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    • NCCOS Assessment: Prescribed Fire in Coastal Alabama and Mississippi, 1992-01-01 to 2022-12-31

    Metadata Updated: October 2, 2025

    This dataset includes smoke and prescribed fire density from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Social Science team's Prescribed Fire project in partnership with land managers at Grand Bay NERR and Weeks Bay NERR in coastal counties of Alabama and Mississippi. This dataset was created to visualize prescribed fire distribution and potential impacts in the study area of Jackson county, MS and Mobile and Baldwin counties, AL, and for use in an educational infographic for public outreach.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date September 24, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 2, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 2, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2025 (creation), 2025 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS NCCOS

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    Browse Graphic: NCCOS

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 24, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 2, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 2, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2025 (creation), 2025 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:75370
    Access Constraints Cite As: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, [Date of Access]: NCCOS Assessment: Prescribed Fire in Coastal Alabama and Mississippi, 1992-01-01 to 2022-12-31 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/75370., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: None
    Bbox East Long -87.36659099958
    Bbox North Lat 31.31901699973
    Bbox South Lat 30.14442500021
    Bbox West Long -88.88453600034
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview Description Browse Graphic: NCCOS
    Graphic Preview File https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/csmedia/2023/10/NCCOS_tag_to_side_22hr.png
    Harvest Object Id 425f167e-5fbc-4915-a029-af854301d30f
    Harvest Source Id 9594655d-43d5-48eb-bc7d-86f579a54e78
    Harvest Source Title NOS NCCOS
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Secondary fire data was used from the Fire Program Analysis (FPA) Fire-Occurrence Database (FOD). This point data from 1992-2020 was downloaded and filtered to only include human caused fires for debris and open burning. It was then converted to a raster format using the Kernel Density tool in ArcGIS Pro, weighing fire size as a population input based on partner requests. The resulting raster displays prescribed fire density weighted by final fire size. Pixels with higher values indicate areas that have more fires and larger fires (via acres burned). Secondary smoke data from NOAA's Hazard Mapping System was summarized within block groups in the study area to understand how smoke distribution may or may not align with actual locations of prescribed fires, and how visual smoke may impact public perceptions of prescribed fire. Smoke shapefiles from 2017-2022 were filtered to only include visible smoke originating within the study area. A survey on public perception of prescribed fires is planned for future data collection.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-88.88453600034, 30.14442500021], [-87.36659099958, 30.14442500021], [-87.36659099958, 31.31901699973], [-88.88453600034, 31.31901699973], [-88.88453600034, 30.14442500021]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System EPSG::26916
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1992-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2025-03-01

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