EVENTS DATABASE: FIRE

DESCRIPTION:

Contains occurrences of forest fires in the mid-Atlantic region.

# Occurrences: 408

# Events: 195

Event Criteria: Consecutive dates

Occurrence Criteria: As classified by NCDC storm events database and PA department of forestry.

Sources: NCDC Storm Events Database, PA Department of Forestry

NOTES:

Some occurrences are missing times. They have been flagged, and marked as 12Z.

Spatial averaging bias: more reports in PA, especially for early years.

Times represent fire start times.

SELECT DATES:

Database Start Year: 1970, 1995

Database End Year: 2004, 2007

Please select a starting date and ending date for your query:

Start Date: Enter yyyy mm dd - -

End Date: Enter yyyy mm dd

Month:

Order: Earliest to Latest Latest to Earliest

Only gather occurrences with complete date and time information.

Group occurrences by event index.

The above option will generate an average event time and location. The other fields will not be shown if this option is selected.

SELECT FIELDS:

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Field Name
Description
Format
 Incomplete
datetime
The date and time of the event (UTC).
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
  
event_index
Describes to which event the occurrence belongs; typically numbered consecutively.
integer
  
lat
The latitude of the occurrence (N-positive).
floating point number
  
lon
The longitude of the occurrence (W-negative).
floating point number
  
damage
Event damage cost (dollars).
integer

YES
comments
Extinction cost (dollars).
integer
 YES
state
The US state of the occurrence.
2-letter state abbrev.
  
county
The location or county of the occurrence.
text

 
fips
US Govt FIPS (county) code.
integer
 YES
c2
Fire size.
integer
 YES
c3
Cause.
text
 YES
township
Township of the fire.
text
 YES
landmark
Landmark nearby the fire.
text
 YES
datetime_end
The date and time of the end of the fire (UTC).
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
 YES
time_correct
Whether time is accurate, or just assigned12 Z.
0 or 1

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Interface designed by SJG for Pennsylvania State Climate Office; Summer 2005