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Updated (2015) geospatial (GoogleEarth) data associated with this report: Seney National Wildlife Refuge Fire History GIS Location Project (2013)

Metadata Updated: October 23, 2025

This project (funded by the Joint Fire Science Program through the Seney Natural History Association) contains prescribed and wildfire point and polygon data covering 1944-2012 that occurred within the boundaries of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR) and point data from the dendrochronological work of Drobyshev et al. (2008, Canadian J. Forest Research). The intention of the project was to create a data set to provide a single source for users of GIS to access point and area fire information. Prior to this project a separate polygon data set created by the refuge covering fires from 2003-2009 was available as was the Drobyshev et al. (2008) data in a separate file. All other records of fire events on the refuge were in various forms ranging from table sets in the Fire Management Information System (FMIS) to references in refuge annual narratives. There was a clear need to establish a system showing basic location and historical information in one format. GIS using ESRI shapefiles was chosen since it shows the most promise and flexibility in future planning and modeling use. This data format should allow for less duplication of future efforts and increase the usability of fire data to not only to refuge staff but also partner agencies and researchers.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. 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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Dates

Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI FWS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 23, 2025
Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:18
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Harvest Source Title DOI FWS DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/95825
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Program Code 010:094, 010:028
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