This interactive map developed in The San Francisco Chronicle newsroom provides information on wildfires burning across California.
Fires We're Tracking:
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Started: November 3, 2019
Acres Burned: 2,534
Containment: 80%
Damage: No homes have been destroyed or threatened. Three firefighters have been injured.
Description: Diminished intensity of fire behavior has allowed firefighters to make good headway constructing containment lines.
Started: September 6, 2019
Acres Burned: 10,296
Containment: 85%
Description: The fire is within the interior of containment lines and the fire is expected to be confined by rain or snow or its spread stopped by rock barriers.
Started: September 6, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,975
Containment: 30%
Description: Burning remotely in the Golden Trout Wilderness. It is being managed as a suppression fire with a confine and contain strategy.
Started: June 8, 2019
Acres Burned: 2,512
Containment: 100%
Damage: 7 structures destroyed
Description: Seven structures were destroyed and two people suffered minor injuries after a rapidly spreading fire burned over 2,500 acres near the town of Guinda.
Started: June 12, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,764
Containment: 100%
Description: A vegetation fire in San Luis Obispo County has been contained after spreading to 1,764 acres.
Started: June 25, 2019
Acres Burned: 2,546
Containment: 100%
Description: Forward spread of fire has been stopped.
Started: June 25, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,000
Containment: 100%
Description: The fire has been contained, but Del Puerto Canyon Rd remains closed.
Started: July 3, 2019
Acres Burned: 283
Containment: 100%
Description: The Hollow Fire started July 3, 2019 off West Corral Hollow Road, Carnegie State Vehicular Recreational Area, southwest of Tracy in San Joaquin County.
Started: July 8, 2019
Acres Burned: 974
Containment: 100%
Description: The Gillis Fire started July 8, 2019 off Gillis Canyon and South East of Shandon in San Luis Obispo County.
Started: July 28, 2019
Acres Burned: 14,150
Containment: 100%
Description: Crews are continuing to make good progress securing containment lines around the Tucker Fire. No structures have been damaged or destroyed.
Started: August 3, 2019
Acres Burned: 757
Containment: 100%
Description: Firefighters took control of eight separate vegetation fires that had burned 757 acres near Clayton.
Started: August 8, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,020
Containment: 100%
Description: The W1 Fire started on August 8 2019 near Cold Springs Rd and McDonald Peak, 11 miles southeast of Madeline Lassen County. It has been contained after burning high desert grasses, brush and juniper.
Started: August 16, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,507
Containment: 100%
Description: A Cal Fire strike team was sent to help Mexican fire crews with a 1,500-acre blaze at the border.
Started: August 16, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,300
Containment: 100%
Description: The Gaines Fire sparked near Mt. Gaines Road and Bear Valley Road in Bear Valley.
Started: August 22, 2019
Acres Burned: 600
Containment: 100%
Damage: 14 structures have been destroyed and three people have been injured
Description: A wildfire that burned off Bear Mountain Road and Dry Creek Road, north of Bella Vista in Shasta County destroyed 14 structures and caused three minor injuries.
Started: August 24, 2019
Acres Burned: 2,438
Containment: 100%
Description: The cause of a wildfire that burned over 2,000 acres in Lassen County is still under investigation.
Started: August 28, 2019
Acres Burned: 3,768
Containment: 100%
Description: This is a lightning-caused wildfire burning on BLM-managed public lands and private lands about 13 miles northeast of Susanville, Calif.
Started: August 31, 2019
Acres Burned: 756
Containment: 100%
Description: The fire is burning in a remote location with difficult access.
Started: September 4, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,926
Containment: 100%
Description: Fire crews have transitioned to patrol status and working on containment and mop up operations.
Started: September 4, 2019
Acres Burned: 54,612
Containment: 100%
Description: All evacuation orders have been lifted.
Started: September 5, 2019
Acres Burned: 8,838
Containment: 100%
Description: Favorable fire weather conditions will continue through Tuesday.
Started: September 20, 2019
Acres Burned: 604
Containment: 100%
Description: Baseline Road and Country Acres Lane, north of Rio Linda
Started: September 6, 2019
Acres Burned: 5,737
Containment: 100%
Description: This lightning-caused fire is burning in grass and juniper around Pinnacle Lake and is growing primarily to the east.
Started: September 15, 2019
Acres Burned: 520
Containment: 100%
Description: Ground resources continue to mop-up and strengthen control lines. All evacuations have been lifted.
Started: July 26, 2019
Acres Burned: 4,840
Containment: 100%
Description: Fire has been burning since July in a remote area near Lee Vining. It is expected to be fully contained by Oct. 1
Started: September 7, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,872
Containment: 100%
Description: The Lime and Kidder 2 Fires were started by lightning on September 5. The fire is located south of Cottonwood Peak on the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger District.
