Maps — SBC Wildfire Resilience Priorities

GIS Mapping and Modeling

Through the community engagement process, the RPP gathered a wide range of resources and maps important to regional fire resilience from key stakeholders and community leaders. We created a publicly available, centralized database of fire-related information and maps that is available via the Conservation Blueprint Wildfire Portal. The goal of the database is to improve data sharing and data access by providing a central, open directory that everyone can access.

Utilizing the datasets gathered from agencies, community partners and public sources, the RPP developed a spatial decision support system (SDSS) and undertook a series of spatial wildfire modeling exercises to better be able to understand risk and identify specific areas of high importance for wildfire risk-reduction activities within the County. The modeling and the spatial decision support system that utilizes it allows end-users to view priority areas at the parcel level.

Over the course of the participatory process (described below) it was determined by project partners, stakeholders, and decision-makers that the Fire SDSS was to support three types of priorities:

Where in the county are the sites that are relatively high priority for Wildfire Risk Reduction Treatments in general?
Of these, where are the sites that are relatively high priority for Open Space Wildfire Risk Reduction Treatments?
Of these, where are the sites that are relatively high priority for Prescribed Herbivory Wildfire Risk Reduction Treatments? (see project page for description of prescribed herbivory)

Each of these yielded a spatial layer in the Wildfire Risk Reduction SDSS v1.0 Core Map, which also has 17 other spatial layers of interest. The above three layers are also viewable in an alternate graphical user interface, EEMS Online (click here), and each box of the logic model can be clicked on to be displayed.

This map is of Open Space Wildfire Risk Reduction Priority Areas layer, zoomed into the San Antonio Park area. To explore the model used to create the results, click on the EEMS Explorer icon (highlighted in red box on the left). The swiper tool in the center of the map can be dragged left or right. For a tour of more features, click the “?” in the toolbar. To zoom in and interact with this map, please click here to open it in a new window.

The maps provide data and a mapping inventory of wildfire related land uses, resources, risks and opportunities. The maps and models serve as a working platform for current and future fire and climate resilience planning, including a new project that is just launching called the Regional Wildfire Mitigation Plan, which is building on and deepening this modeling work within the South Coast area of Santa Barbara County.

Static Maps

The following static maps provide an overall snapshot of key issues in the county and proposed projects. Click on the map thumbnail to go to the specific project post related to each map, where you will find a project description, relevant images, and access to an interactive link of the online map. All of these maps are interactive and can be found within the RPP website folder on the Conservation Blueprint Wildfire Portal.