Areas burnt by wildfires (2000-2017), Jan. 2019

This vector dataset presents the extent of areas in European countries directly affected by wildfires (period 2000-2017). This dataset can be used as one of the indications where the danger of wildfires may persist or increase in the future under the changing climate.

The dataset is one of the output of the “European Forest Fire Information System-EFFIS” ( http://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu) provided by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

The dataset is also part of the EEA indicator "Forest fires": https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/forest-fire-danger-2/assessment.

Date (Creation): 2018-12-19T00:00:00

Date (Publication): 2019-01-28T00:00:00

Edition: 01.00

Citation identifier: jrc_v_4326_250_m_area-burnt-wildfire_p_2000-2017_v01_r00

Citation identifier: DAT-255-en

Point of contact

No information provided.

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Natural risk zones

Keywords

GEMET

climate change adaptation
climate change impact
forest fire
climate
disaster
fire
land cover

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

EEA38 (from 2020)
United Kingdom

Spatial scope

European

EEA topics

Climate adaptation

EEA Management Plan

2021 6.4.3

Resource constraints

No information provided.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: no limitations to public access

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: This dataset is derived by the EFFIS database provided by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) therefore is following the JRC Open Data Policy ( https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC115832/kjna27163enn.pdf) as well as the EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged ( http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Joint Research Centre (JRC) and The EFFIS Network ( https://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/about-effis/effis-network/)

Spatial representation type: Vector

Distance: 250 m

Language of dataset: English

Topic category

Environment
Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2000-01-01

End date: 2017-12-31

Coordinate reference system identifier: EPSG:4326

Distribution format

SHP ( )

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
EEA:FILEPATH	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/jrc_v_4326_250_m_area-burnt-wildfire_p_2000-2017_v01_r00/
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/knowledge/tools/urban-adaptation
WWW:URL	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/8b864fc4-7eee-4861-afff-4e855d62bc9c	Direct download
OGC:WMS	https://climate.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/UAMV/AreasBurntByWildfires/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
ESRI:REST	https://climate.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/UAMV/AreasBurntByWildfires/MapServer

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: The burnt areas were obtained as polygons from the “European Forest Fire Information System-EFFIS” ( http://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu) provided by the Joint Research Centre (JRC). The polygons were dissolved in order to create one layer for all the years; therefore, if an area has been affected by fires on multiple occasions, it will just present as affected by fires.

Data can be downloaded also from: https://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/applications/data-and-services/

Source