Version InformationThe data is updated annually with fire perimeters from the previous calendar year.Firep23_1 was released in May 2024. Two hundred eighty four fires from the 2023 fire season were added to the database (21 from BLM, 102 from CAL FIRE, 72 from Contract Counties, 19 from LRA, 9 from NPS, 57 from USFS and 4 from USFW). The 2020 Cottonwood fire, 2021 Lone Rock and Union fires, as well as the 2022 Lost Lake fire were added. USFW submitted a higher accuracy perimeter to replace the 2022 River perimeter. A duplicate 2020 Erbes fire was removed. Additionally, 48 perimeters were digitized from an historical map included in a publication from Weeks, d. et al. The Utilization of El Dorado County Land. May 1934, Bulletin 572. University of California, Berkeley. There were 2,132 perimeters that received updated attribution, the bulk of which had IRWIN IDs added. The following fires were identified as meeting our collection criteria, but are not included in this version and will hopefully be added in the next update: Big Hill #2 (2023-CAHIA-001020). YEAR_ field changed to a short integer type. San Diego CAL FIRE UNIT_ID changed to SDU (the former code MVU is maintained in the UNIT_ID domains). COMPLEX_INCNUM renamed to COMPLEX_ID and is in process of transitioning from local incident number to the complex IRWIN ID. Perimeters managed in a complex in 2023 are added with the complex IRWIN ID. Those previously added will transition to complex IRWIN IDs in a future update.If you would like a full briefing on these adjustments, please contact the data steward, Kim Wallin (kimberly.wallin@fire.ca.gov), CAL FIRE FRAP._CAL FIRE (including contract counties), USDA Forest Service Region 5, USDI Bureau of Land Management & National Park Service, and other agencies jointly maintain a fire perimeter GIS layer for public and private lands throughout the state. The data covers fires back to 1878. Current criteria for data collection are as follows:CAL FIRE (including contract counties) submit perimeters ≥10 acres in timber, ≥50 acres in brush, or ≥300 acres in grass, and/or ≥3 damaged/ destroyed residential or commercial structures, and/or caused ≥1 fatality.All cooperating agencies submit perimeters ≥10 acres._Discrepancies between wildfire perimeter data and CAL FIRE Redbook Large Damaging FiresLarge Damaging fires in California were first defined by the CAL FIRE Redbook, and has changed over time, and differs from the definition initially used to define wildfires required to be submitted for the initial compilation of this digital fire perimeter data. In contrast, the definition of fires whose perimeter should be collected has changed once in the approximately 30 years the data has been in existence. Below are descriptions of changes in data collection criteria used when compiling these two datasets. To facilitate comparison, this metadata includes a summary, by year, of fires in the Redbook, that do not appear in this fire perimeter dataset. It is followed by an enumeration of each “Redbook” fire missing from the spatial data. Wildfire Perimeter criteria:~1991: 10 acres timber, 30 acres brush, 300 acres grass, damages or destroys three residence or one commercial structure or does $300,000 worth of damage 2002: 10 acres timber, 50 acres brush, 300 acres grass, damages or destroys three or more structures, or does $300,000 worth of damage~2010: 10 acres timber, 30 acres brush, 300 acres grass, damages or destroys three or more structures (doesn’t include out building, sheds, chicken coops, etc.)Large and Damaging Redbook Fire data criteria:1979: Fires of a minimum of 300 acres that burn at least: 30 acres timber or 300 acres brush, or 1500 acres woodland or grass1981: 1979 criteria plus fires that took ,3000 hours of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection personnel time to suppress1992: 1981 criteria plus 1500 acres agricultural products, or destroys three residence or one commercial structure or does $300,000 damage1993: 1992 criteria but “three or more structures destroyed” replaces “destroys three residence or one commercial structure” and the 3,000 hours of California Department of Forestry personnel time to suppress is removed2006: 300 acres or larger and burned at least: 30 acres of timber, or 300 acres of brush, or 1,500 acres of woodland, or 1,500 acres of grass, or 1,500 acres of agricultural products, or 3 or more structures destroyed, or $300,000 or more dollar damage loss.2008: 300 acres and largerYear# of Missing Large and Damaging Redbook Fires197922198013198115198261983319842019855219861219875619882319898199091991219921619931719942219959199615199791998101999720004200152002162003520042200512006112007320084320093201022011020124201322014720151020162201711201862019220203202102022020230Total488Enumeration of fires in the Redbook that are missing from Fire Perimeter data. Three letter unit code