California fire history map by Capital Public Radio. All fires in Southern California 1878-2018. Click to enlarge.
We often hear, “It’s not IF an area will burn, but WHEN”.
Capital Public Radio has developed an interactive map showing the footprints of wildfires that have occurred in California since 1878. You can see all of the fires at once, or individual years, and the map is zoomable. (The map may not display well in all browsers. It seems to work best using Firefox.)
I may or may not have spent too much time looking at these maps.
California fire history map by Capital Public Radio. San Diego County, 2003. The largest fire is the Cedar Fire. Click to enlarge.
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After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.
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2 thoughts on “Wildfire history of California, interactive”
“interactive and user-friendly” Seems to be a bit of a stretch since nothing can be done with this website as it now exists. I’ve tried to make a go of it but no cigar.
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It was working earlier for me using the Chrome browser but then stopped working. With Firefox right now it seems fine.
“interactive and user-friendly” Seems to be a bit of a stretch since nothing can be done with this website as it now exists. I’ve tried to make a go of it but no cigar.
It was working earlier for me using the Chrome browser but then stopped working. With Firefox right now it seems fine.