WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI) A TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN UNOCCUPIED WILDERNESS AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT IS A CRITICAL LAND COVER AND LAND USE CHANGE HOTSPOT . ITS RAPID GROWTH IN THE US HAS DISRUPTED THE ECOLOGY E.G. INCREASING WILDFIRE RISK AND THE ASSOCIATED SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES WILDLIFE HABITAT LOSS AND DEGRADED WATER QUALITY. THE MOST WIDELY USED WUI DATASETS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY RELYING ON THE DECADAL BLOCK-LEVEL CENSUS DATA ALTHOUGH SOME ATTEMPTS HAVE MADE TO INCORPORATE THE 30M VEGETATION COVER FROM LANDSAL OBSERVATION AND NIGHT TIME LIGHT DATA AT A COARSER RESOLUTION