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 where fuel treatments may be needed.

Data and Resources

Field Value
category /Fire Adapted Communities/Hazard
collection_name California Landscape Metrics
creation_method Pyrologix calculated WHP following the methods established by Dillon et al. (2015) and Dillon (2018). The original methods utilize lower-resolution FSim inputs, while our approach uses higher-resolution inputs including 30-m CAL vegetation inputs (derived from LANDFIRE 2016), 30-m CAL fuel model outputs, 30-m CAL burn probability results, and 30-m CAL fire-effects flame-length probabilities from the WildEST wildfire behavior results.
data_units Relative index
data_vintage 12/2021. Includes disturbances through the end of 2021.
date_updated August 2024
element Hazard
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format GeoTiff
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metric_definition_and_relevance 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 where fuel treatments may be needed.
minimum_value 0.0
pillar Fire Adapted Communities
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tier 1
Groups
  • NSF
  • United States
Tags
  • California
  • NSF
  • United States
  • hazard
  • wildfire
isopen False
license_id CC-BY-4.0
license_title CC-BY-4.0
metadata_created 2026-10-30T17:39:08.462085
metadata_modified 2026-10-30T17:39:08.462090
notes 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 where fuel treatments may be needed.
num_resources 4
num_tags 5
title Wildfire Hazard Potential August 2022
version Version 5.0