NWCG S-190 Unit 4: Topography Instructor Guide Identify topographic features found in the wildland fire environment Describe the basic characteristics of topography and how they can affect wildland fire behavior
What is? TOPOGRAPHY - NW Fire Science Topographic features sify fire behavior Some features such as ridges, rock outcrops, streams, rivers, lakes, or roads can act as fire barriers and can be used to create a boundary around fires for firefighting or fuelbrea
Topographic - LandFire Topographic products provide geospatial information describing the landscape of the United States and its territories Topographic data serve as input to the Landscape GeoTIFF file which is used in models to predict wildland fire behavior and effects Note: Topographic products are rarely updated
NIFC Maps - National Interagency Fire Center This page is your gateway to real-time and historical maps that tell the story of wildland fire across the country Whether you want to check today’s fire activity, explore past fire seasons, or understand how weather and landscape interact with active incidents, the tools below put the information at your fingertips
Investigating the Relationship Between Topographic Variables and . . . - MDPI In the context of burn severity (the degree of ecological change caused by fire), topographic factors, such as elevation, slope, and aspect, can modulate fire intensity and residence time, thereby influencing the resultant severity pattern
Wildfire Hazard Potential | US Forest Service Research and Development The wildfire hazard potential (WHP) map is a raster geospatial product produced by the USDA Forest Service, Fire Modeling Institute that can help to inform evaluations of wildfire hazard or prioritization of fuels management needs across very large landscapes
Topofire | Drought. gov Topofire is a topographically resolved wildfire danger and drought monitoring system for the contiguous U S The Topofire model methodology considers terrain and solar radiation, thus better capturing the effect that terrain geometries have on the spatial distribution of energy inputs