20240226 12153100 1.0 FALSE 500000 5000 ISO19115_3 HFRA_EvacRoutes 002 Projected GCS_NAD_1983_2011 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/3.4.0'><WKT>PROJCS[&quot;NAD_1983_2011_StatePlane_Montana_FIPS_2500&quot;,GEOGCS[&quot;GCS_NAD_1983_2011&quot;,DATUM[&quot;D_NAD_1983_2011&quot;,SPHEROID[&quot;GRS_1980&quot;,6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM[&quot;Greenwich&quot;,0.0],UNIT[&quot;Degree&quot;,0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION[&quot;Lambert_Conformal_Conic&quot;],PARAMETER[&quot;False_Easting&quot;,600000.0],PARAMETER[&quot;False_Northing&quot;,0.0],PARAMETER[&quot;Central_Meridian&quot;,-109.5],PARAMETER[&quot;Standard_Parallel_1&quot;,45.0],PARAMETER[&quot;Standard_Parallel_2&quot;,49.0],PARAMETER[&quot;Latitude_Of_Origin&quot;,44.25],UNIT[&quot;Meter&quot;,1.0],AUTHORITY[&quot;EPSG&quot;,6514]]</WKT><XOrigin>-35666000</XOrigin><YOrigin>-30006900</YOrigin><XYScale>10000</XYScale><ZOrigin>0</ZOrigin><ZScale>1</ZScale><MOrigin>0</MOrigin><MScale>1</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><WKID>103093</WKID><LatestWKID>6514</LatestWKID></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> NAD_1983_2011_StatePlane_Montana_FIPS_2500 20250811 15484200 20250811 15484200 HFRA At-Risk Communities' Evacuation Routes Near Northern Region Forests and Grasslands Healthy Forest Restoration Act HFRA Wildland Urban Interface WUI Evacuation Route Northern Region U.S. Forest Service Depicts the spatial line location of “evacuation routes” from communities at-risk as defined in the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003 and identified by local units near Northern Region National Forests and Grasslands. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The HFRA_Evac, aka HFRA At-Risk Communities' Evacuation Routes Near Northern Region Forests and Grasslands, feature class represents the HFRA 2003 Part B.iii definition of HFRA_WUI (HFRA Wildland Urban Interface). Evacuation Routes are defined as part of the development of HFRA WUI as linear features. HFRA_Evac are the unbuffered evacuation routes and authoritative road layers that should be used as the spatial data source. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="font-style:italic;"><SPAN>(iii) an area that is adjacent to an evacuation route for an at-risk community that the Secretary determines, in cooperation with the at-risk community, requires hazardous fuel reduction to provide safer evacuation from the at-risk community. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Local data stewards will decide the appropriate buffer distance based on local conditions such as vegetation type, steepness, and route conditions as needed to provide safe ingress and egress during a wildfire event and for post fire access. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>As of May 30, 2024, a 1,500 buffer distance on both sides of all Northern Region submitted evacuation routes has been identified. Evacuation route data have been compiled for all Northern Region units EXCEPT for the Bitterroot National Forest.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>There have been legal court decisions on the interpretation of HFRA WUI that only apply to regional areas, and because of this, direction may change between FS Regions. Verify the official Regional direction for using HFRA WUI. Outside of areas impacted by court rulings, HFRA_CWPP_WUI (Part A) can be used in conjunction with At-Risk Communities (Part B) and Evacuation Routes (Part B) that are stored separately. Each region is only responsible for populating data within their Region. </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">For the Northern Region (Region 1) HFRA WUI direction can be located on this internal SharePoint site: </SPAN><A href="https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com:443/sites/fs-r01-oystry/SitePages/R1-WUI.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=VpyajX&amp;cid=bb07f8f6-f801-48e8-8cbe-e7ef9e3c15b9" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com/sites/fs-r01-oystry/SitePages/R1-WUI.aspx?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=VpyajX&amp;cid=bb07f8f6-f801-48e8-8cbe-e7ef9e3c15b9</SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>These HFRA_Evac lines will be buffered and combined with HFRA_AtRisk (communities) and HFRA_CWPP_WUI (Community Wildfire Protection Plan) boundaries to produce the HFRA_WUI data layer published in the </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Northern Region data users need to consult the regional WUI direction located at the internal SharePoint site listed above and should use WUI layer files located under HFRA  for any environmental analyses efforts requiring HFRA WUI. </SPAN><SPAN>The HFRA_WUI dataset is designed </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>ONLY</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> for use with HFRA Fuels Categorical Exclusions (CE), where HFRA WUI is legally required, </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>when following USFS direction, </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>and fiscal decisions, specifically funds granted in the Inflation Reduction Act.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> Northern Region U.S. Forest Service <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>This layer</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>’</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>s intended use is to map the Healthy Forest Restoration Act's definition of Wildland Urban Interface. HFRA WUI and this dataset should only be used when HFRA WUI is legally required. Other authoritative WUI layers should be used for all other purposes, including reporting activities that are not funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. This does not replace the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/nrs/projects/wuigrowth" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>USFS &amp; University of Wisconsin SILVAS WUI</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN>The USDA Forest Service uses the most current and complete data available but makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the content; and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions. Using GIS products for purposes other than those for which they were created, may yield inaccurate or misleading results. The USDA Forest Service reserves the right to correct, update, modify or replace GIS products without notification. