This Readme.txt file was generated on 2021-11-15 by Shu Li GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Spatiotemporal analysis of wildfires in California from 2000 to 2019 2. Author Information Name: Shu Li Institution: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine Email: shul15@uci.edu Name: Tirtha Banerjee Institution: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine Email: tirthab@uci.edu 3. Date of data collection: 2021-01 DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. FirePerimeter_CALFIRE.zip - The shape file of the historical wildfire records in CA. This compressed file includes several auxiliary files besides the .shp file. While when navigate this folder in ArcGIS, it will only show one layer of the wildfire perimeters. It was extracted from the CAL FIRE database (https:// frap. fire. ca. gov/ mapping/gis- data), which contains statewide wildfire records under the protection of multiple agencies. Each fire record includes the information of start time, burned area, fire perimeter and the causes of ignition etc. 2. CA_WF_10A.xlsx - The historical records of wildfires larger than 10 acres in CA, extracted from the CALFIRE_fire_perimeter shp file. DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: FirePerimeter_CALFIRE.zip & CA_WF_10A.xlsx 1. Variable List: ITEM NAME DATA TYPE DESCRIPTION Domain YEAR_ Text Fire Year No STATE Text State Yes AGENCY Text Direct protection agency responsible for fire Yes UNIT_ID Text ICS code for unit Yes FIRE_NAME Text Name of the fire No INC_NUM Text Number assigned by the Emergency Command Center of the responsible agency for the fire No ALARM_DATE Date Alarm date for fire No CONT_DATE Date Containment date for fire No CAUSE Integer Reason fire ignited Yes COMMENTS Text Miscellaneous comments No REPORT_AC Number Estimated area consumed in fire No GIS_ACRES Number GIS calculated area in acres No C_METHOD Integer Method used to collect perimeter data Yes OBJECTIVE Integer Either suppression or resource benefit Yes FIRE_NUM Text No Shape_Length Double Length of polygons in ArcGIS Shape_Area Double Area of polygons in ArcGIS Natural Integer Fire causes - natual, human-caused, unknown 2. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: State coding: Agency ID Description CA California NV Nevada OR Oregon AZ Arizona Agency Coding: Agency Description BIA USDI Bureau of Indian Affairs BLM Bureau of Land Management CDF California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection CCO Contract Counties DOD Department of Defense FWS USDI Fish and Wildlife Service LRA Local Response Area NOP No Protection NPS National Park Service PVT Private USF United States Forest Service OTH Other Cause Coding: Cause Code Description 1 Lightning 2 Equipment Use 3 Smoking 4 Campfire 5 Debris 6 Railroad 7 Arson 8 Playing with Fire 9 Miscellaneous 10 Vehicle 11 Power Line 12 Firefighter Training 13 Non-Firefighter Training 14 Unknown/Unidentified 15 Structure 16 Aircraft 17 Volcanic 18 Escaped Prescribed Burn 19 Illegal Alien Campfire Collection Method Coding: Cause Code Description 1 GPS Ground 2 GPS Air 3 Infrared 4 Other Imagery 5 Photo Interpretation 6 Hand Drawn 7 Mixed Collection Methods 8 Unknown Objective Coding: Cause Code Description 1 Suppression (Wildfire) 2 Resource Benefit (WFU) Natural Coding: Cause Code Description 0 Unknown 1 Natural 2 Human-caused