Wildfire updates for california

Information presented on the departments website is a representation of the existing wildfire situation, based on the information readily available to CAL FIRE.

We make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, however the data is subject to review and change. This site provides general information concerning an incident. All of our information comes from the firelines and must be approved by the Incident Commander in charge of managing the incident prior to release.

As battling a fire, or handling any other disaster is the priority, updates to these sites cannot be guaranteed on a set time schedule. Please use the information on these pages only as a reference. While the map is updated regularly, wildfires can spread rapidly. Do not rely on this tracker for precise coverage.

This map displays thermal hotspots, which are shown as bright red dots. These hotspots could be the beginnings of wildfires, or they may be false positives that the satellite picked up due to other incidents like volcanic activity, oil and natural gas wells, etc. National Coverage.

In addition to California wildfire tracking, this map can be used to track wildfire activity nationwide.

Active wildfire tracking. Remote system activation. Run system tests. Frontline Wildfire Defense system monitoring. A Twitter List by frontlinewf. Learn More. What Causes Wildfires? Some of the most common causes of fires in California include: Burning Debris. Escaped embers from burning debris is one of the most common causes of wildfires.

On a windy day, escaped embers can carry for miles without extinguishing. Unattended Campfires. The Ham Lake Fire , which destroyed 75, acres and hundreds of properties, is just one example of the devastation that a single campfire can cause.

Downed Powerlines. It remains within existing containment lines. Description: The fire started in heavy timber with steep terrain 4 miles south of Grizzly Flats. Numerous evacuation orders and warnings are in place.

Steep and inaccessible terrain make containment difficult. There are 5, fire personnel battling the blaze. Description: The fire that started in the Pajaro area in rural Santa Cruz County on Friday was part of a prescribed burn.

All evacuation orders and warnings had been lifted, and no structures were damaged. Description: All remaining evacuation warnings for the Antelope Fire were lifted as of Sunday evening, September It is burning in the footprint of the Cedar Fire. Description: The McCash Fire is located in timber with an understory of tall grass and brush. The nearest town is Orleans. Evacuation orders have been issued for Cecilville, Summerville and Peterburg. Portions of Highway were shut and some evacuations ordered.

Six months after the Camp Fire, a devastated community looks to rebuild. Fires are labeled when they are larger than acres, cause damage to property, or when people are injured or killed as a result of the fire. Fire perimeters are based on geographic data from the National Interagency Fire Center , updated once an hour.

Perimeters do not include prescribed or incident complex fires. Perimeters are not available for every incident. The perimeters are intended to provide a picture of the scope and extent of the fires in California, as well as parts of Nevada and Oregon, with the most current data possible.

They are an approximation and do not include all areas affected by fire, nor do they indicate with certainty an area was affected. CalFire and others use this data to help identify fires and their hot spots.

But because of the distance of the satellites, the nature of the measurements and obfuscation by smoke, the resolution is coarse and not percent accurate. Thermal information is collected at 1,meter spatial resolution. The identification of a "fire" by MODIS does not necessarily mean the entire area represented is on fire.

The identification of a fire can be the result of a hot fire in a relatively small area or a cooler fire over a larger area.