follows fire name.1979-Sylvandale (HUU), Kiefer (AEU), Taylor(TUU), Parker#2(TCU), PGE#10, Crocker(SLU), Silver Spur (SLU), Parkhill (SLU), Tar Springs #2 (SLU), Langdon (SCU), Truelson (RRU), Bautista (RRU), Crocker (SLU), Spanish Ranch (SLU), Parkhill (SLU), Oak Springs(BDU), Ruddell (BDF), Santa Ana (BDU), Asst. #61 (MVU), Bernardo (MVU), Otay #20 1980– Lightning series (SKU), Lavida (RRU), Mission Creek (RRU), Horse (RRU), Providence (RRU), Almond (BDU), Dam (BDU), Jones (BDU), Sycamore (BDU), Lightning (MVU), Assist 73, 85, 138 (MVU)1981– Basalt (LNU), Lightning #25(LMU), Likely (MNF), USFS#5 (SNF), Round Valley (TUU), St. Elmo (KRN), Buchanan (TCU), Murietta (RRU), Goetz (RRU), Morongo #29 (RRU), Rancho (RRU), Euclid (BDU), Oat Mt. (LAC & VNC), Outside Origin #1 (MVU), Moreno (MVU)1982- Duzen (SRF), Rave (LMU), Sheep’s trail (KRN), Jury (KRN), Village (RRU), Yuma (BDF)1983- Lightning #4 (FKU), Kern Co. #13, #18 (KRN)1984-Bidwell (BTU), BLM D 284,337, PNF #115, Mill Creek (TGU), China hat (MMU), fey ranch, Kern Co #10, 25,26,27, Woodrow (KRN), Salt springs, Quartz (TCU), Bonanza (BEU), Pasquel (SBC), Orco asst. (ORC), Canel (local), Rattlesnake (BDF)1985- Hidden Valley, Magic (LNU), Bald Mt. (LNU), Iron Peak (MEU), Murrer (LMU), Rock Creek (BTU), USFS #29, 33, Bluenose, Amador, 8 mile (AEU), Backbone, Panoche, Los Gatos series, Panoche (FKU), Stan #7, Falls #2 (MMU), USFS #5 (TUU), Grizzley, Gann (TCU), Bumb, Piney Creek, HUNTER LIGGETT ASST#2, Pine, Lowes, Seco, Gorda-rat, Cherry (BEU), Las pilitas, Hwy 58 #2 (SLO), Lexington, Finley (SCU), Onions, Owens (BDU), Cabazon, Gavalin, Orco, Skinner, Shell, Pala (RRU), South Mt., Wheeler, Black Mt., Ferndale, (VNC), Archibald, Parsons, Pioneer (BDU), Decker, Gleason(LAC), Gopher, Roblar, Assist #38 (MVU)1986– Knopki (SRF), USFS #10 (NEU), Galvin (RRU), Powerline (RRU), Scout, Inscription (BDU), Intake (BDF), Assist #42 (MVU), Lightning series (FKU), Yosemite #1 (YNP), USFS Asst. (BEU), Dutch Kern #30 (KRN)1987- Peach (RRU), Ave 32 (TUU), Conover (RRU), Eagle #1 (LNU), State 767 aka Bull (RRU), Denny (TUU), Dog Bar (NEU), Crank (LMU), White Deer (FKU), Briceburg (LMU), Post (RRU), Antelope (RRU), Cougar-I (SKU), Pilitas (SLU) Freaner (SHU), Fouts Complex (LNU), Slides (TGU), French (BTU), Clark (PNF), Fay/Top (SQF), Under, Flume, Bear Wallow, Gulch, Bear-1, Trinity, Jessie, friendly, Cold, Tule, Strause, China/Chance, Bear, Backbone, Doe, (SHF) Travis Complex, Blake, Longwood (SRF), River-II, Jarrell, Stanislaus Complex 14k (STF), Big, Palmer, Indian (TNF) Branham (BLM), Paul, Snag (NPS), Sycamore, Trail, Stallion Spring, Middle (KRN), SLU-864 1988- Hwy 175 (LNU), Rumsey (LNU), Shell Creek (MEU), PG&E #19 (LNU), Fields (BTU), BLM 4516, 417 (LMU), Campbell (LNF), Burney (SHF), USFS #41 (SHF), Trinity (USFS #32), State #837 (RRU), State (RRU), State (350 acres), RRU), State #1807, Orange Co. Asst (RRU), State #1825 (RRU), State #2025, Spoor (BDU), State (MVU), Tonzi (AEU), Kern co #7,9 (KRN), Stent (TCU), 1989– Rock (Plumas), Feather (LMU), Olivas (BDU), State 1116 (RRU), Concorida (RRU), Prado (RRU), Black Mt. (MVU), Vail (CNF)1990– Shipman (HUU), Lightning 379 (LMU), Mud, Dye (TGU), State 914 (RRU), Shultz (Yorba) (BDU), Bingo Rincon #3 (MVU), Dehesa #2 (MVU), SLU 1626 (SLU)1991- Church (HUU), Kutras (SHF)1992– Lincoln, Fawn (NEU), Clover, fountain (SHU), state, state 891, state, state (RRU), Aberdeen (BDU), Wildcat, Rincon (MVU), Cleveland (AEU), Dry Creek (MMU), Arroyo Seco, Slick Rock (BEU), STF #135 (TCU)1993– Hoisington (HUU), PG&E #27 (with an undetermined cause, lol), Hall (TGU), state, assist, local (RRU), Stoddard, Opal Mt., Mill Creek (BDU), Otay #18, Assist/ Old coach (MVU), Eagle (CNF), Chevron USA, Sycamore (FKU), Guerrero, Duck1994– Schindel Escape (SHU), blank (PNF), lightning #58 (LMU), Bridge (NEU), Barkley (BTU), Lightning #66 (LMU), Local (RRU), Assist #22 & #79 (SLU), Branch (SLO), Piute (BDU), Assist/ Opal#2 (BDU), Local, State, State (RRU), Gilman fire 7/24 (RRU), Highway #74 (RRU), San Felipe, Assist #42, Scissors #2 (MVU), Assist/ Opal#2 (BDU), Complex (BDF), Spanish (SBC)1995-State 1983 acres, Lost Lake, State # 1030, State (1335 acres), State (5000 acres), Jenny, City (BDU), Marron #4, Asist #51 (SLO/VNC)1996- Modoc NF 707 (Ambrose), Borrego (MVU), Assist #16 (SLU), Deep Creek (BDU), Weber (BDU), State (Wesley) 500 acres (RRU), Weaver (MMU), Wasioja (SBC/LPF), Gale (FKU), FKU 15832 (FKU), State (Wesley) 500 acres, Cabazon (RRU), State Assist (aka Bee) (RRU), Borrego, Otay #269 (MVU), Slaughter house (MVU), Oak Flat (TUU)1997- Lightning #70 (LMU), Jackrabbit (RRU), Fernandez (TUU), Assist 84 (Military AFV) (SLU), Metz #4 (BEU), Copperhead (BEU), Millstream, Correia (MMU), Fernandez (TUU)1998- Worden, Swift, PG&E 39 (MMU), Chariot, Featherstone, Wildcat, Emery, Deluz (MVU), Cajalco Santiago (RRU)1999- Musty #2,3 (BTU), Border # 95 (MVU), Andrews,

