50mi © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map Active fire Last updated 8 minutes ago California wildfires map The most recent fire is the Rogers fire, which started today. About this map 6 California fires Line CA 43,978 acres burned Burning for 96 days 99% contained Coffee Pot CA...
So far, the Golden State has already seen nearly three times as much acreage burn than during all of 2023. In Southern California, three major wildfires are currently burning: Bridge Fire, Airport Fire, and Line Fire. Bridge Fire: The Bridge Fire sparked Sunday, Sept. 8 in the San...
Trump calls wildfires "a very tough situation" President Trump called the wildfires "devastating" and "the likes of which we've never seen before" at the White House on Tuesday. "We mourn the lives of those lost, and we pray for the victims, and there are more victims than any...
California Wildfires: Mapping the Bigger Picture Published on 7 October 2020 by Jonathan Crowe Two maps: John Nelson’s 100 Years of Wildfire is a static map showing a century of California wildfires, simplified into zones of 100 square miles. The map measures the cumulative burn area for ...
this winter's bountiful rainfall prompted heavy growth of grass and scrub that will dry out by summer, leaving a larger, thicker fuel bed for wildfires. the glut of precipitation, however, also has increased the moisture content in shrubs and trees, making them more flame-resis...
Wildfires raged across Northern California and southern Oregon in August. But thanks to a new map application, two local utilities were able to monitor and protect more than 16,000 miles of transmission lines that serve nearly two million customers.Esri...
California wildfires map July 29, 2021 The heat wave bearing down on the Southland was not expected to break until Tuesday. Los Angeles County and surrounding areas were under a red flag warning as temperatures reached more than 100 degrees in some areas. ...
map the burned area precisely, a comparison of our year-end fire objects for 2018 to the FRAP database does provide a partial validation of the ability of our algorithm to accurately classify the size and shape of large wildfires. Note that the fires from FRAP and our fire objects do not...
2021), both of which can reduce the risk of high-intensity wildfires (Wu et al. 2023). The State of California recently recognized TEK practices, including fire, as an area of study and potential collaboration to help meet the State’s goals in moderating the effects of forecast climate ...
Many of these fires were sparked by lightning, but the situation isn’t natural: Wildfires are increasing as climate change makes the West hotter and drier. (Insects that thrive in heat have also killed hundreds of millions of trees in forests, turning them into fuel.) The average size of ...