The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data (3rd Edition)

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

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US Department of Agriculture, and US Forest Service. The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data (3rd Edition). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-06-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E249013V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title The 1990-2020 wildland-urban interface of the conterminous United States - geospatial data (3rd Edition)
Summary:  View help for Summary 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) for the conterminous United States from 1990-2020. These data are useful within a GIS for mapping and analysis at national, state, and local levels. Data are available as a geodatabase and include information such as housing densities for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020; wildland vegetation percentages for 1992, 2001, 2011, and 2019; as well as WUI classes in 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/archive/catalog/RDS-2015-0012-3

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms environment; Environment and People; Fire; Wildland/urban interface; fragmentation; wildland-urban interface; housing growth; wildland fire; sprawl; WUI; conterminous United States; United States
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Hawaii, Alaska
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1990 – 2020
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-2015-0012-3 Authors: Radeloff, Volker C. ; Helmers, David P. ; Mockrin, Miranda H. ; Carlson, Amanda R. ; Hawbaker, Todd J. ; Martinuzzi, Sebastián Publication year: 2022 (Downloaded 2026-06-01)


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