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) annually maintains and distributes an historical wildland fire perimeter dataset from across public and private lands in California. The GIS data is developed with the cooperation of the United States Forest Service Region 5, the Bureau of Land Management, California State Parks, National Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and is released in the spring with added data from the previous calendar year. Although the dataset represents the most complete digital record of fire perimeters in California, it is still incomplete, and users should be cautious when drawing conclusions based on the data.

This data should be used carefully for statistical analysis and reporting due to missing perimeters (see Use Limitation in metadata). Some fires are missing because historical records were lost or damaged, were too small for the minimum cutoffs, had inadequate documentation or have not yet been incorporated into the database. Other errors with the fire perimeter database include duplicate fires and over-generalization. Additionally, over-generalization, particularly with large old fires, may show unburned "islands" within the final perimeter as burned. Users of the fire perimeter database must exercise caution in application of the data. Careful use of the fire perimeter database will prevent users from drawing inaccurate or erroneous conclusions from the data. This data is updated annually in the spring with fire perimeters from the previous fire season. This dataset may differ in California compared to that available from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) due to different requirements between the two datasets. The data covers fires back to 1878. As of May 2025, it represents fire24_1.

Please help improve this dataset by filling out this survey with feedback:

Historic Fire Perimeter Dataset Feedback (arcgis.com)

Current criteria for data collection are as follows:

CAL FIRE (including contract counties) submit perimeters ≥10 acres in timber, ≥50 acres in brush, or ≥300 acres in grass, and/or ≥3 impacted residential or commercial structures, and/or caused ≥1 fatality.

All cooperating agencies submit perimeters ≥10 acres.

Version update:

Firep24_1 was released in April 2025. Five hundred forty-eight fires from the 2024 fire season were added to the database (2 from BIA, 56 from BLM, 197 from CAL FIRE, 193 from Contract Counties, 27 from LRA, 8 from NPS, 55 from USFS and 8 from USFW). Six perimeters were added from the 2025 fire season (as a special case due to an unusual January fire siege). Five duplicate fires were removed, and the 2023 Sage was replaced with a more accurate perimeter. There were 900 perimeters that received updated attribution (705 removed “FIRE” from the end of Fire Name field and 148 replaced Complex IRWIN ID with Complex local incident number for COMPLEX_ID field). The following fires were identified as meeting our collection criteria but are not included in this version and will hopefully be added in a future update: Addie (2024-CACND-002119), Alpaugh (2024-CACND-001715), South (2024-CATIA-001375). One perimeter is missing containment date that will be updated in the next release.

Cross checking CALFIRS reporting for new CAL FIRE submissions to ensure accuracy with cause class was added to the compilation process. The cause class domain description for “Powerline” was updated to “Electrical Power” to be more inclusive of cause reports.

Includes separate layers filtered by criteria as follows:

California Fire Perimeters (All): Unfiltered. The entire collection of wildfire perimeters in the database. It is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale.

Recent Large Fire Perimeters (≥5000 acres): Filtered for wildfires greater or equal to 5,000 acres for the last 5 years of fires (2020-January 2025), symbolized with color by year and is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale. Year-only labels for recent large fires.

California Fire Perimeters (1950+): Filtered for wildfires that started in 1950-January 2025. Symbolized by decade, and display starting at country level scale.

