Wildfire Mitigation Potential Index (WMPI)

The WMPI integrates forest conditions and wildfire hazard potential to suggest where restoration may be most effective from a biophysical perspective and may therefore moderate future wildfire behavior.Specifically, the WMPI integrates the following datasets: (1) wildfire hazard potential, (2) percent low-severity fire, and (3) vegetation departure. Values in this layer represent 10 quantiles (1 being lowest values of WMPI, 10 being the highest), which were scaled relative to values within each U.S. Forest Service region.For full details, please see: Lacey LM, Suraci JP, Littlefield CE, Busse BS, Dickson BG. 2024. Informing proactive wildfire management that benefits vulnerable communities and ecological values. <i>People and Nature</i>.