Shapefile Type: Polygon
Data source: Derived from NWS Public Forecast Zones
Naming convention: z_ddmmyy where ddmmyy = day-month-year
Description: This dataset depicts the areas of responsibility for fire weather forecasts and warnings for each WFO.
Description | Valid date | Data Download | # Records | MD5SUM | Documentation | ||
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Fire Weather Zones | 13 September 2022 | fz13se22.zip | 3630 | 300976b50eef727fbd539640e86aa13c Date last upload: 19-AUG-22 |
Change History | Metadata | |
08 March 2023 | fz08mr23.zip | 3548 | 8080c45c382ae27ca86109b5a3725e08 Date last upload: 17-JAN-23 |
Shapefile Attributes:
Field Name | Type | Width, Decimals | Description |
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STATE | Character | 2 | U.S. Postal Standard two letter abbreviation |
ZONE | Character | 3 | Zone Number |
CWA | Character | 3 | CWA (WFO) abbreviation |
NAME | Character | 254 | Zone name from |
STATE_ZONE | Character | 5 | Concatenation of State and Zone |
TIME_ZONE | Character | 2 | Time zone abbreviation |
FE_AREA | Character | 2 | Cardinal area of state |
LON | Numeric | 10,5 | Longitude of Centroid (decimal degrees) |
LAT | Numeric | 9,5 | Latitude of Centroid (decimal degrees) |