Unknown
*Geospatial data presentation form: vector digital data


*Online linkage: \\THE-BISHOP\D$\wui_data\wui00\ftpdata\wiwui


Larger work citation:
Citation information:
Title:
Please cite: Radeloff, V. C., R. B. Hammer, A. Treves and S. I. Stewart. 2003. The wildland-urban interface in the United States. The 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, 28 June - 2 July, Duluth, Minnesota.


Description:
Abstract:
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). These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels.

Purpose:
To provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) across the coterminous U.S. to support inquiries into the effects of housing growth on the environment, and to inform both national policy and local land management concerning the WUI and associated issues.

*Language of dataset: en


Time period of content:
Time period information:
Single date/time:
Calendar date: 2000

Currentness reference:
ground condition

Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

Spatial domain:
Bounding coordinates:
*West bounding coordinate: -93.026187
*East bounding coordinate: -85.976797
*North bounding coordinate: 47.386405
*South bounding coordinate: 42.282764

Local bounding coordinates:
*Left bounding coordinate: 242559.004566
*Right bounding coordinate: 763744.766396
*Top bounding coordinate: 2714499.218534
*Bottom bounding coordinate: 2180084.951767

Keywords:
Theme:
Theme keywords: Wildland Urban Interface, WUI, wildfire, fragmentation, sprawl
Theme keyword thesaurus: REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.

Place:
Place keywords: United States

Access constraints: None
Use constraints:
None. Acknowledgment of the USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station in products, presentations, and publications utilizing these data would be appreciated.

Point of contact:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Dr. Volker C. Radeloff
Contact organization: Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contact position: Assistant Professor


Contact voice telephone: (608) 263-4349
Contact facsimile telephone: (608) 262-9922


Contact electronic mail address: radeloff@wisc.edu


Hours of service: Monday-Friday, 8-5, Central Time



*Native dataset format: ArcInfo Coverage
*Native data set environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800


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Data Quality Information:


Logical consistency report:
Topology maintained by ArcInfo. All fuzzy tolerances during processing were set to 0.00000001 to prevent data loss.

Lineage:
Source information:
Source citation:
Citation information:
Originators: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division


Title:
TIGER/Line Files, UA Census 2000


Publication date: 2002
Edition: UA Census 2000
Geospatial data presentation form: raster digital data


Series information:
Series name: TIGER/Line Files

Publication information:
Publication place: Washington, DC
Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Geography Division

Online linkage: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/programs/lccp/nationallandcover.html


Source scale denominator: 100,000
Type of source media: CD-ROM
Source citation abbreviation:
TIGER
Source contribution:
U.S. Census TIGER block polygons and associated 2000 housing density.  Census Block housing density obtained from Summary Tape File 1 available from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Source time period of content:
Time period information:
Single date/time:
Calendar date: 2000

Source currentness reference:
ground condition

Process step:
Process description:
1992 National Land Cover Data integrated into TIGER block geography using ArcInfo GRID ZONALSUM. FOREST (NLCD classes 41, 42, and 43) and VEGETATION (NLCD classes 33, 41, 42, 43, 51, 71, 91, and 92) items calculated by summing the percentages of the respective NLCD classes.

Process software and version: Workstation ArcInfo


Source used citation abbreviation:
TIGER
Source used citation abbreviation:
NLCD
Source used citation abbreviation:
NLCD


Process contact:
Contact information:
Contact person primary:
Contact person: Jason McKeefry
Contact organization: Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contact position: GIS Specialist


Contact address:
Address type: mailing address
Address:
120 Russell Labs
City: Madison
State or province: WI
Postal code: 53706
Country: U.S.A.

Contact voice telephone: (608) 261-1050
Contact facsimile telephone: (608) 262-9922


Contact electronic mail address: jfmckeefry@wisc.edu


Hours of service: Monday-Friday, 8-5, Central Time



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Spatial Data Organization Information:


*Direct spatial Rreference method: Vector


Point and vector object information:
SDTS terms description:
*Name: arc
*SDTS point and vector object type: Complete chain
*Point and vector object count: 518421

SDTS terms description:
*Name: label
*SDTS point and vector object type: Label point
*Point and vector object count: 217176

SDTS terms description:
*Name: polygon
*SDTS point and vector object type: GT-polygon composed of chains
*Point and vector object count: 217176

SDTS terms description:
*Name: tic
*SDTS point and vector object type: Point
*Point and vector object count: 4

ESRI terms description:
*Name: arc
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Arc
*ESRI topology: FALSE
*ESRI feature count: 518421
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


ESRI terms description:
*Name: label
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Label
*ESRI topology: FALSE
*ESRI feature count: 217176
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


ESRI terms description:
*Name: polygon
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Polygon
*ESRI topology: TRUE
*ESRI feature count: 217176
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


ESRI terms description:
*Name: tic
*ESRI feature type: Simple
*ESRI feature geometry: Tic
*ESRI topology: FALSE
*ESRI feature count: 4
*Spatial index: FALSE
*Linear referencing: FALSE


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Spatial Reference Information:


Horizontal coordinate system definition:
Coordinate system name:
*Projected coordinate system name: NAD_1983_Albers
*Geographic coordinate system name: GCS_North_American_1983

Planar:
Map projection:
*Map projection name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers conical equal area:
*Standard parallel: 29.500000
*Standard parallel: 45.500000
*Longitude of central meridian: -96.000000
*Latitude of projection origin: 23.000000
*False easting: 0.000000
*False northing: 0.000000

Planar coordinate information:
*Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair
Coordinate representation:
*Abscissa resolution: 0.004095
*Ordinate resolution: 0.004095
*Planar distance units: meters

