The Earth Sciences & Map Library supports geographic information system (GIS) software and data services across all disciplines for the UC Berkeley campus. The library collects GIS data for areas around the world, with an emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area and northern California.
Reference work containing detailed datasheets on trees and forest pests, full-text of selected articles and reports, a multilingual glossary of forest terms, species distribution maps, and images.
Access to this resource has been discontinued effective 01/24 due to library budget cuts. Access restricted to users with a Berkeley email address Users must create individual accounts using their @berkeley.edu email address. County-level hazard loss data set for the US for 18 different natural hazard events types such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and tornadoes, covering from 1960 - present.
For each event, the database includes the beginning date, location (county and state), property losses, crop losses, injuries, and fatalities that affected each county. The data set does not include Puerto Rico, Guam, or other U.S. territories. Data and maps were compiled and geo-referenced by the Hazards & Vulnerability and Research Institute at the University of South Carolina. The subscription only allows access to aggregated data. See the site FAQ for more information.
Access to large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities.
Access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities. Sanborn maps are historical tools for urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, environmentalists. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years.
Irregular report from the USFS containing annual statistics. Note that this link may not always point to the most recent report - search Google or Treesearch for the report title.
Records of news articles and other documents pertaining to logging, forest conditions, and forest fires in the early 1900s. Arranged by county. A similar compilation is available for Nevada.
