“We map the drivers of wildfire hazard across the state—including forest structure, weather, topography & infrastructure—from space. […] By providing these data for free we hope to support the development of data-driven land management strategies that increase wildfire resilience—for forests ...
We took 2010 census block-level populations, combined with Cal Fire’s “Fire Hazard Severity Zone” maps, and aggregated those to ZIP codes, then applied more current population estimates. Next, we spatially joined those areas with the fire risk map. That provided a current population risk bre...
They said it could take weeks to fully contain the blazes raging across Northern and Southern California. So far, at least 44 people have been killed -- 42 in the "Camp Fire" alone, making it the deadliest wildfire in California history. More than a dozen coroner search and recov...
wildfireenvironmental modelingvegetation analysisBrushfires threaten lives, property, and natural resources in Southern California. A geographic information system (GIS) can be a powerful tool for managing the brushfire problem. As a demonstration, digital data and computer-based GIS technology were used ...
Fire hazard severity zone Defensible space Home hardening Wildland-urban interface Wildfire preparedness 1. Introduction Recent wildfire seasons have demonstrated the danger of fires in highly populated areas where fires can cause major property damage and destruction, lost workdays, suppression and rehabili...
Recent increases in the frequency and scale of wildfires worldwide have raised concerns about the influence of climate change and associated socioeconomic costs. In the western United States, the hazard of wildfire has been increasing for decades. Here,
Fire Boundaries from the USGS Post Wildfire Debris Flow Hazard Assessment Viewer Storms Causing Post-Wildfire Debris Flows A mid-latitude cyclone and atmospheric river impact Central California on 27 January 2021. The narrow cold frontal rainband in this storm triggered post-fire debris flows on the...
s exceedingly high asthma rates. Asthma rates in Barrio Logan, just south of the downtown area, are among the highest in California.6A 2014 report conducted by the California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) found that asthma-related hospital visits in this area are ...
Their modeling predicts that if a wildfire were to reach this land, it would burn more severely than the control plot, probably killing most of the trees. The plot serves as a reminder that not all forest management techniques are created equal — and not all of them reduce the risk of ...
near Paradise in Northern California, the entire Bay Area, much of the Central Valley and even Monterey—which is more than 200 miles away from the blaze, as the crow flies—are experiencing unhealthyair qualitythat began wafting in on seasonal winds just hours after the wildfire sparked ...