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California Wildfire Quick Links

California Wildfire Quick Links

Page Updated: August 5, 2021

This page provides a collection of situational awareness resources for California wildfires.

Wildfire Information Links

Incident Information Links

CAL FIRE Current Incidents

InciWeb Current Incidents Map

InciWeb Current Incidents List

Cal OES Wildfire Dashboard

FEMA Wildfire Incident Journal

Northern California News & Notes

Southern California News & Notes

National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report (current)

National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report (archives)

AlertWildfire Webcams

Satellite Thermal Hotspot (VIIRS)

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Wildfire Maps

Satellite Fire Activity Maps

National Interagency Fire Center MODIS Map

NASA FIRMS Map

NASA FIRMS – KMZ and Shapefiles of Satellite Fire Activity

NOAA Satellite Fire Monitoring – Northern California

NOAA Satellite Fire Monitoring – Southwest US

General Maps

InciWeb Current Incidents Map

US Forest Service List of Large Incidents

Fire Weather & Smoke

Fire Weather

California Fire Weather

US Fire Weather Outlooks

3-7 Day Hazard Outlook

Smoke

AirNow Map

Fire and Smoke Map

California Smoke Information

USFS BlueSky Daily Runs

CRA Wildfire Smoke Page

Off-Shore Wind Events

Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index

About Diablo Winds

NWS Fire Weather Snoopers

These pages by the National Weather Service highlight weather stations that are “flirting” with fire weather conditions and/or have reached red flag warning conditions.

All of California
Eureka Office
Hanford Office
Las Vegas Office

Los Angeles Office
Medford Office
Phoenix Office
Reno Office

Sacramento Office
San Diego Office
San Francisco Bay Area Office

Additional weather resources are available on the CRA Weather Quick Links Page.

Fuels and Fire Danger, Predictive Service Area Charts

Northern California

100 Hour Fuel Moistures

Burning Index

Energy Release

Southern & Central California

100 Hour Fuel Moisture

Burning Index

Energy Release

Wildfire Outlooks

California Outlooks

California Hourly Fire Danger

Northern California 7 Day Outlook

Northern California Monthly / Seasonal Outlook

Southern California 7 Day Outlook

Southern California Monthly / Seasonal Outlook

National

National Significant Fire Potential 7-Day Outlook

National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook (4 months)

Predictive Services National Fire Weather – Long Range Outlook Briefing (Next 4 Months)

North America Fire Danger

North American Seasonal Fire Assessment and Outlook

USGS Fire Danger Forecast

Lightning Ignition Efficiency Map

Impacts on Infrastructure

2016 Wildland Fires and Potential Impacts to Critical Infrastructure

Electric Grid

Extreme Weather and Climate Vulnerabilities of the Electric Grid: A Summary of Environmental Sensitivity Quantification Methods

Communications

Telecommunications Outage Report: Northern California Firestorm 2017

Water

EPA – Wildfires: How Do They Affect Our Water Supplies?

USGS – Water Quality after a Wildfire

Additional Resources

Maps

CPUC High Fire Threat Map

 

Burn Scar Debris Flows

USGS Emergency Assessment of Post-Fire Debris-Flow Hazards

NWS Post Wildfire Flash Flood and Debris Flow Guide

CRA Debris Flow Quick Links Page 

Historical Information

CAL FIRE Statistics

National Historical Wildland Fire Information

National Daily Acres Burned

National Daily Number of Fires

National Interagency Fire Center – Fire Perimeter History – All Years (downloadable map files)

Zip Code Map

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FreeMapTools has a map that allows users to pull zip codes for a user defined area.

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