-
Wildfire Hazard Potential August 2022
Wildfire Hazard Potential (WHP) is an index that quantifies the relative potential for wildfire that may be difficult to control. WHP can be used as a measure to help prioritize... -
Risk of Tree Dieoff During Drought
A quantitative continuous variable that reflects the risk of tree dieoff during a significant drought period (SPI48 drought = -2). -
Present Day Connectivity in California (Omniscape)
This data represents a wall-to-wall characterization of regional habitat connectivity potential in California for plant and animal species whose movement is inhibited by... -
SDI: Stand Density Index - Zeide 1983
Stand density index (SDI) helps vegetation managers to identify levels of site utilization and competition to determine management scenarios to meet objectives and is often used... -
Giant Sequoia Stands
The population of giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum [SEGI]) trees is an irreplaceable heritage to be studied, protected, and preserved as it faces increased threats from... -
Probability of Fire Severity (Low)
These metrics represent the probability of low, moderate, or high severity fire, respectively, as constructed by Pyrologix LLC. Operational-control probability rasters indicate... -
Functional Species Richness - Predators
Functional groups are sets of species that share life history characteristics that perform particular functions within an ecosystem. The six functional groups are represented... -
Peninsular Bighorn Sheep
These data identify, in general, the areas where the final revised critical habitat for the Peninsular bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis nelsoni ) occurs. This subspecies is only... -
Functional Species Richness - Soil Aerators
Functional groups are sets of species that share life history characteristics that perform particular functions within an ecosystem. The six functional groups are represented... -
CWHR Vegetation - Size
Vegetation maps are important for characterizing many important features of a landscape such as wildlife habitat, fuels conditions, forest composition, and carbon. Such data are... -
Heavy Fuels
Emissions (on which the modeled PFIRS and Smoke Spotter smoke plumes are based, and which are generated by the BlueSky Playground) are especially sensitive to changes in the... -
Distribution of Redwood Structure Classes
Coast Redwoods grow in a band from the coast of central California to southern Oregon (thus these data are only in the Northern and Central California Regions). Compared to... -
California Spotted Owl (CSO) Suitable Habitat
California spotted owl is continuously distributed on the western slope of the Sierra and inhabits elevations ranging from roughly 1,000 to over 7,000 feet. It is a Region 5... -
Sierra Nevada Biomass Volume
This metric expresses the total amount of existing biomass volume (measured in dry weight tons per acre) from all live tree crowns (branchwood and foliage) and the tree stems... -
Hispanic and Latino Population Concentration - Northern CA
Relative concentration of the Northern California region's Hispanic/Latino population. The variable HISPANIC records all individuals who select Hispanic or Latino in response to... -
Climate Refugia (Miroc Model - Hotter and Drier) - 2070-2099
This raster dataset represents habitat types (CWHR habitat classes) and their predicted exposure to climate stress across the array of predicted climate conditions (separate... -
Poverty
Percent of population living below two times the federal poverty level. The U.S. Census Bureau determines the federal poverty level each year. The poverty level is based on the... -
Total Carbon
Identifying ecosystem carbon is essential to land managers and the Total Carbon (F3) metric provides an estimate of the amount of existing carbon and its location on... -
Basal Area
Basal area (BA) is a common forest structure measurement that provides a useful index of forest and habitat condition. Basal area is the cross-sectional area of the bole of a... -
Northern CA Cost of Potential Treatments - Biomass Treatment Cost High
This metric represents cost of potential treatments for the Northern California region and is dependent on predefined treatments or silvicultural prescriptions, which are best...