Reconnaissance data of damage from the Marshall Fire in Boulder County, Colorado. The data includes LiDAR and UAS imagery collected in three periods in late January, mid-February, and late April of 2022. The data was collected by Brad Wham and is hosted by the DesignSafe Data Depot Repository Harvested Subcollection.
Use Cases
- Assessing fire damage and burn severity based on UAS and LiDAR imagery.
- Conducting longitudinal studies of landscape recovery based on repeated flights over time.
- Analyzing the impact of snow cover on post-fire terrain based on imagery collected in winter months.
- Comparing data resolution and quality for research based on the availability of both raw and processed data.
Strengths
- Data was collected as soon as possible following the event to provide a detailed overview of fire impacts.
- Imagery was collected during three distinct time periods in 2022, allowing for temporal analysis.
- Includes both raw and processed data, with raw data noted to have greater resolution/quality in some cases.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count, file formats, and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- DesignSafe Data Depot Repository Harvested Subcollection
- Collection Method
- LiDAR collected via Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS); UAS data created via Structure from Motion (SfM) from drones.
- Time Range
- 2022 (late January, mid-February, late April)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-02-10 23:02:19; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Boulder County, Colorado, USA (Rt36 Corridor, Arapahoe area, Spanish Hills area, Town of Marshall)