Detailed metadata is included in the following documents:

Wildland Fire Perimeters (Firep24_1) Metadata

For any questions, please contact the data steward:

Kim Wallin, GIS Specialist

CAL FIRE, Fire & Resource Assessment Program (FRAP)

kimberly.wallin@fire.ca.gov

This filtered version of the layer represents all IRWIN-tracked fires that originated in California or are are less than 100% contained.This layer presents the best-known point and perimeter locations of wildfire occurrences within the United States over the past 7 days. Points mark a location within the wildfire area and provide current information about that wildfire. Perimeters are the line surrounding land that has been impacted by a wildfire.Consumption Best Practices:As a service that is subject to very high usage, ensure peak performance and accessibility of your maps and apps by avoiding the use of non-cacheable relative Date/Time field filters. To accommodate filtering events by Date/Time, we suggest using the included "Age" fields that maintain the number of days or hours since a record was created or last modified, compared to the last service update. These queries fully support the ability to cache a response, allowing common query results to be efficiently provided to users in a high demand service environment.When ingesting this service in your applications, avoid using POST requests whenever possible. These requests can compromise performance and scalability during periods of high usage because they too are not cacheable.Source:  Wildfire points are sourced from Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) and perimeters from National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Current Incidents: This layer provides a near real-time view of the data being shared through the Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) service. IRWIN provides data exchange capabilities between participating wildfire systems, including federal, state and local agencies. Data is synchronized across participating organizations to make sure the most current information is available. The display of the points are based on the NWCG Fire Size Classification applied to the daily acres attribute.Current Perimeters: This layer displays fire perimeters posted to the National Incident Feature Service. It is updated from operational data and may not reflect current conditions on the ground. For a better understanding of the workflows involved in mapping and sharing fire perimeter data, see the National Wildfire Coordinating Group Standards for Geospatial Operations.Update Frequency:  Every 15 minutes using the Aggregated Live Feed Methodology based on the following filters:Events modified in the last 7 daysEvents that are not given a Fire Out DateIncident Type Kind: FiresIncident Type Category: Prescribed Fire, Wildfire, and Incident ComplexArea Covered: United StatesWhat can I do with this layer? The data includes basic wildfire information, such as location, size, environmental conditions, and resource summaries. Features can be filtered by incident name, size, or date keeping in mind that not all perimeters are fully attributed.Attribute InformationThis is a list of attributes that benefit from additional explanation. Not all attributes are listed.Incident Type Category: This is a breakdown of events into more specific categories.Wildfire (WF) -A wildland fire originating from an unplanned ignition, such as lightning, volcanos, unauthorized and accidental human caused fires, and prescribed fires that are declared wildfires.Prescribed Fire (RX) - A wildland fire originating from a planned ignition in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives.Incident Complex (CX) - An incident complex is two or more individual incidents in the same general proximity that are managed together under one Incident Management Team. This allows resources to be used across the complex rather than on individual incidents uniting operational activities.IrwinID: Unique identifier assigned to each incident record in both point and perimeter layers.Acres: these typically refer to the number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.Discovery: An estimate of acres burning upon the discovery of the fire.Calculated or GIS:  A measure of acres calculated (i.e., infrared) from a geospatial perimeter of a fire.Daily: A measure of acres reported for a fire.Final: The measure of acres within the final perimeter of a fire. More specifically, the number of acres within the final fire perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.Dates: the various systems contribute date information differently so not all fields will be populated for every fire.FireDiscovery: The date and time a fire was reported as discovered or confirmed to exist. May also be the start date for reporting purposes. Containment: The date and time a wildfire was declared contained. Control: The date and time a wildfire was declared under control.ICS209Report: The date and time of the latest approved ICS-209 report.Current: The date and time a perimeter is last known to be updated.FireOut: The date and time when a fire is declared out.ModifiedOnAge: (Integer) Computed days since event last modified.DiscoveryAge: (Integer) Computed days since event's fire discovery date.CurrentDateAge: (Integer) Computed days since perimeter last modified.CreateDateAge: (Integer) Computed days since perimeter entry created.GACC: A code that identifies one of the wildland fire geographic area coordination centers. A geographic area coordination center is a facility that is used for the coordination of agency or jurisdictional resources in support of one or more incidents within a geographic coordination area.Fire Mgmt Complexity: The highest management level utilized to manage a wildland fire event.Incident Management Organization: The incident management organization for the incident, which may be a Type 1, 2, or 3 Incident Management Team (IMT), a Unified Command, a Unified Command with an IMT, National Incident Management Organization (NIMO), etc. This field is null if no team is assigned.Unique Fire Identifier: Unique identifier assigned to each wildland fire. yyyy = calendar year, SSUUUU = Point Of Origin (POO) protecting unit identifier (5 or 6 characters), xxxxxx = local incident identifier (6 to 10 characters)RevisionsJan 4, 2021: Added Integer fields 'Days Since...' to Current_Incidents point layer and Current_Perimeters polygon layer. These fields are computed when the data is updated, reflecting the current number of days since each record was last updated. This will aid in making 'age' related, cache friendly queries.Mar 12, 2021: Added second set of 'Age' fields for Event and Perimeter record creation, reflecting age in Days since service data update.Apr 21, 2021: Current_Perimeters polygon layer is now being populated by NIFC's newest data source. A new field was added, 'IncidentTypeCategory' to better distinguish Incident types for Perimeters and now includes type 'CX' or Complex Fires. Five fields were not transferrable, and as a result 'Comments', 'Label', 'ComplexName', 'ComplexID', and 'IMTName' fields will be Null moving forward.Apr 26, 2021: Updated Incident Layer Symbology to better clarify events, reduce download size and overhead of symbols. Updated Perimeter Layer Symbology to better distingish between Wildfires and Prescribed Fires.May 5, 2021: Slight modification to Arcade logic for Symbology, refining Age comparison to Zero for fires in past 24-hours.Aug 16, 2021: Enabled Time Series capability on Layers (off by default) using 'Fire Discovery Date' for Incidents and 'Creation Date' for Perimeters.This layer is provided for informational purposes and is not monitored 24/7 for accuracy and currency.If you would like to be alerted to potential issues or simply see when this Service will update next, please visit our Live Feed Status Page!

