Wildfire Hazard Potential in National Parks and Monuments across the Western United States

This week I have not made any changes to the data on my map, but I have begun working on the ranking system that I will be using for my raster data. I have two layers of raster data which are the monthly average precipitation and the monthly average temperature. The monthly average precipitation raster data is split into 7 categories based on precipitation ranges. Also, the monthly average temperature raster data is split into 7 categories based on temperature ranges. I have also decided to base my project on monthly averages from the month of September. This is because September is the month when wildfires are the most common. This shows my categories for monthly average precipitation during the month of september. The lowest precipitation levels recieve the highest number while the highest precipitation levels receieve the lowest number. This shows my categories for monthly average temperature during the month of september. The highest temperatures receive the highest numbe...

This week for my project I worked on importing data. The first map shows the national park boundaries, western wind averages, and average monthly temperature data for the United States. The second map shows the national park boundaries, western wind averages, and annual precipitation data for the United States. I also added a state boundaries layer, but have to figure out how to show this on top of the other layers because it was showing up under the other layers. Next, I plan to work on using the clipping tool or completing a query to show only the western United States. I will need to do this for each of my layers specifically so only the western United States data is shown. I also plan to figure out how many different maps I will be using to show wildfire hazard potential. As of right now, I have two because I have to be able to show two different rasters. Lastly, I plan to figure out how I will be analyzing my data in order to calculate wildfire hazard potential surroun...