HTLN Pea Ridge National Battlefield: Fire Effects and Fuels Monitoring Data, 2003-2021

Fire effects monitoring data collected at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in Republic, MO from 2003 to 2021. The data were collected during spring, summer, and fall field seasons by crews from Pea Ridge National Battlefield, primarily containing fuels monitoring and fire severity data from 50 x 20 meter plots. The Department of the Interior published this dataset, which includes disturbance assessment data for long-term vegetation monitoring.

Use Cases

• Modeling woodland fuel loads based on Brown's transect data mentioned in the description
• Assessing fire severity and its ecological effects based on fire effects monitoring data
• Analyzing long-term vegetation changes based on disturbance assessment data
• Validating fire behavior models based on field-collected fuels data

Strengths

• Data collection spans 18 years from 2003 to 2021
• Follows a published protocol (Leis et. al. 2011) for standardized collection
• Includes both fuels monitoring and fire severity data for integrated analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Collection Method

Field data collected by vegetation and fire effects monitoring crews during spring, summer, and fall seasons using Brown's transects per plot.

Time Range

2003-2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 01:25:26.487370; freshness should be verified

Geography

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Missouri, USA