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) annually maintains and distributes an historical wildland fire perimeter dataset from across public and private lands in California. The GIS data is developed with the cooperation of the United States Forest Service Region 5, the Bureau of Land Management, California State Parks, National Park Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and is released in the spring with added data from the previous calendar year. Although the dataset represents the most complete digital record of fire perimeters in California, it is still incomplete, and users should be cautious when drawing conclusions based on the data. This data should be used carefully for statistical analysis and reporting due to missing perimeters (see Use Limitation in metadata). Some fires are missing because historical records were lost or damaged, were too small for the minimum cutoffs, had inadequate documentation or have not yet been incorporated into the database. Other errors with the fire perimeter database include duplicate fires and over-generalization. Additionally, over-generalization, particularly with large old fires, may show unburned "islands" within the final perimeter as burned. Users of the fire perimeter database must exercise caution in application of the data. Careful use of the fire perimeter database will prevent users from drawing inaccurate or erroneous conclusions from the data. This data is updated annually in the spring with fire perimeters from the previous fire season. This dataset may differ in California compared to that available from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) due to different requirements between the two datasets. The data covers fires back to 1878. As of May 2025, it represents fire24_1. Please help improve this dataset by filling out this survey with feedback:Historic Fire Perimeter Dataset Feedback (arcgis.com)Current criteria for data collection are as follows:CAL FIRE (including contract counties) submit perimeters ≥10 acres in timber, ≥50 acres in brush, or ≥300 acres in grass, and/or ≥3 impacted residential or commercial structures, and/or caused ≥1 fatality.All cooperating agencies submit perimeters ≥10 acres.Version update:Firep24_1 was released in April 2025. Five hundred forty-eight fires from the 2024 fire season were added to the database (2 from BIA, 56 from BLM, 197 from CAL FIRE, 193 from Contract Counties, 27 from LRA, 8 from NPS, 55 from USFS and 8 from USFW). Six perimeters were added from the 2025 fire season (as a special case due to an unusual January fire siege). Five duplicate fires were removed, and the 2023 Sage was replaced with a more accurate perimeter. There were 900 perimeters that received updated attribution (705 removed “FIRE” from the end of Fire Name field and 148 replaced Complex IRWIN ID with Complex local incident number for COMPLEX_ID field). The following fires were identified as meeting our collection criteria but are not included in this version and will hopefully be added in a future update: Addie (2024-CACND-002119), Alpaugh (2024-CACND-001715), South (2024-CATIA-001375). One perimeter is missing containment date that will be updated in the next release.Cross checking CALFIRS reporting for new CAL FIRE submissions to ensure accuracy with cause class was added to the compilation process. The cause class domain description for “Powerline” was updated to “Electrical Power” to be more inclusive of cause reports.Includes separate layers filtered by criteria as follows:California Fire Perimeters (All): Unfiltered. The entire collection of wildfire perimeters in the database. It is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale. Recent Large Fire Perimeters (≥5000 acres): Filtered for wildfires greater or equal to 5,000 acres for the last 5 years of fires (2020-January 2025), symbolized with color by year and is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale. Year-only labels for recent large fires.California Fire Perimeters (1950+): Filtered for wildfires that started in 1950-January 2025. Symbolized by decade, and display starting at country level scale.Detailed metadata is included in the following documents:Wildland Fire Perimeters (Firep24_1) MetadataFor any questions, please contact the data steward:Kim Wallin, GIS SpecialistCAL FIRE, Fire & Resource Assessment Program (FRAP)kimberly.wallin@fire.ca.gov

To better serve the public and encourage cooperation, CAL FIRE has released the largest dataset of local fire districts within the State of California. This dataset is currently being updated on a yearly basis to incorporate boundary shifts as well as updated Fire Department Identification (FDID) records kept by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.This web app was created to help local jurisdictions including cities, counties, contracted GIS consultants, as well as other authoritative organizations to submit updated GIS boundaries for local fire departments.If this is your first time using this app, please take a look at this quick guide regarding how to upload your fire district's GIS boundaries. If you do not have an ArcGIS Online account, you will need to upload a zipped shape file (.zip).

