Data supporting "Socially vulnerable communities face disproportionate exposure and susceptibility to U.S. wildfire and prescribed burn smoke"

This data repository supports the manuscript "Socially vulnerable communities face disproportionate exposure and susceptibility to U.S. wildfire and prescribed burn smoke" by Dennin et al. (2025), submitted to Communications Earth & Environment. It contains the datasets used to reproduce the figures and tables presented in the manuscript, as well as supplementary data reflecting broader research findings.

The repository is complemented by additional resources available at https://nickmuller.tepper.cmu.edu/APModel.aspx. These include the AP4 and AP4T integrated assessment models, along with their technical appendix.

For inquiries or requests for additional data or code, please contact [e-mail].

Notes: Damages (dam) are in 2020 U.S. dollars [\$]. PM2.5 concentrations (pm25) are in micrograms per cubic meter [ug m^-3]. Damages per capita (dpc) are in 2020 U.S. dollars per person [\$ person^-1]. Emissions (emi) are in metric tons (mt). AQS is Air Quality System. Xie refers to Xie et al. (2020). Childs refers to Childs et al. (2022). NEI is National Emissions Inventory. GFED is Global Fire Emissions Database. RR is relative risk. VSLY is value of a statistical life year. MECE is mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. Subpopulation A is White Alone, Any Ethnicity. Subpopulation B is Black or African American Alone, Any Ethnicity. Subpopulation C is American Indian and Alaska Native Alone, Any Ethnicity. Subpopulation D is Asian Alone, Any Ethnicity. Subpopulation E is Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone, Any Ethnicity. Subpopulation F is Some Other Race Alone, Any Ethnicity. Subpopulation G is Two or More Races, Any Ethnicity. Subpopulation H is White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity. Subpopulation I is Any Race, Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity.

Update Log: v2 made minor changes to v1 for readability.