WAFER - Fire and Water Data in the Southwest

SWIN-WAFER was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Fort Collins (Colorado) Science Center in partnership with the New Mexico State University Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis (LESA). The application serves metadata about water and wildfire datasets from federal, state, local, and tribal agencies. Metadata information available through SWIN-WAFER includes the type of data in the dataset, the format (e.g., ArcInfo data layer, comma-delimited text file), the time period covered, the spatial area covered, associated Web or FTP sites, contact information for the agency, and abstract information. Current datasets cover data related to fire events (start points, perimeters, burn severity), fire history, prescribed burn opportunities and plans, fuel treatments, fire risk, current and historical drought conditions, climate history, weather conditions, daily streamflows, storm events and lightning strikes, surface and groundwater locations and depths, and aquifer and watershed boundaries and conditions.

Data and Resources

Field Value
access_constraints ["Use Constraints: None", "Access Constraints: None"]
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bbox-north-lat 45
bbox-south-lat 30
bbox-west-long -120
contact-email jpmagee@usgs.gov
coupled-resource []
dataset-reference-date [{"type": "publication", "value": "2005-01-01"}]
frequency-of-update continual
licence ["Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein."]
metadata-date 2005-06-23
metadata-language eng; USA
metadata_type geospatial
progress underDevelopment
resource-type dataset
responsible-party [{"name": "U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division", "roles": ["pointOfContact"]}]
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-120.0, 30.0], [-100.0, 30.0], [-100.0, 45.0], [-120.0, 45.0], [-120.0, 30.0]]]}
spatial_harvester true
temporal-extent-begin 2004-01-01
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • arizona
  • ckan
  • climate-history
  • colorado
  • current-drought-conditions
  • fire-events
  • fire-history
  • fire-risk
  • fuel-treatments
  • geo
  • geoss
  • historical-drought-conditions
  • national
  • nevada
  • new-mexico
  • north-america
  • prescribed-burn-opportunities-and-plans
  • southwest-united-states
  • united-states
  • utah
  • weather-conditions
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-11-20T05:36:54.018849
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T05:36:54.018853
notes SWIN-WAFER was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey’s Fort Collins (Colorado) Science Center in partnership with the New Mexico State University Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis (LESA). The application serves metadata about water and wildfire datasets from federal, state, local, and tribal agencies. Metadata information available through SWIN-WAFER includes the type of data in the dataset, the format (e.g., ArcInfo data layer, comma-delimited text file), the time period covered, the spatial area covered, associated Web or FTP sites, contact information for the agency, and abstract information. Current datasets cover data related to fire events (start points, perimeters, burn severity), fire history, prescribed burn opportunities and plans, fuel treatments, fire risk, current and historical drought conditions, climate history, weather conditions, daily streamflows, storm events and lightning strikes, surface and groundwater locations and depths, and aquifer and watershed boundaries and conditions.
num_resources 2
num_tags 23
title WAFER - Fire and Water Data in the Southwest