FGDC COMPLIANT GEOSPATIAL DATA METADATA DOCUMENTATION

INCLUDES FGDC MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ONLY

Section 1. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

Citation information

• Originator: Alaska Fire Service
  
• Publication date: 04/06/2000
  
• Title: Alaska Fire Management Options
  
• Edition: 1
  
• Geospatial data presentation form: Map
  
• Series name: N/A
  
• Issue identification: N/A
  
• Publication place: Ft. Wainwright, Alaska
  
• Publisher: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Fire Service
  
• Other citation details: N/A
  
• Larger work citation: Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan, amended October 1998
  

Abstract

Contains fire management option boundaries for the state of Alaska. The four fire management options are "critical", "full", "modified", and "limited". Fire management options are designated by the land managers or owners and are reviewed annually, as outlined in the Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan, October 1998. Several areas are designated as "unplanned". These include areas where the land manager/owner did not participate in the planning process.

Purpose

Graphical display of fire management options in Alaska. Fire suppression organizations use the fire management options to determine initial attack priorities and suppression tactics. The highest priority for suppression response is given to fires occurring in or threatening a "critical" area, followed in order of priority by "full", "modified", and "limited".

Supplemental information

Time period of content

• Single Date/Time
  
• Calendar Date: 04/06/2000
  
• Multiple Dates/Times
  
• List of Dates/Times: N/A
  
• Range of Dates/Times
  
• Begin date: N/A
  
• End date: N/A
  

Currentness reference

Data supplied by Bureau of Land Managment, Alaska Fire Service and the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resource.

Progress

In work

Maintenance & update frequency

Annual

Bounding coordinates (in decimal degrees of longitude and latitude)

• West bounding coordinate: -179.142
  
• East bounding coordinate: -129.994
  
• North bounding coordinate: 71.392
  
• South bounding coordinate: 51.217
  
• Data set G-polygon exclusion G-ring: N/A
  

Theme keyword thesaurus

NONE

Theme keyword

Fire managment, wildland fire, Alaska

Access constraints

None

Use constraints

Should not be used at a scale larger than 1:63,360

Section 2. DATA QUALITY INFORMATION

Attribute accuracy report

Attribute accuracy not yet evaluated

Attribute accuracy value

Unknown

Attribute accuracy explanation

N/A

Logical consistency report

Not yet evaluated

Completeness report

Areas under U.S.D.A. Forest Service suppression jurisdiction are not yet digitized.

Positional accuracy

Horizontal positional accuracy report

No formal evaluation conducted..

Horizontal positional accuracy value in ground meters

No evaluation of true vs digitized feature position has been conducted. Estimate +- 50m.

Horizontal positional accuracy explanation

Estimated accuracy based on the fact that all digitizing was done from 1:63,360 source maps.

Vertical positional accuracy report

N/A

Vertical positional accuracy value

N/A

Vertical positional accuracy explanation

N/A

Data sources

• Source citation:
  
• Originator: Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Fire Service
  
• Publication date: Varies
  
• Title: Fire Management Zone protection maps
  
• Edition: Most current
  
• Geospatial data presentation form: Map
  
• Series name: N/A
  
• Issue identification: N/A
  
• Publication place: Ft. Wainwright, Alaska
  
• Publisher: Alaska Fire Service
  
• Other citation details:
  
• Larger work citation:
  
• Source scale denominator: 1:63,360
  
• Type of source media: Paper
  
• Source time period of content:
  
• Single Date/Time
  
• Calendar Date: 04/06/2000
  
• Multiple Dates/Times
  
• List of Dates/Times
  
• Range of Dates/Times
  
• Begin date:
  
• End date:
  
• Source currentness reference:
  
• Source citation abbreviation: Fire protection map - AFS
  
• Source contribution: Location of fire management options boundaries
  

• Source citation:
  
• Originator: State of Alaska, Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR)
  
• Publication date: Varies
  
• Title: Fire protection maps



• Edition: N/A
  
• Geospatial data presentation form: Map
  
• Series name:
  
• Issue identification: N/A
  
• Publication place: Varies
  
• Publisher: State of Alaska, Dept. of Natural Resources
  
• Other citation details:
  
• Larger work citation:
  
• Source scale denominator: 1:63,360
  
• Type of source media: Paper
  
• Source time period of content:
  
• Single Date/Time
  
• Calendar Date: Most current
  
• Multiple Dates/Times
  
• List of Dates/Times
  
• Range of Dates/Times
  
• Begin date:
  
• End date:
  
• Source currentness reference:
  
• Source citation abbreviation: Digital Dept. of Natural Resources fire protection
  
• Source contribution: Location of fire management option boundaries
  
  

• Source citation:
  
• Originator: National Park Service (NPS)
  
• Publication date: Varies
  
• Title: N/A
  
• Edition: N/A
  
• Geospatial data presentation form: Map
  
• Series name: N/A
  
• Issue identification: N/A
  
• Publication place: Anchorage, Alaska
  
• Publisher: National Park Service
  
• Other citation details:
  
• Larger work citation:
  
