Babeldaob Island wildfires (2012+) (2nd Edition)

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) US Department of Agriculture; US Forest Service

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Project Citation: 

US Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. Babeldaob Island wildfires (2012+) (2nd Edition). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-06-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E248808V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Babeldaob Island wildfires (2012+) (2nd Edition)
Summary:  View help for Summary This data publication contains wildfire locations as well as areas of repeated wildfires on Babeldaob Island, Palau. These data were digitized from a variety of sources: handheld global positioning system (GPS) fire perimeter mapping, aerial photo fire perimeter mapping, and satellite image fire perimeter mapping. In addition to 1) wildfire locations (2012-2024) and 2) the areas of repeated wildfires (2012-2021), also included for Babeldaob Island (dated 2021 unless otherwise noted) are: 3) streams composed from topographic maps, 4) roads (obtained from Palau Automated Land and Resource Information Service (PALARIS) and updated with 2015 imagery), 5) locations of terrestrial protected areas, 6) mangrove vegetation around the island, 7) Babeldaob Island state boundaries, and 8) Babeldaob coastline.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-2022-0039-2

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms environment; society; Climate change; Fire; Inventory; Monitoring; Analysis; wildfire; forest; savanna; hunting; agriculture; remote sensing; Babeldaob Island; Palau
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Palau
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2012 – 2024
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0039-2 Authors: Earl, Allyson R. ; Geringer-Frazier, Barbara L. ; Dendy, Julian T. ; Mesubed, Dino ; Giardina, Christian P. ; Cordell, Susan ; Holm, Tarita ; Uowolo, Amanda L. Publication year: 2024 (Downloaded 2026-05-31)


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