Evaluating Oregon Communities at Risk using the Wildfire Risk Explorer

Evaluating Oregon Communities at Risk using the Wildfire Risk Explorer

GEO 580GEO 580

Oregon State UniversityOregon State University

April 30, 2007April 30, 2007

Kuuipo WalshKuuipo Walsh

Institute for Natural ResourcesInstitute for Natural Resources

www.oregonexplorer.info/Wildfire/www.oregonexplorer.info/Wildfire/

• Vision and Background

• Making Maps

• Demo of Wildfire Risk Explorer

Outline

Natural Resources Digital Library Vision

Oregon Explorer™ as the “go to” place for natural resources information

Create a “purposeful” digital library

Information and map-making tools to help people learn about and make better natural resource decisions throughout the State

Address importance of “place” and access to geo-referenced information

Oregon Explorer

Public Release in June 2007

Wildfire Risk Explorer

Released in

October 2006

www.oregonexplorer.info/Wildfire/

Funded by ODF

Team members:

Jeff Behan, INR

Janine Salwasser, OSUL

Tim Fiez, OSUL

Kuuipo Walsh, INR

Marc Rempel, OSUL

Ann Walker, ODF

Jim Wolf, ODF

Wildfire Risk Explorer Users:

Natural resource decision-makers

Community Wildfire Protection Planners

Wildfire Protection Agencies

Land Management Agencies

At-risk communities

Homeowners

Landowners

Interested citizens

Exploring Wildfire Risk in Your Area

Wildfire Risk in Your Area

Select a Community …

Mitchel City community has a rating of high risk

Generating a report with the statistics wizard

Making a map with the advanced mapping tool

Overlaying the Overall Risk Rating layer in Google Earth: Demo

For more information, you can contact the Oregon Explorer co-managers

• Janine Salwasser, OSU LibrariesJanine.salwasser@oregonstate.edu

• Jimmy Kagan, OSU Institute for Natural ResourcesJimmy.kagan@oregonstate.edu