• Source scale denominator: 1:63,360
  
• Type of source media: Paper
  
• Source time period of content:
  
• Single Date/Time
  
• Calendar Date: Most current
  
• Multiple Dates/Times
  
• List of Dates/Times
  
• Range of Dates/Times
  
• Begin date:
  
• End date:
  
• Source currentness reference:
  
• Source citation abbreviation: Digital National Park Service fire protection
  
• Source contribution: Location of fire management option boundaries
  

• Source citation:
  
• Originator: Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
  
• Publication date: Varies
  
• Title: N/A
  
• Edition: N/A
  
• Geospatial data presentation form: Map
  
• Series name: N/A
  
• Issue identification: N/A
  
• Publication place: Anchorage, Alaska
  
• Publisher: Fish and Wildlife Service
  
• Other citation details:
  
• Larger work citation:
  
• Source scale denominator: 1:63,360
  
• Type of source media: Online
  
• Source time period of content:
  
• Single Date/Time
  
• Calendar Date: Most current
  
• Multiple Dates/Times
  
• List of Dates/Times
  
• Range of Dates/Times
  
• Begin date:
  
• End date:
  
• Source currentness reference:
  
• Source citation abbreviation: Digital Fish and Wildlife Service fire protection maps.



• Source contribution: Location of fire management options boundaries

Production process

• Process description: Fire management option boundaries were manually digitized
  
• Source used citation abbreviation (from above): Quad-based protection maps (1:63,360)
  
• Process date: Varies
  
• Source produced citation abbreviation: Digital UTM
  

• Process description: Digital boundaries in UTM projection were projected to Albers Equal Area projection with standard parallels at 55.0 and 65.0 degrees north, a central meridian of -154.0 degrees and a projection origin at 50.0 degrees north.
  
• Source used citation abbreviation (from above): Digital UTM
  
• Process date: Varies
  
• Source produced citation abbreviation: Digital Albers
  

• Process description: Digital boundaries in Albers projection were map joined and edge-matched to produce a single coverage
  
• Source used citation abbreviation (from above): Digital Albers
  
• Process date: Varies
  
• Source produced citation abbreviation: Current data set
  

• Process description: Coverage was built with region topology then sequentially unioned for a single statewide coverage
  
• Source used citation abbreviation (from above): Digital Albers
  
• Process date: Varies
  
• Source produced citation abbreviation: Statewide Albers data set
  

• Process description: Statewide coverage was reprojected to a double precision geographic (decimal degrees) projection
  
• Source used citation abbreviation (from above): Statewide Albers data set
  
• Process date: Varies
  
• Source produced citation abbreviation: Current data set
  

• Process description:
  .
• Source used citation abbreviation (from above):
  
• Process date:
  
• Source produced citation abbreviation:
  

Cloud cover (expressed as a percentage of the spatial extent)

N/A

Section 3. SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

Indirect spatial reference method

Fire Management Options Boundaries

Direct spatial reference method

Vector

Base vector feature description(s)

• SDTS point & vector object type: Label point
  
• Point & vector object count: 14,388 label points
  
• VPF topology level: 1
  
• VPF point and vector object type: Node
  

• SDTS point & vector object type: Area chain
  
• Point & vector object count: 14,388 Polygons
  
• VPF topology level: 1
  
• VPF point and vector object type: Edge
  

• SDTS point & vector object type: Universe polygon composed of chains
  
• Point & vector object count: 1
  
• VPF topology level: 1
  
• VPF point and vector object type: Edge
  

Base raster feature description(s)

• Raster object type: N/A
  
• Row count: N/A
  
• Column count: N/A
  
• Vertical count: N/A
  

Section 4. SPATIAL REFERENCE INFORMATION

Latitude resolution

0.00000007

Longitude resolution

0.00000007

Geographic coordinate units (units used to express previous 2 fields)

Decimal degrees

Map projection

Geographic

• standard parallel: N/A
  
• longitude of central meridian: N/A
  
• latitude of projection origin: N/A
  
• false easting: 0
  
• false northing: 0
  
• scale factor at equator: N/A
  
• height of perspective point above surface: N/A
  
• longitude of projection center: N/A
  
• latitude of projection center: N/A
  
• scale factor at center line: N/A
  
• oblique line azimuth: N/A
  
• azimuthal angle: N/A
  
• azimuth measure point longitude: N/A
  
• oblique line point: N/A
  
• oblique line latitude: N/A
  
• oblique line longitude: N/A
  
• straight vertical longitude from pole: N/A
  
• scale factor at projection origin: N/A
  
• landsat number: N/A
  
• path number: N/A
  
• scale factor at central meridian: N/A
  

Grid coordinate system name

Geographic

Planar coordinate encoding method

Coordinate pair

Abscissa resolution

Ordinate resolution

Distance resolution

Planar distance units (units used to express previous 3 fields)

Bearing resolution

N/A

Bearing units (units used to express previous field)

