Fort Stewart 2025: Contextual data for Wildland Fire Science Initiative (WFSI) Research Burn Campaign

This dataset contains contextual information for the Wildland Fire Science Initiative (WFSI) research burn campaign: Fort Stewart 2025, conducted April 14, 2025 to April 18, 2025 in longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystems on the Army base, Fort Stewart. WFSI research burn campaigns are collaborative opportunities for researchers in the WFSI community to jointly conduct prescribed fire research and combine expertise. The campaigns are supported by the WFSI Integrated Research Management Team (IRMT) in conjunction with installation personnel. The Fort Stewart 2025 campaign was led by NASA's FireSense project, an effort aimed at "delivering NASA's unique earth science and technological capabilities to operational agencies, striving to address challenges in US wildland fire management".The contextual information includes: descriptions of Fort Stewart climatology, plant communities, fuels, and operational information from Fort Stewart prescribed fire organization. Burn unit perimeters and maps as well as Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) data from Wright Army Airfield covering all burn days is also included. The contextual information is to be used as an aid to researchers when publishing on WFSI related research campaigns. To find datasets collected as part of the research campaign, search keyword: “Fort Stewart 2025”.