Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: National Atlas of the United States
        Publication_Date: 200509
        Title: National Fire Plan - Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: National Atlas of the United States
        Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html?openChapters=chpbio#chpbio>

    Description:
      Abstract:
        This map layer portrays county level data for the fiscal-year-2004
        National Fire Plan - Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program.  The purpose of
        this program is to reduce the risk of wildland fire.  Included is
        information on the number of acres treated with prescribed burns,
        mechanical methods, or other methods.  Separate information is supplied
        for wildland/urban interface areas (areas where structures and other human
        development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative
        fuels.  Often incorrectly referred to as the interzone or
        urban/wildland interface) and for non-wildland/urban interface areas.
        These data come from the National Fire Plan Operations and Reporting
        System (NFPORS), which is used by Federal employees to plan and report
        activities and accomplishments conducted under the National Fire Plan.

      Purpose:
        These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the
        national level, and for large regional areas.  The data should be
        displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data.
        No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States
        in the use of these data.
      Supplemental_Information:
        For more information on the National Fire Plan, including a glossary of
        terms, see <http://www.fireplan.gov/index.html>.  Further explanation of
        terms can be found in the NFPORS Definitions document at
        <http://fireplan.gov/nfpors_lib/lib/NFPORS_Definitions_20050215.pdf>
    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Single_Date/Time:
          Calendar_Date: 2005
      Currentness_Reference: Publication date
    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: 170
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -64
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17

    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
        Theme_Keyword: environment

      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword: National Fire Plan
        Theme_Keyword: Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
        Theme_Keyword: Healthy Forests Restoration Act
        Theme_Keyword: Fires

      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
          U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of
          Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions
          (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, DC,
          National Institute of Standards and Technology.
        Place_Keyword: United States
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Place_Keyword: USA

      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
          U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the
          States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United
          States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard
          5-2):  Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
        Place_Keyword: Alabama
        Place_Keyword: Alaska
        Place_Keyword: Arizona
        Place_Keyword: Arkansas
        Place_Keyword: California
        Place_Keyword: Colorado
        Place_Keyword: Connecticut
        Place_Keyword: Delaware
        Place_Keyword: District of Columbia
        Place_Keyword: Florida
        Place_Keyword: Georgia
        Place_Keyword: Hawaii
        Place_Keyword: Idaho
        Place_Keyword: Illinois
        Place_Keyword: Indiana
        Place_Keyword: Iowa
        Place_Keyword: Kansas
        Place_Keyword: Kentucky
        Place_Keyword: Louisiana
        Place_Keyword: Maine
        Place_Keyword: Maryland
        Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
        Place_Keyword: Michigan
        Place_Keyword: Minnesota
        Place_Keyword: Mississippi
        Place_Keyword: Missouri
        Place_Keyword: Montana
        Place_Keyword: Nebraska
        Place_Keyword: Nevada
        Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
        Place_Keyword: New Jersey
        Place_Keyword: New Mexico
        Place_Keyword: New York
        Place_Keyword: North Carolina
        Place_Keyword: North Dakota
        Place_Keyword: Ohio
        Place_Keyword: Oklahoma
        Place_Keyword: Oregon
        Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
        Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
        Place_Keyword: South Carolina
        Place_Keyword: South Dakota
        Place_Keyword: Tennessee
        Place_Keyword: Texas
        Place_Keyword: Utah
        Place_Keyword: Vermont
        Place_Keyword: Virginia
        Place_Keyword: Washington
        Place_Keyword: West Virginia
        Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
        Place_Keyword: Wyoming
    Access_Constraints: None
    Use_Constraints:
      None.  Acknowledgment of the National Fire Plan and (or) the National Atlas
      of the United States of America would be appreciated in products derived
      from these data.

    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Russell D. Berry
          Contact_Organization: U.S. Department of the Interior
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: Mailing address
          Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
          Address: MS 521
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: VA
          Postal_Code: 20192
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5512
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Russell_Berry@ios.doi.gov

  Data_Quality_Information:
    Logical_Consistency_Report:
      The map layer was checked for topological consistency using the Arc/INFO
      command BUILD.  No other checks for logical consistency were performed on
      this map layer.
    Completeness_Report:
      This map layer includes county level information for all 50 States.  Seven
      categories of National Fire Plan data are represented.
    Lineage:
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: National Fire Plan - Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program
            Publication_Date: 2005
            Title: National Fire Plan Operations and Reporting System
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher:
                USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Office and the
                DOI Office of Wildland Fire Coordination
        Type_of_Source_Media: Electronic mail
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 2005
          Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Fire_Plan
        Source_Contribution: Attribute information

      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: National Atlas of the United States
            Publication_Date: 200506
            Title: 1990 County Boundaries of the United States
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: National Atlas of the United States
        Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000
        Type_of_Source_Media: Online
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Single_Date/Time:
              Calendar_Date: 200506
          Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-1990CNTY
        Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information

      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
          The Fire_Plan file was received as an Excel spreadsheet, saved as a
          dBASE IV file, and loaded into ArcView.  The file was joined to
          ATLAS-1990CNTY.  Fields were added to contain normalized data, showing
          the number of treatment acres per 100,000 acres, by county.  The
          normalized values were calculated using the formula:
          >([Original data] * 0.0015625) / [County square miles]) * 100000
          Fields that contained no information were set to -999.  Water areas,
          Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands were deleted.
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Fire_Plan
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ATLAS-1990CNTY
        Process_Date: 200508

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      U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the
      States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying areas of the United
      States, and Associated Areas; (FIPS 5-2): Washington, DC, National
      Institute of Standards and Technology.

      U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the
      United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas; (FIPS 6-4):
      Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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        Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6005

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        Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278
        Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278
        Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
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        Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
        Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
        Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
        Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

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          The size of the shape in coverage units.  In the distributed
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
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          Range_Domain:
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
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        Attribute_Definition_Source: National Atlas of the United States
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          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: VA
          Postal_Code: 20192
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5920
        Contact_Instructions:
          In addition to the address above there are other ESIC offices throughout
          the country.  A full list of these offices is at
          <http://ask.usgs.gov/esic_index.html>.

    Distribution_Liability:
      Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at
      the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the
      U.S. Geological Survey regarding the utility of the data on any other
      system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.  No
      responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these
      data.

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      Fees: There is no charge for the map layer.

  Metadata_Reference_Information:
    Metadata_Date: 20060502
    Metadata_Contact:
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          Contact_Person: Peg Rawson
          Contact_Organization: National Atlas of the United States
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: Mailing address
          Address: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
          Address: MS 561
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: VA
          Postal_Code: 20192
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-4183
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: atlasmail@usgs.gov
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