Saskatchewan Forest Fire Chronology Raster and Tabular Data

1945 to 1996 fire history data for Saskatchewan, Canada, compiled from annual ARC/INFO export files. The dataset consists of a pair of raster images and a spreadsheet chronicling fire occurrences. It was developed by the Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management (SERM) Wildlife Branch.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of fire occurrence using the provided raster images.
• Studying temporal trends in fire frequency and area burned from 1945-1996 via the spreadsheet.
• Modeling fire risk and ecological succession based on historical fire chronology layers.
• Validating remote sensing-derived fire scar products against a ground-based historical record.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal span of over 50 years (1945-1996).
• Provides both spatial (raster) and tabular (spreadsheet) representations of the fire history.
• Compiled from authoritative provincial agency (SERM) annual records.

Limitations

• Conflicting last updated dates across sources (1997-01-01 vs. 2026-03-13).
• Specific column names and row counts for the spreadsheet are unknown.
• Data is historical and does not include recent fire events post-1996.

Provenance

Source

Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management (SERM) Wildlife Branch.

Collection Method

Developed from a series of ARC/INFO export files of annual fire data.

Time Range

1945-1996

Freshness

2026-03-13 12:48:05.689535

Geography

Saskatchewan, Canada.