Fire Data Sources

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Many sources of weather, terrain, and fuel data for initialization, assimilation, and verification are freely available through public sites. Fire igntion tim/location data and imagery of fire extent at later times for specific incidents is still generally in the form of custom datasets where research or suppression teams were available to collect it.


Surface weather data

Vertical profiles of atmospheric properties

Three-dimensional Weather Data

Fuel Maps

10-hr Dead Fuel Moisture

Live Fuel Moisture

  • Custom

Fire Ignition Time and Location Data

  • Custom

Fire Perimeters

Fire Location and Intensity Data