Landsat Active Fire Detections for the Contiguous U.S. and Hawaii
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Description
NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides near-real-time active fire and thermal anomaly detections for the contiguous United States and Hawaii. The data is derived from the Landsat sensor family, with Landsat 8 used since 2013 and Landsat 9 since 2021. Files are continuously updated, typically within 3 hours of satellite acquisition.
Use Cases
Monitor near-real-time wildfire activity based on thermal anomaly detections.
Analyze fire progression over time based on data available for the last 24 hours, 48 hours, and 7 days.
Map fire perimeters and hotspots for emergency response planning based on geospatial SHP and KML formats.
Conduct historical analysis of fire events based on Landsat data available from 2013 onward.
Strengths
Data is updated within 3 hours of satellite acquisition, enabling near-real-time monitoring.
Provides continuous coverage for the contiguous U.S. and Hawaii from 2013 to the present.
Offers data in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, KML, CSV) for different analytical needs.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
Source
NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)
Collection Method
Derived from NASA's Landsat satellite sensor family.
Time Range
Landsat 8 data from 2013, Landsat 9 data from 2021 to present.
Freshness
Continuously updated; last metadata update was 2026-05-13.