Querying the Landscape Data

Knowing what types of fuel types are in a fire area helps you determine fire behavior potential for an incident. From the Situation Map, you can query the fire area to determine the following information for a selected point:

• Elevation,
• Aspect,
• Slope,
• Fuel model, and
• Canopy characteristics.

The landscape data source selected as the default on the incident information page is the source of the landscape data provided by the query.

To Query the Landscape Data:

1. From the Incident List, select the incident for which you would like to query the landscape data.
2. Click Situation Assessment. The Situation map appears.
3. Click the Info tab, and the Information pane appears.
4. Select the  icon, and then left click in the fire area. A small yellow circle appears where you clicked, and landscape data for that point appears in the Information pane on the left.
5. Click around the immediate fire area to determine in what fuel models the fires is currently burning.

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Last updated on 9/16/2016 11:23:51 AM.

In This Section Maps and Shapes To query the Landscape Data:

See Also About Maps Using the Map View About Shapes About Analysis Shape Files (STFB, NTFB, FSPro) Deleting Shapes Drawing Shapes on the Map About Planning Areas Subscribing to Planning Area Notifications Creating a Planning Area Drawing a Landscape Extent Creating a Barrier Creating an Analysis Ignition File Merging Two Shapes Uploading Shapes Creating a Landscape Mask About Images Uploading Images Capturing Map Images Downloading National Data Layers Downloading Incident Shapes Downloading Fire Perimeters Viewing Shapes Viewing Unit Shapes on a Map Viewing, Copying or Downloading Feature Information Copying Feature Information Downloading Feature Information Viewing Smoke Dispersion Information Viewing the Fire Danger Rating Graph Saving Fire Danger Rating Graphs to Incident Content Viewing Strategic Objectives

Reference Field Descriptions Glossary Resources Spatial Data Reference Landscape Data Source Reference Relative Risk Reference Organization Assessment Reference Fire Behavior Reference About the WFDSS Decision Editors