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Description
Oregon Department of Forestry wildfire occurrence data by point of origin for the years 2000-2025. The dataset includes details on fire cause, location, size, and timing, with columns suggesting land ownership, administrative units, and specific ignition events. It is available on multiple platforms, indicating its importance for wildfire research and management.
Use Cases
Analyzing spatial patterns of wildfire ignition using Lat_DD and Long_DD.
Investigating causes of fires by examining GeneralCause, SpecificCause, and HumanOrLightning.
Tracking fire size and containment efforts using EstTotalAcres, ODF_Protected_Acres, and Size_class.
Studying administrative response and jurisdiction through UnitName, DistrictName, and Area.
Examining temporal trends in fire occurrence and reporting via FireYear, Ign_DateTime, and ReportDateTime.
Strengths
Provides a 26-year time range (2000-2025) for longitudinal analysis.
Contains detailed geospatial coordinates (Lat_DD, Long_DD) and administrative location data (PLSS, County).
Includes multiple temporal markers (Ign_DateTime, ReportDateTime, Discover_DateTime) for process analysis.
Limitations
Key metadata such as row count, dataset size, and license are missing across all sources.
The 'last updated' dates differ between platforms (2026-04-12 vs 2026-04-07), indicating potential synchronization issues.
Provenance
Source
Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)
Time Range
2000-2025
Freshness
Last updated on 2026-04-12 05:28:44.733993 (according to one source).
Geography
Oregon
License information is not provided in any source description.