Current fires in southern california map. Create guides for the best hiking trails throughout southern california and occasionally beyond. 2020 fire season outlook. Public wildfire perimeters view.
Wildfires are extremely dangerous. Since data is not received for all fires you may not be able to view perimeters of every fire. Interactive real time wildfire map for the united states including california oregon washington idaho arizona and others.
There are two major types of current fire information. Leave a reply cancel. This map contains four different types of data.
Fire adapted communities learning network about us the california fire safe council cfsc helps regional state and national organizations in order to help california residents acquire the education resources and tools they need to be better prepared for wildfire. I personally hike each trail to create. Fire origins mark the fire fighters best guess of where the fire started.
Fire points and perimeters are collected in the field by a variety of means including infrared flights and using gis and gps technology. Fire perimeter and hot spot data. Check the cal fire web site and follow atcalfire on twitter for more information on current fires throughout california.
In northern ca above normal significant large fire potential is expected in most areas below 6000 feet in june. 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. In july and august the lower grass dominated areas will return to normal due to the lack of wind events while upper elevations experience above normal large fire potential.
Fire perimeter data are generally collected by a combination of aerial sensors and on the ground information. The data is provided by calfire.