20240226 12152700 1.0 FALSE 500000 5000 ISO19115_3 R1_HFRA_AtRisk_Communities 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["NAD_1983_2011_StatePlane_Montana_FIPS_2500",GEOGCS["GCS_NAD_1983_2011",DATUM["D_NAD_1983_2011",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",600000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-109.5],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",45.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",49.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",44.25],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",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 16010300 20250811 16010300 HFRA At-Risk Communities Near Northern Region Forests and Grasslands Korin Miles WRRIT GIS Specialist Korin Miles 2024-03-14T00:00:00 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 Healthy Forest Restoration Act HFRA Wildland Urban Interface WUI Communities at Risk Northern Region U.S. Forest Service Depicts the spatial boundary of “at-risk communities” as defined in the Healthy Forest Restoration Act (HFRA) of 2003 near Northern Region National Forests and Grasslands. Community boundaries may be actual or approximate depending on the source. The data in HFRA_AtRisk, aka HFRA At-Risk Communities Near Northern Region Forests, are community extents that are unbuffered. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>At-risk communities are referenced in Part B of the HFRA Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) definition. Some at-risk communities have been digitized based on the Federal Register list of At-Risk Communities, 2001. Other communities from wildfirerisk.org (from the Research Data Archive file named RDS 2020-0016 supplements) have also been included. Additionally, at-risk communities can be identified by states and/or counties lists. Local data stewards can also add at-risk communities. All at risk communities must met the definition of an at-risk community in Part B of HFRA: (B) in the case of any area for which a community wildfire protection plan is not in effect— (i) an area extending 1⁄2-mile from the boundary of an at-risk community; (ii) an area within 11⁄2 miles of the boundary of an at-risk community, including any land that— (I) has a sustained steep slope that creates the potential for wildfire behavior endangering the at-risk community; (II) has a geographic feature that aids in creating an effective fire break, such as a road or ridge top; or (III) is in condition class 3, as documented by the Secretary in the project-specific environmental analysis; Some data sources used to spatially locate these at-risk communities are point features, and therefore extent of the community must be estimated. To estimate the community extent, all at-risk communities that were found in the Census_Place EDW data set were used to find the median size of those at-risk communities. The median size has been rounded to a 1-mile buffer. That community extent can be adjusted by digitizing a more accurate community extent with local knowledge of the actual size of the community. As of May 30, 2024 at-risk community data have been compiled for all Northern Region units EXCEPT for the Bitterroot National Forest. The at-risk communities in this layer will be buffered using the buffer distance field which is defined as:Per the HFRA WUI definition, an at-risk community is buffered by 0.5 miles unless there are sustained steep slopes, a geographic feature that will aid in a creating a fuel break, or is in Very High <A href="https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=55226e8547f84aae8965210a9801c357" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Wildfire Hazard Potential</A>. If the area between 0.5 miles and 1.5 miles from the community meet any of these criteria, then Buffer_Distance field should be changed to 1.5 miles. For estimated community extents, it is the estimated extent that will be buffered. 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. Each region is only responsible for populating data within their Region. For the Northern Region (Region 1) HFRA WUI direction can be located on this internal SharePoint site: <A href="https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com:443/sites/fs-r01-oystry/SitePages/R1-WUI.aspx?csf=1&web=1&e=VpyajX&cid=bb07f8f6-f801-48e8-8cbe-e7ef9e3c15b9" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com/sites/fs-r01-oystry/SitePages/R1-WUI.aspx?csf=1&web=1&e=VpyajX&cid=bb07f8f6-f801-48e8-8cbe-e7ef9e3c15b9 </A>.The HFRA_AtRisk (communities) will be buffered and combined with HFRA_Evac (routes) and HFRA_CWPP_WUI boundaries to produce the HFRA_WUI data layer published in the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). 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. The HFRA_WUI layer is designed ONLY for use with HFRA Fuels Categorical Exclusions, where HFRA WUI is legally required, when following USFS direction, and fiscal decisions, specifically funds granted in the Inflation Reduction Act. Other WUI layers should be used outside of the purposes listed above, like the <A href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/nrs/projects/wuigrowth" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">USFS & University of Wisconsin SILVAS WUI</A>.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Northern Region U.S. Forest Service <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV>This layer’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. <A href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/nrs/projects/wuigrowth" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">USFS & University of Wisconsin SILVAS WUI</A>.The United States Department of Agriculture (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.</DIV></DIV></DIV> 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. 2024-03-14T00:00:00 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) Weekly -117.19 -96.96 49 44.37 1 20250811 Korin Miles WRRIT GIS Specialist Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class dataset EPSG 8.2.10(10.3.1) 0 Simple FALSE 0 TRUE FALSE R1_HFRA_AtRisk_Communities Feature Class 0 Polygon HFRA_AtRisk 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. Units should use the S_USA.County feature class to ensure consistency with other Forest Service data. HFRA_AtRisk 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_AtRisk DataDictionary County FIPS state state String 2 0 0 U.S. Post Office State abbreviation HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary State_Name State abbreviation and name of state spelled out Domains name name String 60 0 0 Common name of the community without the State identifier HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Name source_id source_id String 50 0 0 Unique ID tag from the “Source” system that was used to spatially locate the identified at-risk community. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Source ID source source String 255 0 0 The geospatial source used to locate the named community. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Source source_hyperlink source_hyperlink String 255 0 0 URL or path to the “Source” where the Source_ID can be found. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Source hyperlink fed_reg_name fed_reg_name String 1200 0 0 The name listed on the Federal Register that this spatial place is assumed to be. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Federal register name at_risk_source at_risk_source String 255 0 0 How was the community identified as an at-risk community. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary At risk source buffer_distance buffer_distance Double 8 38 8 Specify the size of buffer in miles to apply to this community boundary. Buffer distances that will be applied are .5 and 1.5 miles HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary HFRA_AtRisk_Buffer_Distance Size of buffer in miles Domains data_source data_source String 2 0 0 Feature data source code. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary FS_DataSource Feature data source code Domains Data source accuracy accuracy Double 8 38 8 Distance (+/-), in meters, of expected difference between feature and real-world object locations. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Accuracy rev_date rev_date Date 8 0 0 Date of feature creation or latest update. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Revision date comments comments String 1000 0 0 Comments about the at-risk community. HFRA_AtRisk DataDictionary Comments adminorg AdminOrg String 255 0 0 Shape.STArea() Shape.STArea() Double 0 0 0 Shape.STLength() Shape.STLength() Double 0 0 0 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 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.