EEA geospatial data catalogue
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.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2018-12-19T00:00:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-01-28T00:00:00
- Edition
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01.00
- Citation identifier
- jrc_v_4326_250_m_area-burnt-wildfire_p_2000-2017_v01_r00
- Citation identifier
- DAT-255-en
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 250 m
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2000-01-01 2017-12-31
Extent
Extent
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- GEMET
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climate change adaptation
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climate change impact
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forest fire
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climate
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disaster
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fire
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land cover
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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EEA38 (from 2020)
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United Kingdom
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- EEA topics
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Climate adaptation
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- EEA Management Plan
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2021 6.4.3
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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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 License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: Joint Research Centre (JRC) and The EFFIS Network ( https://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/about-effis/effis-network/)
- Language
- English
Distribution Information
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
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
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- Statement
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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/
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
- Code
- EPSG:4326
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 8b864fc4-7eee-4861-afff-4e855d62bc9c
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8b864fc4-7eee-4861-afff-4e855d62bc9c
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-07-06T12:29:01Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T11:02:41.288028Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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