Land Cover |
Exposed |
Exposed soil |
Alberta Satellite Land Cover
(ASLC); Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of
Alberta |
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Closed deciduous & mixed forest |
Closed aspen/balsam poplar/birch
and closed mixedwood |
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Grassland |
Fescue grassland |
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Water |
All water bodies |
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Bogs and wetlands |
Graminoid wetlands, shrubby wetlands,
undifferentiated wetlands, and black spruce bogs |
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Open conifer forest |
Open undifferentiated coniferous forests |
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Closed shrubland |
Closed upland shrub |
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Closed conifer forest |
Close pine, closed Engelmann/white spruce, and
closed undifferentiated conifers |
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Human Features |
Transmission lines |
Cleared corridors designated for
the location of power transmission line infrastructure. |
ABMI
Wall-to-Wall Human Footprint Inventory (2021) |
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Borrowpits |
Excavation outside of the road right-of-way is made
solely to remove or provide borrowed material for the sub-base
construction for a specific roadway project. It includes any other
associated infrastructure, such as access roads. |
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Clearing |
Human footprint features related to various industrial
activities. |
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Cultivation |
Lands where the forest and/or shrubs have been removed
to plant crops or grass species for livestock grazing. |
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Facilities |
Human footprint features related to various industrial
activities. |
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Mines |
Human footprint features directly related to mining
activities. |
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Trails |
Cleared corridors surfaced with dirt or low vegetation for
human/vehicle access. |
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Vegetated edges |
Disturbed vegetation alongside road edges, railway
edges including ditches, and other industrial features. |
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Wells |
Ground cleared for an oil/gas well pad where at least one well
is currently active. |
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Harvest |
Areas where forestry operations have occurred (clear-cut,
selective harvest, salvage logging, etc.). |
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Recreation |
Human footprint related to vegetated facilities and
recreation. |
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Residential |
Residential developments with buildings for human
inhabitance. |
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Seismic |
Cleared corridors created during hydrocarbon exploration. |
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Seismic 3D |
Cleared corridors created during hydrocarbon exploration. |
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Pipeline |
A line of underground and overground pipes, of substantial
length and capacity, used to convey petrochemicals. The physical
clearing contains underground and above-ground high-pressure pipelines. |
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Roads |
Non-vegetated, impermeable surfaces used for motorized vehicle
or aircraft transportation or access. |
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Fire
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Area burned (0-5 years)
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Area burned between 2019 and 2023.
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Fire Perimeter Data
Wildfire Management Branch, Government of Alberta
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Area burned (6-10 years) |
Area burned between 2014 and 2018. |
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Area burned (11-15 years) |
Area burned between 2009 and 2013. |
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Area burned (16-20 years) |
Area burned between 2004 and 2008. |
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Area burned (21-25 years) |
Area burned between 1999 and 2003. |
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Area burned (26 years to 29) |
Area burned between 1995 and 1998. The
shorter interval was based on there being no 1994 burn area data. |
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