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LANDFIRE 2020 Biophysical Settings (BPS) CONUS
Please note LF 2020 BPS has no new data compared to LF 2016 Remap, but LANDFIRE did add a 90km buffer to the CONUS extent and populated it with fill data in the buffer area. This was done to better align with new LF 2020 Fire Regime products, which also have a 90km buffer added to the CONUS extent.
LANDFIRE's (LF) 2016 Remap (Remap) Biophysical Settings (BPS) product (https://landfire.gov/vegetation/bps) represents the vegetation system that may have been dominant on the landscape prior to Euro-American settlement. BPS is based on both the current biophysical environment and an approximation of the historical disturbance regime. Map units are based on NatureServe's Ecological Systems classification and represent the natural plant communities that may have been present during the reference period. Each BPS map unit is matched with a model of vegetation succession and both serve as key inputs to the LANDSUM landscape succession model (Keane et al. 2006). The actual time period for this data set is determined by historical context provided by the fire regime, vegetation system dynamics modeling, and the recent field and geospatial inputs used to create it. Weather data from the Daily Surface Weather and Climatological Summaries database [(DAYMET) https://daymet.ornl.gov/) were compiled from 1980 to 1997. LF uses BPS to depict reference conditions of vegetation systems across landscapes and should not be regarded as a representation of existing vegetation. LF Remap BPS is unchanged from LF Nationals BPS except for updates made to water, barren and snow classes (additions or removal), so that not vegetated cover types within the spatial BPS product matches LF existing vegetation and fuel products.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "LANDFIRE, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:helpdesk@landfire.gov" } |
| description | Please note LF 2020 BPS has no new data compared to LF 2016 Remap, but LANDFIRE did add a 90km buffer to the CONUS extent and populated it with fill data in the buffer area. This was done to better align with new LF 2020 Fire Regime products, which also have a 90km buffer added to the CONUS extent. LANDFIRE's (LF) 2016 Remap (Remap) Biophysical Settings (BPS) product (https://landfire.gov/vegetation/bps) represents the vegetation system that may have been dominant on the landscape prior to Euro-American settlement. BPS is based on both the current biophysical environment and an approximation of the historical disturbance regime. Map units are based on NatureServe's Ecological Systems classification and represent the natural plant communities that may have been present during the reference period. Each BPS map unit is matched with a model of vegetation succession and both serve as key inputs to the LANDSUM landscape succession model (Keane et al. 2006). The actual time period for this data set is determined by historical context provided by the fire regime, vegetation system dynamics modeling, and the recent field and geospatial inputs used to create it. Weather data from the Daily Surface Weather and Climatological Summaries database [(DAYMET) https://daymet.ornl.gov/) were compiled from 1980 to 1997. LF uses BPS to depict reference conditions of vegetation systems across landscapes and should not be regarded as a representation of existing vegetation. LF Remap BPS is unchanged from LF Nationals BPS except for updates made to water, barren and snow classes (additions or removal), so that not vegetated cover types within the spatial BPS product matches LF existing vegetation and fuel products. |
| distribution |
[ { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Digital Data", "format": "XML", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P1LJEZ3G", "mediaType": "application/http", "description": "Landing page for access to the data" }, { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Original Metadata", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.6a15f819b66b01e66c9c2e67.xml" } ] |
| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_6a15f819b66b01e66c9c2e67 |
| keyword |
[ "BPS", "Biophysical Settings", "CONUS", "Conterminous United States", "Continental U.S.", "LANDFIRE 2020", "LF 2020", "U.S. Forest Service (USFS)", "U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)", "US", "USGS:6a15f819b66b01e66c9c2e67", "United States", "biota", "fires", "geographic information systems", "geospatial datasets", "hazard preparedness", "image collections", "imageryBaseMapsEarthCover", "raster digital data", "remote sensing" ] |
| modified | 2026-07-23T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -127.9878, 22.7654, -65.2544, 51.6497 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | LANDFIRE 2020 Biophysical Settings (BPS) CONUS |
