Forest fires

The forest fire map shows forest fires that occurred mainly in the territory of southern Quebec, i.e. the area located south of the territorial limit of attributable forests. This map data makes it possible to improve knowledge about fire regimes and to meet the specific needs of special management plans following forest fires. They can also be used to meet a variety of study and research needs, such as analyzing the impact of climate change, modeling post-fire regeneration, and studying ecosystem dynamics. This information is obtained from and produced from a variety of sources, including satellite images, aerial photographs, field or aerial surveys, fire scar dating, and archival documents. This data contains four types of mapping as well as fire regime mapping: • Detailed fire mapping, from 1976 to the present. This mapping includes burn types, total burn and partial burn, when information is available. In addition, for fires that have been characterized, information on the classes of burning patterns is added. The minimum mapping area can be up to 0.1 ha, depending on the source products used. This map is partially available for areas located in the north of southern Quebec. • Mapping the simplified contours of fires, from 1972 to today. This map shows the external contours of fires (without fragmentation), in order to represent them globally in a product that is easily usable and can be integrated into current information systems, GPS or others. Resulting from the fusion of detailed fire mapping, this product was designed to meet various customer needs. This map is partially available for the sectors located in the north of southern Quebec. • The mapping of the origin of fires having been listed by the protection organizations (e.g.: SOPFEU) for the period from 1972 to today. This mapping includes the date, the source of ignition (human or lightning) and the protection zone. It is available for all of Quebec. • The mapping of ancient fires concerns fires that occurred between the very end of the 19th century and 1975. This mapping comes from the information present on the forest maps of the first and second inventories, as well as from the information contained on the ecoforest maps of the third and fourth inventories. The dating of these fires is done using various methods, including the analysis of study trees bearing fire scars and the consultation of archival documents. This data is available for the following regions: Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02), Bas-Saint-Laurent (02), Bas-Saint-Laurent (01), Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11), Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08), Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec (04-17), and Lanaudière-du-Québec (04-17), and Lanaudière-Laurentides (14-15). • Mapping fire regimes in southern Quebec. This map shows 13 zones with distinct fire regimes. These areas were delineated based on available information on the areas burned during the period 1890-2020 and other potentially decisive environmental variables, such as physiography, the abundance of different tree species known to be dependent on fire as well as the location of natural and anthropogenic ignitions. Fire regime mapping covers all forest areas under management as well as a more northern portion that is not managed. The detailed methodology is presented in Forest Research Paper no. 189 “Zoning fire regimes in southern Quebec” (coming soon). This zoning may be useful to ensure better consideration of the risk of fire in a forest management context. It can also serve as a territorial basis for projecting future fire activity taking into account various factors, such as climate change, fire suppression as well as changes in the types of fuels and their distribution on the territory.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Date ( RI_367 ): 2017-10-31

Date ( RI_366 ): 2017-10-31

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Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - Secteur des Forêts-Direction des inventaires forestiers (DIF) et Direction de la protection des forêts (DPF) ( )

https://www.donneesquebec.ca

Status: planned; planifié RI_597

Maintenance and update frequency: annually; annuel RI_539

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Brulis
Partial burn
Total burn
Annual diaper
DIF
Forest Inventory Department
Forest protection department
Feu
Forest
HackQC18
Fire
Ecoforest inventory

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Use limitation: Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution (CC-BY) licence – Quebec (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/fr/licence/)

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OnLine resource: Forest fires (since 1976) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: READ ME Forest fires (since 1976) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: READ ME Ancient forest fires (before 1976) ( HTTPS )
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OnLine resource: Mapping the 5th ecoforest inventory of southern Quebec - Associated methods and data ( HTTPS )
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Date stamp: 2025-01-28

Metadata standard name: North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata

Metadata standard version: HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003

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