Started: September 6, 2019
Acres Burned: 526
Containment: 100%
Description: Evacuation advisories lifted. One non-residential structure was destroyed, and no injuries were reported.
Started: October 10, 2019
Acres Burned: 350
Containment: 100%
Description: CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters responded to reports of a trailer fire with extension to the vegetation.
Started: September 5, 2019
Acres Burned: 5,332
Containment: 100%
Description: The fire is in a remote and very rugged area of the forest.
Started: October 10, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,011
Containment: 100%
Description: Wildland fire near Calimesa Boulevard and Sandalwood Drive has destroyed 74 structures.
Started: October 17, 2019
Acres Burned: 420
Containment: 100%
Description: Evacuation orders lifted.
Started: October 7, 2019
Acres Burned: 5,563
Containment: 100%
Description: All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted. Highway 140 and Yosemite National Park are open.
Started: October 27, 2019
Acres Burned: 150
Containment: 100%
Description: The fire burned about 150 acres, jumping Interstate 80 in Vallejo and sweeping east to west, spreading onto the 1,200-student campus of the California State University Maritime Academy.
Started: October 27, 2019
Acres Burned: 20
Containment: 100%
Description: A brush fire briefly prompted evacuations in Martinez. Officials say the fire has been stopped.
Started: October 26, 2019
Acres Burned: 605
Containment: 100%
Description: The fire had threatened multiple structures and prompted evacuations.
Started: October 27, 2019
Acres Burned: 7
Containment: 100%
Description: A tennis club was burned in Lafayette. Officials say forward progress of this fire has been stopped.
Started: October 25, 2019
Acres Burned: 97
Containment: 100%
Description: Cal Fire reports crews have stopped the fire's progress.
Started: October 30, 2019
Acres Burned: 494
Containment: 100%
Description: All evacuation orders have been lifted.
Started: October 24, 2019
Acres Burned: 4,615
Containment: 100%
Damage: 22 structures destroyed and 27 damaged.
Description: The Tick Fire burned 4,615 acres in Los Angeles, damaged or destroyed 49 structures, and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
Started: October 30, 2019
Acres Burned: 1,806
Containment: 100%
Description: All evacuation orders have been lifted.
Started: October 10, 2019
Acres Burned: 3,435
Containment: 100%
Description: What began as a prescribed burn became an active wildfire when high winds expanded the fire beyond the prescribed area.
Started: October 29, 2019
Acres Burned: 703
Containment: 100%
Description: Evacuations warnings have been lifted.
Started: October 10, 2019
Acres Burned: 8,799
Containment: 100%
Damage: 19 structures destroyed, 88 damaged. Tbere were eight injures and one fatality.
Description: The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Started: October 23, 2019
Acres Burned: 77,758
Containment: 100%
Damage: 374 structures destroyed, including 174 homes. Another 60 structures, including 35 homes, were damaged. Four firefighters were injured.
Description: Fast-moving wildfire ignited in a remote, mountainous stretch of northeastern Sonoma County. Some evacuation orders remain in place.
Started: October 28, 2019
Acres Burned: 745
Containment: 100%
Damage: 10 homes destroyed, 15 damaged
Description: Wind-whipped fire near the Getty Museum. All evacuation orders have been lifted.
Started: October 31, 2019 9:02 PM
Acres Burned: 9,999
Containment: 100%
Description: The Maria fire ignited atop South Mountain, near the farming communities of Santa Paula and Somis.All evacuations have been lifted and all shelters are being demobilized.
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Fires are labeled when they are larger than 500 acres, cause damage to property, or when people are injured or killed as a result of the fire.
Fire perimeters are based on infrared and thermal imaging from NASA's MODIS and VIIRS-I products.
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 100 percent accurate.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) displays fire detection data and uses fire and thermal anomalies data compiled via MODIS satellites Terra and Aqua. Thermal information is collected at 1,000-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. At this time, there is no way to discriminate between these two possibilities.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS-I) provides data from sensors aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. The 375-meter spatial resolution provides a greater response over fires of relatively small areas and provides improved mapping of large fire perimeters. VIIRS-I also has improved nighttime performance.
Hot spots are locations identified by satellite analysts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The hot spots 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 same 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 100% accurate.
NOAA's Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product (HMS) is based on locations of fires and significant smoke plumes detected by meteorological satellites. Hot spots are updated between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. every 30 minutes, and otherwise as time permits. Hot spots should be considered points with no radius or resolution. The current map may contain hot spots up to 48 hours old.
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