For 21 years, Cal Fire has released an annual database of wildfire and prescribed fire perimeters for use by the public, the media, and others in and around the industry. The 2020 database is now available. Reporter Heather Clisby has details …
Since the year 2000, Cal Fire’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program has gathered spatial records of state wildfire and prescribed fire perimeters. The 2020 database reveals 500 fires and covers over 97 percent of the total acreage burned last year.
This collected data is an info resource used by fire and habitat managers, academia, homeowners, the media, insurance companies, and the power supply industry. Cal Fire uses the information for fire effects analysis, fire sourcing, fuel treatment effectiveness, burn probabilities and risk assessments.
The database was created through partnerships with the United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service. Links are available below.
