Lake Tahoe Vegetation Monitoring Map
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Monitoring indicators

Forest landscape extent:

Forest structure:

Fire and Fuel:

LiDAR products

Vegetation structure

Terrain

Basemaps

Forest vs. non-forest indicators:

FNF-LiDAR:
  Forest, general
  Non-forested
FNF-EVEG-1:
  Urban
  Water
  Barren
  Herbacious
  Shrub
  Coniferous
  Hardwood
  Mixed forest
FNF-EVEG-2:
  Urban/water/barren
  Herbacious
  Shrub
  Forest
FNF-EVEG-3:
  Forest, general
  Non-forested

Forest structure indicators:

STR-EVEG-1:
  Urban
  Water
  Barren
  Herbacious
  Shrub
  Early seral, coniferous
  Mid seral, open canopy coniferous
  Mid seral, closed canopy coniferous
  Late seral, open canopy coniferous
  Late seral, closed canopy coniferous
  Early seral, hardwood
  Mid seral, open canopy hardwood
  Mid seral, closed canopy hardwood
  Late seral, open canopy hardwood
  Late seral, closed canopy hardwood
  Early seral, mixed forest
  Mid seral, open canopy mixed forest
  Mid seral, closed canopy mixed forest
  Late seral, open canopy mixed forest
  Late seral, closed canopy mixed forest
STR-EVEG-2:
  Urban/water/barren
  Herbacious
  Shrub
  Early seral, coniferous
  Mid seral, open canopy coniferous
  Mid seral, closed canopy coniferous
  Late seral, open canopy coniferous
  Late seral, closed canopy coniferous
  Early seral, hardwood
  Mid seral, open canopy hardwood
  Mid seral, closed canopy hardwood
  Late seral, open canopy hardwood
  Late seral, closed canopy hardwood
  Early seral, mixed forest
  Mid seral, open canopy mixed forest
  Mid seral, closed canopy mixed forest
  Late seral, open canopy mixed forest
  Late seral, closed canopy mixed forest
STR-EVEG-3:
  Non-forest
  Early seral, coniferous
  Mid seral, open canopy coniferous
  Mid seral, closed canopy coniferous
  Late seral, open canopy coniferous
  Late seral, closed canopy coniferous
  Early seral, hardwood
  Mid seral, open canopy hardwood
  Mid seral, closed canopy hardwood
  Late seral, open canopy hardwood
  Late seral, closed canopy hardwood
  Early seral, mixed forest
  Mid seral, open canopy mixed forest
  Mid seral, closed canopy mixed forest
  Late seral, open canopy mixed forest
  Late seral, closed canopy mixed forest

Fuel model indicators:

Scott & Burgan LANDFIRE 40:

The full key for the fuel model class codes in this legend can be accessed through official documentation from landfire.gov here.

  Urban
  Snow/Ice
  Agriculture
  Water
  Barren
  GR1
  GR2
  GR3
  GS1
  GS2
  SH1
  SH2
  SH3
  SH4
  SH5
  SH7
  TU1
  TU2
  TU5
  TL1
  TL2
  TL3
  TL4
  TL5
  TL6
  TL7
  TL8
  TL9
  SB2

Vegetation LiDAR products:

Canopy cover:
  0%
  100%
Mean tree height:
  0 m
  > 25 m
Mean height to live crown:
  0 m
  2 m
  4 m
  6 m
  > 8 m
Mean canopy bulk density:
  0 kg/m3
  0.14 kg/m3
  0.28 kg/m3
  0.42 kg/m3
  > 0.56 kg/m3
Mean stem diameter at breast height:
  0 cm
  > 67 cm

Terrain LiDAR products:

Mean elevation:
  < 1,898 m ASL
  2,125 m ASL
  2,352 m ASL
  2,579 m ASL
  > 2,806 m ASL
Mean slope:
  0°
  9°
  18°
  27°
  > 36°
Mean aspect:
  0°
  87°
  174°
  260°
  347°

Download Data Layers:

The data layers as displayed on this webmap can be downloaded for use in desktop GIS software here. All layers are of 5x5 m resolution and are served in GeoTiff format.


Monitoring indicators

  Forested landscape extent:
  • Forest vs non-forest, FNF-LiDAR
  • Forest vs non-forest, FNF-EVEG-1
  • Forest vs non-forest, FNF-EVEG-2
  • Forest vs non-forest, FNF-EVEG-3
  Forest structure:
  • Forest structure, FNF-EVEG-1
  • Forest structure, FNF-EVEG-2
  • Forest structure, FNF-EVEG-3
  Fire and Fuel:
  • Landfire FBFM 40

LiDAR products

  Vegetation structure:
  • Canopy cover
  • Mean tree height
  • Mean height to live crown
  • Mean canopy bulk density
  • Mean diameter at breast height
  Terrain:
  • Elevation
  • Aspect
  • Slope