Track Wildfires in the U.S.
Daily Summary
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As of Monday, there are 14 large or notable fires currently burning near heavily populated areas or major landmarks across the Western United States. Fewer fires recently have dominated headlines compared with past fire seasons. But hot and windy weather recently has begun to raise worries about this year’s fire season.
Notable Fires
Tuscany
- 350 acres
- +350 acres/past day
- 50% contained
Post
- 16,000 acres
- +2,800 acres/past day
- 20% contained
Point
- 1,200 acres
- +450 acres/past day
- 20% contained
South Fork
- 200 acres
- +200 acres/past day
- Containment unavailable
Training 3
- Size unknown
- No change in past day
- Containment unavailable
Riverside
- 180 acres
- No change in past day
- Containment unavailable
Interlaken
- 740 acres
- +8 acres/past day
- 86% contained
Coast
- 5 acres
- +5 acres/past day
- Containment unavailable
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Methodology
The map includes active and recent fires reported by the Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services Group. The locations of the fires on the map are approximate, derived from data reported by the NASA FIRMS satellite-based fire detection system, which makes observations several times a day. Areas marked in red indicate where active burning was detected within 24 hours of the most recent fires reflected on the map. The exact boundary of a fire may differ from the extent shown on the map by 500 meters or more.
Air quality data is derived from PurpleAir sensors. Colored squares show levels of particulate matter in the air that average 2.5 microns or smaller in diameter where sensor data is available within a 10-mile radius of each square’s position. Readings have been adjusted to account for the properties of wood smoke. The quality levels are based on the Air Quality Index developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Population counts are rounded estimates. Totals are calculated using 2020 nighttime estimates from the Landscan, a population database generated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Credits
By Matthew Bloch, Josh Williams, Rumsey Taylor, Tim Wallace, John-Michael Murphy and Tiff Fehr. Additional production by Jon Huang.
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