Wildfire - Fire Risk and Fire Responsibility Areas (CAL FIRE) for development of the Parcel Inventory dataset for the Housing Element Site Selection (HESS) Pre-Screening Tool.

** This data set represents Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) for the San Francisco Bay Region and some of its surrounding counties. The data was assembled by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission from multiple shapefiles provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The SRA data was extracted from a statewide shapefile and the LRA data is a combination of county shapefiles. All source data was downloaded from the Office of the State Fire Marshal's Fire Hazard Severity Zones Maps page (https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/divisions/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/wildland-hazards-building-codes/fire-hazard-severity-zones-maps/). **

State Responsibility Areas PRC 4201 - 4204 and Govt. Code 51175-89 direct CAL FIRE to map areas of significant fire hazards based on fuels, terrain, weather, and other relevant factors. These zones, referred to as Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ), define the application of various mitigation strategies to reduce risk associated with wildland fires.

CAL FIRE is remapping FHSZ for SRA and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) recommendations in LRA to provide updated map zones, based on new data, science, and technology.

Local Responsibility Areas Government Code 51175-89 directs the CAL FIRE to identify areas of very high fire hazard severity zones within LRA. Mapping of the areas, referred to as VHFHSZ, is based on data and models of, potential fuels over a 30-50 year time horizon and their associated expected fire behavior, and expected burn probabilities to quantify the likelihood and nature of vegetation fire exposure (including firebrands) to buildings. Details on the project and specific modeling methodology can be found at https://frap.cdf.ca.gov/projects/hazard/methods.html. Local Responsibility Area VHFHSZ maps were initially developed in the mid-1990s and are now being updated based on improved science, mapping techniques, and data.

Local government had 120 days to designate, by ordinance, very high fire hazard severity zones within their jurisdiction after receiving the CAL FIRE recommendations. Local governments were able to add additional VHFHSZs. There was no requirement for local government to report their final action to CAL FIRE when the recommended zones are adopted. Consequently, users are directed to the appropriate local entity (county, city, fire department, or Fire Protection District) to determine the status of the local fire hazard severity zone ordinance.

In late 2005, to be effective in 2008, the California Building Commission adopted California Building Code Chapter 7A requiring new buildings in VHFHSZs to use ignition resistant construction methods and materials. These new codes include provisions to improve the ignition resistance of buildings, especially from firebrands. The updated very high fire hazard severity zones will be used by building officials for new building permits in LRA. The updated zones will also be used to identify property whose owners must comply with natural hazards disclosure requirements at time of property sale and 100 foot defensible space clearance. It is likely that the fire hazard severity zones will be used for updates to the safety element of general plans.

This map feeds into a web app that allows a user to examine the known status of structures damaged by the wildfire. If a structure point does not appear on the map it may still have been impacted by the fire. Specific addresses can be searched for in the search bar. Use the imagery and topographic basemaps and photos to positively identify a structure. Photos may only be available for damaged and destroyed structuresFor more information about the wildfire response efforts, visit the CAL FIRE incident page.

This web app was created to help local jurisdictions including cities, counties, contracted GIS consultants, as well as other authoritative organizations to submit updated GIS boundaries for local fire departments.If this is your first time using this app, please take a look at this quick guide regarding how to upload your fire district's GIS boundaries. If you do not have an ArcGIS Online account, you will need to upload a zipped shape file (.zip).

The Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) Group provides authoritative geospatial data products under the interagency Wildland Fire Data Program. Hosted in the National Interagency Fire Center ArcGIS Online Organization (The NIFC Org), WFIGS provides both internal and public facing data, accessible in a variety of formats.

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      <td style='border-left:none; width:184pt;' width='245'>User-calculated acreage on the source polygon.</td>
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      <td style='border-left:none; width:184pt;' width='245'>System field. Time stamp for the most recent edit to the source polygon feature.<br />
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      <td style='border-left:none; width:184pt;' width='245'>Automated calculation of the source polygon acreage.</td>
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      <td style='border-left:none; width:184pt;' width='245'>Data source of the perimeter geometry.<br />{Year} NIFS: Annual National Incident Feature Service<br />FFP: Final Fire Perimeter Service (Certified Perimeters)</td>
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used by USDA FS to track and compile cost information for emergency initial attack fire suppression expenditures. for A, B, C & D size class fires on FS lands. ADS Permission State Indicates the permission hierarchy that is currently being applied when a system utilizes the UpdateIncident operation. IRWIN Archived On A date set by IRWIN that indicates when an incident's data has met the rules defined for the record to become part of the historical fire records rather than an operational incident record. The value will be set the current date/time if any of the following criteria are met:
1. ContainmentDataTime or ControlDateTime or FireOutDateTime or ModifiedOnDateTime > 12 months from the current DateTime
2. FinalFireReportDate is not null and ADSPermissionState is 'certified'. Calculated Acres A measure of acres calculated (i.e., infrared) from a geospatial perimeter of a fire. More specifically, the number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands. The minimum size must be 0.1. Containment Date Time The date and time a wildfire was declared contained. Control Date Time The date and time a wildfire was declared under control. Created By System ArcGIS Server Username of system that created the IRWIN Incident record. IRWIN Created On Date Time Date/time that the IRWIN Incident record was created. IRWIN Daily Acres A measure of acres reported for a fire. More specifically, the number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands. The minimum size must be

