USDA Forest Service
Wildfire risk to communities
For every state, county, town, and tribal area: how many buildings sit where wildfire could reach them (direct, indirect, or minimal exposure), and how its wildfire likelihood and risk rank in the state and nation.
Published by USDA Forest Service
Finest detail county
Tables 5
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“How many buildings here could wildfire reach?”
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- Matched to the same county codes as every other source, so it lines up cleanly with all of them
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Column guide
Sample of 23 rows out of about 23
· 9 columns
| id | variable_name | field_name | states | counties | communities | tribal_areas | units_of_measure | field_description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEOID | Geo ID | A | A | A | A | No data | Geographic identifier |
| 2 | GEOIDFQ | Census Bureau GEOIDFQ identifier | B | B | B | B | No data | No data |
| 3 | STUSPS | State Abbreviation | C | C | C | No data | No data | State postal abbreviation |
| 4 | NAME | Name | D | D | D | C | No data | No data |
| 5 | STATE_NAME | State Name | No data | E | E | D | No data | Name of state |
| 6 | STATEFP | FIPS State Code | E | F | F | No data | No data | 2-digit Federal Information Processing Standard state code |
| 7 | STATENS | ANSI State Code | F | No data | No data | No data | No data | 8-digit American National Standards Institute state code |
| 8 | COUNTYFP | FIPS County Code | No data | G | No data | No data | No data | 3-digit Federal Information Processing Standard county code, from Census Counties and County Equivalent data |
| 9 | COUNTYNS | ANSI County Code | No data | H | No data | No data | No data | 8-digit American National Standards Institute county code, from Census Counties and County Equivalent data |
| 10 | PLACEFP | FIPS Place Code | No data | No data | G | No data | No data | 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard place code, from Census Places data |
| 11 | PLACENS | ANSI Place Code | No data | No data | H | No data | No data | 8-digit American National Standards Institute place code, from Census Places data |
| 12 | AIANNHCE | FIPS Tribal Areas Code | No data | No data | No data | E | No data | 4-character American Indian/ Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) area census code |
| 13 | AIANNHNS | ANSI Tribal Areas Code | No data | No data | No data | F | No data | 8-digit American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Area ANSI code |
| 14 | TOTAL_BUILDINGS | Total number of Buildings | G | I | I | G | count | Total number of buildings* that are within the community boundary (not buffered). |
| 15 | BUILDINGS_FRACTION_ME | Percentage of Total Buildings Minimally Exposed | H | J | J | H | percentage | Percentage of the total number of buildings* that are within the community boundary that are in the Minimal Exposure Zone. |
| 16 | BUILDINGS_FRACTION_IE | Percentage of Total of Buildings Indirectly Exposed | I | K | K | I | percentage | Percentage of the total number of buildings* that are within the community boundary that are in the Indirect Exposure Zone. |
| 17 | BUILDINGS_FRACTION_DE | Percentage of Total of Buildings Directly Exposed | J | L | L | J | percentage | Percentage of the total number of buildings* that are within the community boundary that are in the Direct Exposure Zone. |
| 18 | BP_STATE_RANK | Mean BP Percentile within state | No data | M | M | K | percentile | The percentile rank of a community’s mean BP within its state. The percentile rank of a community is calculated as the percent of communities within the state that have a mean BP value less than or equal to this community’s mean BP value. This field applies to the county and community summaries; it is not applicable for the statewide summaries. |
| 19 | BP_NATIONAL_RANK | Mean BP Percentile within natiion | K | M | M | L | percentile | The percentile rank of a community’s mean BP within the nation. The percentile rank of a community is calculated as the percent of communities within the nation that have a mean BP value less than or equal to this community’s mean BP value. |
| 20 | RISK_STATE_RANK | Mean RPS Percentile within state | No data | O | O | M | percentile | The percentile rank of a community’s mean RPS within its state. The percentile rank of a community is calculated as the percent of communities within the state that have a mean RPS value less than or equal to this community’s mean RPS value. This field applies to the county and community summaries; it is not applicable for the statewide summaries. |
| 21 | RISK_NATIONAL_RANK | Mean RPS Percentile within natiion | L | P | P | N | percentile | The percentile rank of a community’s mean RPS within the nation. The percentile rank of a community is calculated as the percent of communities within the nation that have a mean RPS value less than or equal to this community’s mean RPS value. |
| 22 | INSUFFICIENT_DATA | Insufficient Data | No data | No data | Q | O | No data | Data about buildings or population were insufficient to calculate wildfire variables. |
| 23 | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | No data | *Buildings were identified in the Building Count raster. To reduce the influence of mis-mapped buildings from initial building footprint datasets, pixels located on cover types mapped as open water or permanent ice/snow were removed, as were buildings located in lands classified as protected areas. |
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