Catoctin Mountain Park Fire History Polygon Coverage 1936 - 2005
Resource Manager National Park Service - Catoctin Mountain Park. 2005. Catoctin Mountain Park Fire History Polygon Coverage 1936 - 2005. Catoctin Mountain Park
The fire history polygon dataset represent the extents of fires at Catoctin Mountain Park from 1936 through the 2005 fire season. Fire perimeters were created from the best available data source. In cases were a perimeter was not documented for a fire approximate fire perimeters were created. To create these approximated polygons, a circle was created around the reported fire location (point). The circle was created to have the same area as the Controlled acreage reported on the fire occurrence report. These polygons are only approximations of where fire may have occurred, but still may be useful in research and planning. All types of fires; suppression, prescribed, and Wildland fire use fires are included in the dataset. This data are maintained at the Park level to track the area affected by fire. The data set includes all fire that have been documented that fall entirely or partially within the park's administrative boundaries regardless of land ownership, agency responsible for the fire, or type of fire (natural, prescribed, arson).
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Authors
- Resource Manager National Park Service - Catoctin Mountain Park
- Date of Issue
- 2005-08-05
- Publisher
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- Units
- CATO
- Keywords
- approximated, Burned Area, CATO, Catoctin Mountain Park, Environment, estimated, FIRE, Fire History, Fire Polygons, Fire Suppression, National Capital Region, National Park Service, North America, NPS, perimeter, Prescribed Fire, United States, USA, Wildland Fire