Northern california fires update

Climate change is considered a key driver of this trend. Warmer spring and summer temperatures, reduced snowpack, and earlier spring snowmelt create longer and more intense dry seasons that increase moisture stress on vegetation and make forests more susceptible to severe wildfire.

The length of fire season is estimated to have increased by 75 days across the Sierras and seems to correspond with an increase in the extent of forest fires across the state.

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. 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.

We hope this information can be of use, and that everyone stays safe during this terrifying and tragic time. Thank you to those who are fighting these fires and providing these resources so we can know what is going on. The fire activity data displayed are from government data sources, not the map author. Please contact admin publicsafetygis. Join our Mailing List. Support UC Research Today! Fire Activity Map. The base of the tree, the world's largest by volume, was wrapped in an aluminum-based burn-resistant material to protect it from wildfires.

Riley Cantrell cries while she and boyfriend, Bradley Fairbanks, view what's left of her mother's home in Greenville, California, on September 4. It was destroyed by the Dixie Fire. Veronica Foster, an evacuee from South Lake Tahoe, California, hugs her dog, Gracie, as she and her co-workers gather outside an evacuation center in Gardnerville, Nevada, on August The governors of California and Nevada declared states of emergency as the fast-moving Caldor Fire prompted officials to tell everyone to get out of South Lake Tahoe.

A firefighter winds up hose at a spot fire near Meyers, California, on August South Lake Tahoe residents are stuck in gridlock while attempting to evacuate the city on August A tanker makes a fire-retardant drop near Lytle Creek, California, on August 26 as efforts continued to stop the South Fire.

A firefighter tries to extinguish flames at a burning house as the South Fire burned in Lytle Creek, California, on August Firefighters are seen behind the flames of a backfire they were setting to battle the French Fire near Wofford Heights. In this long-exposure photo, embers light up hillsides as the Dixie Fire burns near Milford, California, on August Barnard's car broke down as she was helping Raymond and his family flee the Dixie Fire.

Firefighters spray water on trees being burned by the Dixie Fire near Janesville, California, on August The blaze is burning near the Giant Forest, home to more than 2, giant sequoias. A firefighting helicopter flies in front of the sun, which was shrouded in thick wildfire smoke near Lakeview, Oregon, on August Wind blows smoke away for a moment, revealing damage from the Parleys Canyon Fire in Utah on August Crews battle a fire in Newhall, California, on August A table and chairs sit in front of a destroyed home in Greenville, California, on August A firefighter works to extinguish a controlled burn, a preventative measure, to protect a home in Greenville, California, on August 9.

The fire leveled multiple historic buildings and dozens of homes in central Greenville.