Southern California Fire Satellite Map

The data is provided by calfire.
Southern california fire satellite map. This year s acres burned is 26 times higher than the acres burned in 2019 for the same time period. Fire perimeter and hot spot data. Fire origins mark the fire fighter s best guess of where the fire started. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information. This map contains four different types of data. Since the beginning of the year wildfires have burned over 3 1 million acres in california. 2020 statewide fire summary.
These data are used to make highly accurate perimeter maps for firefighters and other emergency personnel but are generally updated only once every 12 hours. Nasa lance fire information for resource management system provides near real time active fire data from modis and viirs to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires. There are two major types of current fire information. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps.
How to use this map. Nasa has started flying aircraft over california s new burn areas both to identify damaged structures and map fire stripped landscapes that could be at risk of future landslides or other debris. An interactive map of wildfires burning across the bay area and california including the glass fire in napa and shady fire in santa rosa. This map created by cal fire provides general locations of major fires burning in california.
This map contains live feed sources for us current wildfire locations and perimeters viirs and modis hot spots wildfire conditions red flag warnings and wildfire potential each of these layers provides insight into where a fire is located its intensity and the surrounding areas susceptibility to wildfire.