Contains:The vector polygon used to crop the landsat 8 shapefile footprint that covers the extent of the Tomahawk fire region in July 2014.Original Purpose:These items will be linked to an open source and automated python analysis on GitHub that explores NDVI, NDWI and other indices for ...... (Ruby can take it from here).Other Associated Files in this Project (or wll be):1) Before and after landsat 8 shapefiles (raw and cropped) for all five 2014 fires in the region: Bernardo, Cocos, Poinsettia, Pulgas and Tomahawk.2) Vector polygons to help crop the landsat 8 footprints to the specific regions of interest.3) Completely open source and automated python scripts to run the analyses.4) Images of the analyses.

This polygon shapefile represents fire perimeters in California as well as neighboring areas of Nevada, and Oregon, from 1878 to 2018.

This repository contains the shapefiles of airborne infrared-derived fire perimeters of the two California wildland fires (the 2013 Rim Fire and the 2021 Dixie Fire) used as examples to produce fire progression maps in the manuscript "Consistency in Pyrocartography Starts With Color" by Hatchett (2025).

The infrared perimeters for each fire were acquired from the National Interagency Fire Center's (NIFC) File Transfer Protocol Server (https://ftp.wildfire.gov). Files were initially downloaded in .kmz formats and converted to shapefiles using QGIS. Because not all days of a wildland fire receive aerial mapping due to aircraft availability or weather conditions (or for other reasons), all available near-daily perimeters were acquired, processed, and aggregated into an individual zip file for each fire. The original file names were maintained as acquired from the NIFC database.

Direct link to the Rim Fire data:

https://ftp.wildfire.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_s/2013_Incidents/2013_Rim_CA-STF-00028/IR/

Direct link to the Dixie Fire data:

https://ftp.wildfire.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_n/!CALFIRE/2021_Incidents/CA-BTU-009205_Dixie/IR/NIROPS/

Reference:

Hatchett, B. J., 2025: GCInsights: Consistency in Pyrocartography Starts With Color, Geoscience Commununication, 8, 167–173, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-8-167-2025.

The following datasets are included in this record. Directories are contained with .tar files of the same name. Sources in parentheses (may be outdated).

• CA-HPI.csv: Home price index data for California (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CASTHPI)
• ca_places/: CA Geographic Boundaries (https://data.ca.gov/dataset/ca-geographic-boundaries)
• CensusTiger/: Census TIGER Shapefiles (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/tiger-line-file.html)
• DamageData/: Post-fire damage data from CAL FIRE DINS (https://data.ca.gov/dataset/cal-fire-damage-inspection-dins-data) and other sources (various)
• FirePerimeters/: Fire perimeter data from FRAP(https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/fire-resource-assessment-program), NIFC (https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/maps), MTBS (https://www.mtbs.gov/direct-download), and other sources (various)
• HAZUS/: FEMA HAZUS data on rebuilding costs by Census block (https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/products-tools/hazus)
• LANDFIRE/: LANDFIRE data on aspect, elevation, slope, and Anderson 13 fuel model (https://www.landfire.gov/)
• NolteEtAl/: Appendix Tables from Nolte et al. 2024 (https://le.uwpress.org/content/100/1/200.abstract)
• simplemaps_uscities_basicv1.72/: Simplemaps US Cities Database (https://simplemaps.com/data/us-cities)
• SRAandFHSZ: Collection of SRA and FHSZ shapefiles to identify homes in building code areas (CAL FIRE)

This data release includes minidisk infiltration data as well as geographic data showing the location of each measurement from the Woolsey Fire Los Angeles County, CA, USA. The Woolsey Fire burned between November 8-21, 2018. Minidisk infiltration data were obtained on November 19-21, 2018, while portions of the fire were uncontained, and prior to any rainfall. The infiltration data are located in the comma separated variable (csv) files with the prefix: woolsey_minidisks followed by the site name. For example, the data obtained at site WD-1 are in the file named: woolsey_minidisks_WD-1.csv. Within each csv file there are 5 columns: Level (mL) – the level of the falling head in the minidisk, Minutes, Seconds, and Suction (cm), which was set during the measurement. A shapefile with each site name is also attached to show the location of the measurement.

This map feeds into a web app that allows a user to examine the known status of structures damaged by the wildfire. If a structure point does not appear on the map it may still have been impacted by the fire. Specific addresses can be searched for in the search bar. Use the imagery and topographic basemaps and photos to positively identify a structure. Photos may only be available for damaged and destroyed structures.

