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CAL FIRE Priority Projects (Executive Order N-05-19)

Executive Order N-05-19 requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to identified 35 priority projects that can be implemented immediately to reduce public safety risk for over 200 communities. These projects also take into account necessary actions to protect vulnerable populations, and communities as a prescriptive and deliberative endeavor to realize the greatest returns on reducing risk to life and property.

45 Day Report Final

Download the Priority Projects

CAL FIRE Administrative Boundaries

Statewide GIS layer of CDF Unit and Region boundaries, updated 2019

Download CAL FIRE Administrative Boundaries (ZIP)

County Boundaries

County boundaries as maintained by CAL FIRE FRAP.

Version 19_1

Download CAL FIRE County Boundaries (ZIP)

Direct Protection Areas for Wildland Fire Protection (DPA)

Statewide GIS layer showing wildland fire protection areas by state, federal, and local agencies, established by mutual consent. Updated 2017.

Download Direct Protection Areas for Wildland Fire Protection (ZIP)

Facilities

CALFIRE and Schedule A Contract facilities for fire suppression. Includes fire stations, air attack and helitak bases, conservation camps and support facilities. Updated May, 2019

Download Facilities (ZIP)

Fire Hazard Severity Zones (ADOPTED in 2007)

Download the FHSZ GIS data layers by county

For further assistance, contact:

dave.sapsis@fire.ca.gov

Fire Threat

Statewide GIS layer (GRID format) of fire threat, which combines expected fire frequency with potential fire behavior to create 4 threat classes (v05_1).

Download Fire Threat (ZIP)

Fire Perimeters

This is a multi-agency statewide database of fire history. For CAL FIRE, timber fires 10 acres or greater, brush fires 30 acres and greater, and grass fires 300 acres or greater are included. For the USFS, there is a 10 acre minimum for fires since 1950. (v18_1)

This dataset contains wildfire history, prescribed burns and other fuel modification projects.

Users without ArcGIS can view GIS data by using the free ArcGIS Explorer Desktop or QGIS.

Download the Fire Perimeters data (ZIP)

Fire Management Environments

Statewide map of developed, mixed interface, and wildland fire environments

Map Size: 34" x 44" Map Scale: 1:1,100,000

Download the Fire Management Environments Map (PDF)

Fire Perimeters

Statewide dataset of fire history, generally 300-acre minimum for CDF fires and 10-acre minimum for Federal fires since 1950, but many smaller fires as well. (v19_1)

Download the 2018 Fire Perimeters Map (PDF)

California Fire Hazard Reduction Projects

Statewide map of wildland Fire Threat data developed for the National Fire Plan(v05_1)

Map Size: 34" x 44" Map Scale: 1:1,100,000

Download the California Fire Hazard Reduction Projects Metadata (ZIP)

Incorporated Cities

A full accounting of incorporated California cities, including the boundary and name of each individual city. Latest version updates our determination of city boundaries as of October, 2018.

Download the Incorporated Cities GIS data (zipped GDB)

FVEG

Revised in 2015. Raster representation of statewide vegetation with WHR types, WHR size and WHR density.

Download the FVEG metadata (ZIP)

CalVeg

GIS layer of vegetation (CALVEG and WHR) from 1997 to the present. Tiled by region.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/landmanagement/resourcemanagement/?cid=stelprdb5347192

CALWATER 2.2.1

This dataset contains hydrologic regions, huc 8 watershed boundaries, and planning unit watershed boundaries for the state of California

Download the CALWATER 2.2 Watersheds Map (PDF)

CAL FIRE State Responsibility Areas (SRA)

Statewide GIS layer of State Responsibility Areas (SRA), Federal Responsibility Areas (FRA), and Local Responsibility Areas (LRA). Updated April, 2018.

You can also use the SRA Viewer to access SRA data.

Download the SRA GIS Data version 19_1:

Geodatabase ZIP

Shapefile ZIP

California Tree Seed Zones

Statewide GIS layer of tree seed zones with similar climate and soils, used by CDF to designate and reference seed collection areas.

Download the California Tree Seed Zones metadata (ZIP)

Ownership

Statewide GIS layer of land ownership, compiled from multiple data sources and snapped to county parcels. Last updates October, 2018

Download the Ownership metadata (ZIP)

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