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Southern Forest
Health Atlas
of Insects and Diseases
The Forest Health Atlas is a collection of data about forest insects and diseases along with related data for the Southern United States. The states included are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. These data are either specific to an insect or disease, or related data such as weather or soil characteristics. These data are stored in a Geographic Information System (GIS) by layer as shown below.
| Insect and Disease Layers | Description |
|---|---|
| Annosus Root Disease | Hazard Rating based on soils data |
| Vulnerability by County based on Hazard Rating | |
| Balsam Woolly Adelgid | Range (Distribution of Spruce-Fir Timber Types |
| Beech Bark Disease | Occurrence by County |
| Butternut Canker | Occurrence by County |
| Range (Distribution of Butternut) | |
| Dogwood Anthracnose | Occurrence by County by Year |
| Hazard Rating (Under Development) | |
| Fusiform Rust | Hazard Rating based on historical Fusiform Rust Occurrence |
| Range (Distribution of Loblolly and Slash Pine) | |
| Gypsy Moth | Defoliation |
| Treatment by Aerial Spraying | |
| Hemlock Woolly Adelgid | Occurrence by County |
| Range (Distribution of Hemlock Timber Type) | |
| Littleleaf Disease | Vulnerability by County |
| Historic Range by County | |
| Oak Decline | Occurrence by forest inventory plot |
| Oak Wilt | Occurrence by County |
| Southern Pine Beetle | Outbreak Status by County by Year |
| Spruce-Fir Mortality | Mortality |
The related data includes Forest Cover Information, "Forest Inventory and Analysis" data, geographic features, soils data from the "Natural Resources Conservation Service", and weather data from the "National Climatic Data Center".
Having the Atlas data stored in GIS layers allows the data to be analyzed, updated, and used to produce maps and reports. The analysis can look at interactions between insects and diseases as well as relationships with any of the related data. The Atlas layers are kept up as new data become available. Maps are produced from the Atlas data for a variety of uses including publications like "The Health of Southern Forests".
USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection, Southern
Region
Last Modified: Monday, 14 January 2013 at 09:38:22 EST