The Google Crisis Response team released a fire resource map that provides national and local wildfire-related data. The map pulls in data from the U.S. Geological Survey to show active fire perimeters, and information about Colorado's fires is provided by the state's Division of Emergency Management.
ESRI likewise maintains a continuously updated map of wildfires throughout the nation.
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Satellite imagery, such as those produced by thermal sensors, can be used to detect and map wildfires obscured by smoke. These sensors can penetrate through smoke to identify hot spots and areas of intense heat associated with active fires. Additionally, drones equipped with thermal cameras and other imaging technology can also be used to map wildfires in hard-to-reach areas.
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Wildfires destroy homes, property, lives, animals, vegitation.
Wildfires kill people and wildlife and destroy property.
There were over 58,000 wildfires in the US in 2020. These wildfires burned over 10.1 million acres of land.
Wildfires sometimes break out suddenly in hot, dry climates such as brushland.
Wildfires normally happen during the spring and summer when it is hot and dry.
the taiga is prone to wildfires because of its lack of percipitation and the dry treebark.
The wildfires started on November 8, 2018 in California.
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The US Forestry Service would be the best source of information about wildfires.
It is lightning that is the weather's primary contribution to starting wildfires. (Wind fans them after they get going.)