N/A

Bearing reference direction

N/A

Bearing reference meridian

N/A

Local description

N/A

Local georeference information

N/A

Horizontal datum name

North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid name

Clarke 1866

Semi-major axis

6378206.4

Denominator of flattening ratio

0.996609925

Altitude datum name

N/A

Altitude resolution

N/A

Altitude distance units

N/A

Altitude encoding method

N/A

Depth datum name

N/A

Depth resolution

N/A

Depth distance units

N/A

Depth encoding method

N/A

Section 5. ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION

Geographic entity description

• Entity type
  
• Entity type label: Fire management option boundaries
  
• Entity type definition: Options to determine initial attack priorities and suppression tactics
  
• Entity type definition source: Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan
  
• Entity attributes
  
• Attribute label: PROT
  
• Attribute definition: Fire management option assigned to the area: critical, full, modified, limited and unplanned
  
• Attribute definition source: Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan
  
• Attribute domain values:
  
• FOR ENUMERATED DOMAINS,
  
• Enumerated domain value:
  
• Enumerated domain value definition:
  
• Enumerated domain value definition source:
  
• FOR RANGE DOMAINS,
  
• Range domain minimum:
  
• Range domain maximum:
  
• FOR CODESET DOMAINS,
  
• Codeset name: C, F, M, L, U
  
• Codeset source: Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan
  
• FOR UNREPRESENTABLE DOMAINS
  
• 
  
• Attribue units of measurement: N/A
  
• Beginning date of attribute values:
  
• Ending date of attribute values: 2000
  

• Attribute label: DATE
  
• Attribute definition: Date on which "modified" areas convert to "limited"
  
• Attribute definition source: Alaska Interagency Wildland Fire Management Plan
  
• Attribute domain values: 01-12/01-31
  
• FOR ENUMERATED DOMAINS,
  
• Enumerated domain value:
  
• Enumerated domain value definition:
  
• Enumerated domain value definition source: NONE
  
• FOR RANGE DOMAINS,
  
• Range domain minimum:
  
• Range domain maximum:
  
• FOR CODESET DOMAINS,
  
• Codeset name:
  
• Codeset source:
  
• FOR UNREPRESENTABLE DOMAINS
  
• Description:
  
• Attribue units of measurement: N/A
  
• Beginning date of attribute values:
  
• Ending date of attribute values: 2000
  

Entity and attribute overview

Fire management options and date some "modified" area convert to "limited"

Entity and attribute detail citation

NONE

Section 6. DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

Distributor

ALASKA FIRE SERVICE

• Contact person: GIS Coordinator
  
• Contact organization primary: ALASKA FIRE SERVICE
  
• Address type: MAILING ADDRESS
  
• Address: P.O. Box 35005
  
• City: Ft. Wainwright
  
• State or Province: Alaska
  
• Postal code: 99703
  
• Contact voice telephone: (907)356-5581 or (907)474-2210
  
• Contact facsimile telephone: (907)356-5583
  
• Contact electronic mail address: tim_hammond@ak.blm.gov
  

Resource description

fire protection data set

Distribution liability

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Alaska Fire Service provide no warranty, express or implied, with regard to the content, format, quality, or accuracy of this data. The Alaska Fire Service accepts no responsibility for inappropriate or uninformed use of this data. No warranty is made by BLM as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data for individual use or aggregate use with other data.

STANDARD ORDER PROCESS FOR

• Non-digital form: Request a FIRE PROTECTION MAP from the contacts listed above.
  
• Digital form:
  
• Format name: ARC (Arc/Info Coverage)
  
• Format version number: 7.2.1
  
• Format version date: 1998
  
• File decompression technique: NO COMPRESSION APPLIED
  
• FOR ON-LINE ACCESS:
  
• Network address: ftp@ftp.ak.blm.gov
  
• Network resource name: to be arranged
  
• Lowest BPS: N/A
  
• Highest BPS: N/A
  
• Number DataBits: N/A
  
• Number StopBits: N/A
  
• Parity: N/A
  
• Compression support: N/A
  
• DIALUP TELEPHONE: N/A
  
• Dialup file name: N/A
  
• Access instructions: contact by voice phone first
  
• Online computer and operating system: IBM RS6000 running AIX ver 4.2
  
• FOR OFF-LINE ACCESS:
  
• Offline media: 8 mm cartridge tape or CD-ROM
  
• Recording density: variable
  
• Recording density units: blocks
  
• Recording format: tar for tape,
  
• Compatibility information: Exabyte 8200, low compression, variable block size
  

Fees

NONE

Custom order process

NONE

Section 7. METADATA REFERENCE INFORMATION

Metadata date

April 6, 2000

Metadata review date

Metadata contact

• Contact person: GIS Coordinator
  
• Contact organization primary: Alaska Fire Service
  
• Address type: Mailing
  
• Address: P.O. Box 35005
  
• City: Ft. Wainwright
  
• State or Province: Alaska
  
• Postal code: 99703
  
• Contact voice telephone: (907)356-5581
  
• Contact facsimile telephone: (907)356-5049
  
• Contact electronic mail address: tim_hammond@ak.blm.gov
  

Metadata standard name

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata standard version

June 8, 1994

Metadata time convention

N/A