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory, including but not limited to warranties of non-infringement of third-party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to the contents or hyperlinks to other Internet resources. Reference to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public and does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by the USDA Forest Service.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> Esri ArcGIS 13.4.0.55405 Legislation: Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, Public Law 108-148, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-1123/pdf/COMPS-1123.pdf. Reference Sec 101 for the definition of At-Risk Community (page 3) and HFRA WUI (page 6). Mapping protocol: HFRA WUI Direction (https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/fs-oc-bil/HFRA%20WUI/HFRA%20WUI%20Direction%2008252023%20(2).pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=1Nyg5f) User guides: HFRA WUI SharePoint (https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com/sites/fs-oc-bil/SitePages/Healthy-Forest-Restoration-Act---Wildland-Urban-Interface-(HFRA-WUI).aspx?cid=9de1a705-1d1b-41c2-8c9f-47685fdac81d) Briefing Paper: HFRA WUI Mapping BP (https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/fs-oc-bil/HFRA%20WUI/HFRA%20WUI%20Mapping_BP_20230825.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=qkfRBx) This is to be populated based on the local extent of data being captured. -117.19 -96.96 49 44.37 1 Northern Region U.S. Forest Service Data, Information, and Geospatial with Fire Aviation and Air Directorates Data Manager and Data Steward Federal Building Fort Missoula Missoula Montana 59804 US 26 Fort Missoula Road 406-329-3511 Northern Region U.S. Forest Service 20250811 Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class dataset EPSG 8.2.10(10.3.1) 0 Simple FALSE 0 TRUE FALSE HFRA_EvacRoutes Feature Class 0 Line HFRA_Evac DataDictionary objectid objectid OID 4 10 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. shape Shape Geometry 8 0 0 Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. county_name county_name String 255 0 0 The name of the county that the at-risk community is in, and that can utilize this evacuation route. The entire route does not have to be in this one county. Units should use the S_USA.County feature class to ensure consistency with other Forest Service data. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary County name county_fips county_fips String 125 0 0 Unique FIPS code (ST_CNTY_Code) for the county. FIPS code source is S_USA.County. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary County FIPS state state String 2 0 0 U.S. Post Office State abbreviation HFRA_Evac DataDictionary State_Name State abbreviation and name of state spelled out Domains route_number route_number String 25 0 0 The official route number, INFRA_ID, associated with the evacuation route. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Route number route_name route_name String 255 0 0 If there is a name associated with the route HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Route name at_risk_community at_risk_community String 1073741822 0 0 List of communities that can use this evacuation route. Delimited by a comma (,) if there is more than one. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary At risk community source_agency source_agency String 7 0 0 Land management agency with responsibility for creating and administering the data. For evacuation routes, this will be the agency that has identified as a potential evacuation route. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary SOURCEAGENCY Land management agency Domains source_doc_name source_doc_name String 1000 0 0 Document name for evacuation routes identified from external sources. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Document name source_doc_date source_doc_date Date 8 0 0 Document date for evacuation routes identified from external sources. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Document date source_hyperlink source_hyperlink String 1000 0 0 A link to documentation identifying the evacuation route. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Source hyperlink buffer_distance buffer_distance Double 8 38 8 Specify the size of buffer in miles. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Domain > 0 data_source data_source String 2 0 0 Feature data source code. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary FS_DataSource Feature data source code Domains accuracy accuracy Double 8 38 8 Distance (+/-), in meters, of expected difference between feature and real-world object locations. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Accuracy rev_date rev_date Date 8 0 0 Date of feature creation or latest update. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Revision date comments comments String 1000 0 0 Comments about the evacuation route. HFRA_Evac DataDictionary Comments adminorg AdminOrg String 255 0 0 Shape.STLength() Shape.STLength() Double 0 0 0 Korin Miles WRRIT, USFS GIS Specialist Northern Region U.S. Forest Service Data, Information, and Geospatial with Fire Aviation and Air Directorates Data Manager and Data Steward Federal Building Fort Missoula Missoula Montana 59804 US 26 Fort Missoula Road 406-329-3511 Data will be updated as needed, likely on a project by project basis and while coordinating on Community Wildfire Protection Plan development with responsible local entities.