The foundation of quantitative wildfire hazard or risk assessment is a current-condition fuelscape (i.e., fuel and terrain layers), ideally updated to account for recent disturbances and calibrated to reflect the fire behavior potential observed in recent historical wildfire events. This data publication provides the fuelscape generated for a wildfire risk assessment focused on the sagebrush biome of the western United States (US). The data depict ca. 2020 fuel conditions, after customization, to better reflect expected fire behavior in sagebrush ecosystems, including influences from exotic annual grass (e.g., cheatgrass) invasion and conifer (e.g., pinyon, juniper) encroachment. These data are presented as used for biome-wide geospatial fire modeling at a 270-meter resolution. The work was conducted using simulation units called “pyromes,” which represent areas of relatively homogenous contemporary fire regimes. The sagebrush biome is represented by 31 pyromes, covering about 450 million acres in total area. Fuelscapes for the 31 pyromes are included in this data product as separate multiband GeoTIFFs. The bands of each GeoTIFF store eight layers of data that describe terrain (aspect, elevation, slope), tree canopy (cover, height, base height, bulk density), and surface fuel (FBFM40). These data form the Landscape (LCP) file commonly used by US wildland fire behavior modeling systems (e.g., FlamMap, FSPro, FSim). Each fuelscape dataset includes a 30-kilometer buffer to avoid truncating the simulated fires at pyrome boundaries. A shapefile and geopackage containing the boundaries and size of each pyrome are also included.In the western United States, hundreds of thousands of acres of highly imperiled sagebrush ecosystems are lost or degraded each year as a result of altered wildfire regimes. In response to these wildfire threats, extensive fuel treatment investments have been proposed throughout the region. Regional-scale assessment of wildfire risk offers a consistent means of evaluating threats to valued resources and assets, thereby facilitating the most cost-effective investments in management activities that can mitigate those risks. We used a large-fire simulation system (FSim) to estimate the probabilistic components of wildfire risk across the sagebrush biome, which includes portions of 13 western states. This publication includes the customized fuelscape data used for that fire-modeling work.

Contains:The landsat 8 shapefile footprint that covers the extent of the Tomahawk fire region in July 2014.Original Purpose:These items will be linked to an open source and automated python analysis on GitHub that explores NDVI, NDWI and other indices for ...... (Ruby can take it from here).Other Associated Files in this Project (or wll be):1) Before and after landsat 8 shapefiles (raw and cropped) for all five 2014 fires in the region: Bernardo, Cocos, Poinsettia, Pulgas and Tomahawk.2) Vector polygons to help crop the landsat 8 footprints to the specific regions of interest.3) Completely open source and automated python scripts to run the analyses.4) Images of the analyses.

GIS (shapefile) boundary of areas damaged by fire following the 1906 earthquake.

This layer was digitized from a raster image of the historic paper map entitled "San Francisco, California, showing the areas destroyed by fire, April 18-21, 1906". The paper map was published by R.J. Waters & Co. in 1906. Scale [ca. 1:21,000]. Raster map downloaded from the Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts: http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/7271039?buttons=y

Dates of Data:7/17/20 to 9/2/20Summary:The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) distributes Near Real-Time (NRT) active fire data within 3 hours of satellite overpass from both the MODIS and the VIIRS. This data can provide information about where new fires may have formed and how they evolve during their life cycle. Suggested Use:FIRMS Active Fire Points can be used to detect new hot spots and fires, and to monitor the progression of fires throughout their life cycleSatellite/Sensor:Suomi-NPP (VIIRS)Aqua and Terra (MODIS)NOAA 20 (VIIRS)Resolution:VIIRS: 375mMODIS: 1kmCredits: LANCE/FIRMS, NASA/GSFC ESDIS. If you provide the LANCE / FIRMS data to a third party, we request you follow the guidelines in the citation and replicate or provide a link to the disclaimer.Esri REST Endpoint:See URL Section on right side of page.WMS URL:Not availableData Download:Historic: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/download/Most Recent: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/active_fire/#firms-shapefile FIRMS Viewer: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map CITATION: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/citation#ed-firms-citation DISCLAIMER: The LANCE system is operated by the NASA/GSFC Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). The information presented through LANCE, Rapid Response, GIBS, Worldview, and FIRMS are provided "as is" and users bear all responsibility and liability for their use of data, and for any loss of business or profits, or for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of any use of, or inability to use, the data, even if NASA or ESDIS were previously advised of the possibility of such damages, or for any other claim by you or any other person. ESDIS makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability, or with respect to the accuracy of or the absence or the presence or defects or errors in data, databases of other information. The designations employed in the data do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of ESDIS concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. For more information please contact Earthdata Support.

This layer is a component of BOE Cities 2015.

This GIS layer contains the boundaries of the unincorporated county and incorporated cities within the state of California. The boundaries are based on the State Board of Equalization tax rate area maps. These boundaries include boundary changes filed with the State Board of Equalization for the 2015/16 assessment roll that were digitized from paper and/or digital tax rate area maps over county parcel shape files ranging from years 2001 through 2014. City and county boundaries typically extend 3 miles into the Pacific Ocean. This file clips the boundaries to the coast line based on a 2009 county shapefile created by a joint venture between the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, California Department of Conservation, California Department of Fish and Game, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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