Fire Detection & Mapping Resources
Mapping and Wildfires
From Western Washington University College of the Environment: "Wildland fire is a serious concern for community members in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), the area outside of urban districts where human development is mixed with wildlands. While defining the WUI in any given area can be a difficult task, a Geographic Information System (GIS—a computer-based mapping and spatial analysis interface), can be an effective tool to analyze, model, determine, and mitigate hazards and risks related to the WUI."
Book and journals at the CSUSM Library
Advances in Remote Sensing-based Disaster Monitoring and Assessment by ISBN: 3039433229Publication Date: 2020
Remote Sensing of Environment [Journal] by Publication Date: 1969 - currentThe Remote Sensing of Environment journal publishes peer-reviewed scientific articles related to terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric sensing. To search for wildfire-related articles, search for the keyword "wildfire" on the journal website.
Online resources
- Wildland Fire Trends ToolThe Wildland Fire Trends Tool (WFTT) is a data visualization and analysis tool that calculates and displays wildfire trends and patterns for the western U.S. based on user-defined regions of interest, time periods, and ecosystem types. Users can use the tool to easily generate a variety of maps, graphs, and tabular data products that are informative for all levels of expertise. The WFTT provides information that can be used for a wide range of purposes, from helping to set agency fire management objectives to providing useful information to scientists, interested public, and the media.
- Current Wildfire Hazards in the US from the USGSUse the Intterra National Fire Situation map tool to view current wildfires and related information. Clicking on the link will take you to a map of the US; keep in mind it may take a little while for the data points to appear on the map.
- LANDFIRE Data DistributionMap interface to view and download LANDFIRE data sets, receive alerts and notifications.
- Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) distributes near real-time (NRT) active fire data within three hours of a satellite observation from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). FIRMS is part of NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE).
- PlanscapePlanscape is a new wildfire resilience decision support tool for planning designed to bring the best available state and federal data and science together in a user-friendly, accessible format. It is maintained by the California Natural Resources Agency, the USDA Forest Service, the California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force, University of California and others, with support from Google.org and Spatial Informatics Group (SIG).
Esri Wildfire Information Map
Esri's ArcGIS Disaster Response Program provides access to data and maps related to numerous natural disasters. View their Wildfires portal to access live wildfire data, technology, and resources.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at CSUSM
All current faculty, staff, and students can access the CSUSM ArcGIS Lab organization website to create maps. Follow this guide to login with your CSUSM credentials.
