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HVRA/SARA Fact Sheets

Learn more about each HRVA/SARA used in our products

Highly Valued Resources or Assets (HVRAs) or Strategic Areas, Resources, and Assets (SARAs) are landscape features that have societal value and can be influenced positively and/or negatively by fire. Each HVRA or SARA has a footprint across your landscape as well as response functions (RFs) to disturbance (wildfire) and management. The list of HVRAs/SARAs on this list represent what is available by default or as an upgrade across Vibrant Planet products. Many HVRAs/SARAs have Forest Vegetation Simulation derived response functions to disturbance and treatment. You can learn more about the data used to generate those footprints and RFs for each SARA below:

 

SARA

Footprint Source

SARA Includes
Above Ground Water Delivery USGS Hydrography Dataset Infrastructure that transports water 
Aboveground Live Tree Biomass Vibrant AGB Represents live woody biomass
Aspen Highly Suitable Habitat TreeMap, EPA Ecoregions of North America Likelihood of quaking aspen presence
Beaver Suitable Habitat TreeMap, LANDFIRE, USGS Hydrography Dataset, BRAT Model Estimation of vegetation suitability within 30 meters of streams
Communication Infrastructure Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD)  Transmission towers, Antenna Structure Registrate, Towers, TV Digital Station Transmitters
Critical Access Roads OpenStreetMap Routes critical for ingress/egress
Emergency Service Facilities HIFLD  Local Law Enforcement Locations, Hospitals, Fire Stations 
Energy Facilities HIFLD  Power Plants, Power Substations
Historic Features National Register of Historic Places Cultural or historic sites, districts, or features on the landscape
Lakes USGS Hydrography Dataset Non-flowing, contained water bodies including perennial reservoirs
Managed Timberlands USFS Activity Tracking System Forest land that represent past and planned investments of future timber harvest
Monitoring Stations HIFLD, NWS, National Water Climate Center Streamflow Gaging Stations, Active SNOTEL Stations, Weather Stations
Perennial Rivers and Streams USGS National Hydrography Water flow lines that are perennial in nature
Public Water Supply USACE Inventory of Dams, USGS Hydrography Dataset, Western States Water Council Dataset Lakes and Reservoirs with use for public drinking water supply
Recreation Areas USFS Recreation Sites Recreation Sites
Riparian Areas USFS Riparian Area base map USGS Hydrography Dataset  Areas adjacent to water sources where ecosystem function is influenced by aquatic ecosystem
Sediment Catchments for Water Supplies

USGS Hydrography Dataset, Gridded National Soil Survey, USGS 3DEP Data

 Areas of a landscape that could contribute sedimentation to specific waterbodies
Structure Transmission Zone

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), FEMA, OneGeo, Simulated Fire Perimeters based on FSim and literature 

 Wildland areas with potential to expose nearby homes to fire 
Structures ORNL, FEMA, OneGeo  Buildings larger than 430 square feet
Transmission Lines HIFLD  Transmission Lines
Trails HIFLD Trails used for recreation
Water Facilities CA Office of Emergency Services Structures or infrastructure that support water production or wastewater treatment
Whitebark Pine TreeMap, Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation  Areas on the landscape where whitebark pine is or could be present
Wildland Urban Interface ONRL, FEMA, OneGeo Quarter-mile defense zone around structures