Geodetic model:
*Horizontal datum name: North American Datum of 1983
*Ellipsoid name: Geodetic Reference System 80
*Semi-major axis: 6378137.000000
*Denominator of flattening ratio: 298.257222

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Entity and Attribute Information:


Detailed description:
*Name: wiwui.pat


Entity type:
*Entity type label: wiwui.pat
*Entity type type: Feature Class
*Entity type count: 217176

Attribute:
*Attribute label: FID
*Attribute alias: FID
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: OID
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: Shape
*Attribute alias: Shape
*Attribute definition:
Feature geometry.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Geometry
*Attribute width: 0
*Attribute precision: 0
*Attribute scale: 0


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Coordinates defining the features.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: AREA
*Attribute definition:
Area of feature in internal units squared.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 8
*Attribute output width: 18
*Attribute number of decimals: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: PERIMETER
*Attribute definition:
Perimeter of feature in internal units.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 8
*Attribute output width: 18
*Attribute number of decimals: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: WIWUI#
*Attribute definition:
Internal feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute domain values:
*Unrepresentable domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


Attribute:
*Attribute label: WIWUI-ID
*Attribute definition:
User-defined feature number.
*Attribute definition source:
ESRI

*Attribute type: Binary
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 5


Attribute:
*Attribute label: BLK00
Attribute definition:
A unique number assigned to Census Blocks concatenated from State, County, Tract, and Block, and Water fields from UA Census 2000 TIGER. The Census Bureau defines a block as “the smallest geographic area for which the Bureau of the Census collects and tabulates decennial census data, [and] are formed by streets, roads, railroads, streams and other bodies of water, other visible and cultural features, and the legal boundaries shown on Census Bureau maps (US Census Bureau, 1994).

*Attribute type: Character
*Attribute width: 18
*Attribute output width: 18


Attribute:
*Attribute label: HDENBLK00
Attribute definition:
2000 block-scale housing density (units per sq. km).

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 8
*Attribute output width: 22
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: WATER00
Attribute definition:
2000 water flag (1=water, 0=not water)

*Attribute type: Integer
*Attribute width: 1
*Attribute output width: 1


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM11PC
Attribute definition:
% of block covered by NLCD code 11 (see Entity Attribute Overview Description)

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM21PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM22PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM23PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM31PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM32PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM33PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM41PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM42PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM43PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM51PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM61PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM71PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM81PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM82PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM83PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM85PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM91PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: ZSUM92PC
Attribute definition:
see zsum11pc and Entity Attribute Overview Description

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 12
*Attribute number of decimals: 4


Attribute:
*Attribute label: FOREST
Attribute definition:
% of block containing any of NLCD codes 41,42, or 43

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 10
*Attribute number of decimals: 2


Attribute:
*Attribute label: VEGETATION
Attribute definition:
% of block containing any of NLCD codes 33,41,42,43,51,71,91,or 92.

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 4
*Attribute output width: 10
*Attribute number of decimals: 2


Attribute:
*Attribute label: WUIFAC00
Attribute definition:
Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) classification

*Attribute type: Character
*Attribute width: 25
*Attribute output width: 25


Attribute domain values:
Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Low_Dens_Interface
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 6.177635 and < 49.42108, Vegetation <= 50%, within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% Vegetation

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Med_Dens_Interface
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 49.42108 and < 741.3162, Vegetation <= 50%, within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% Vegetation

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: High_Dens_Interface
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >=741.3162, Vegetation <= 50%, within 2.414 km of area with >= 75% Vegetation

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Wildland_Intermix
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density > 0 and < 6.177635, Vegetation > 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Low_Dens_Intermix
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 6.177635 and < 49.42108, Vegetation > 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Med_Dens_Intermix
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 49.42108 and < 741.3162, Vegetation > 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: High_Dens_Intermix
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 741.3162, Vegetation > 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Uninhabited_NoVeg
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density = 0, Vegetation <= 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Uninhabited_Veg
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density = 0, Vegetation > 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Wildland_NoVeg
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density > 0 and < 6.177635, Vegetation <= 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Low_Dens_NoVeg
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 6.177635 and < 49.42108, Vegetation <= 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Med_Dens_NoVeg
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 49.42108 and < 741.3162, Vegetation <= 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: High_Dens_NoVeg
Enumerated domain value definition:
Housing density >= 741.3162, Vegetation <= 50%

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: Water
Enumerated domain value definition:
Water00 = 1

Attribute:
*Attribute label: WUICODE
Attribute definition:
Numeric code for WUIFAC00

*Attribute type: Float
*Attribute width: 8
*Attribute output width: 20
*Attribute number of decimals: 5


Attribute domain values:
Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 23
Enumerated domain value definition:
Low_Dens_Interface

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 24
Enumerated domain value definition:
Med_Dens_Interface

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 25
Enumerated domain value definition:
High_Dens_Interface

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 32
Enumerated domain value definition:
Wildland_Intermix

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 33
Enumerated domain value definition:
Low_Dens_Intermix

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 34
Enumerated domain value definition:
Med_Dens_Intermix

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 35
Enumerated domain value definition:
High_Dens_Intermix

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 41
Enumerated domain value definition:
Uninhabited_NoVeg

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 42
Enumerated domain value definition:
Wildland_NoVeg

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 43
Enumerated domain value definition:
Low_Dens_NoVeg

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 44
Enumerated domain value definition:
Med_Dens_NoVeg

Enumerated domain:
Enumerated domain value: 45
Enumerated domain value definition:
High_Dens_NoVeg