U.S. Wildland Fire Daily Updates with State-Level Status

Daily wildland fire updates for the United States are provided by SCIOPS via NASA EarthData. Statistical measurements include the number of new and active large fires, acres from active fires, and fires contained. The data set also includes year-to-date fire statistics and state-by-state detailed descriptions of fire status.

Use Cases

• Monitor daily fire activity trends based on new and active large fire counts.
• Assess fire containment progress based on the fires contained metric.
• Analyze the scale of active fires based on acres burned data.
• Compare fire statistics across different states based on state-by-state status descriptions.
• Track cumulative yearly fire impact based on year-to-date statistics.

Strengths

• Includes multiple statistical measurements: new fires, active fires, acres burned, and containment.
• Provides both daily updates and cumulative year-to-date statistics.
• Offers detailed state-by-state breakdowns of fire status.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS via NASA EarthData.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from operational fire monitoring reports.

Time Range

Daily updates are provided, but the specific temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

Daily updates are mentioned, but the last update date is unknown.

Geography

United States, with state-by-state detail.