30 Monday morning, was changed in Monday night’s incident report to “to be determined.”ĭrought conditions have caused tree and vegetation mortality which has increased fire behavior.

The expected containment date, which was pushed back 10 days from Aug. There have been no civilian injuries or fatalities, however there has been three first responder injuries. Eight additional structures were damaged Tuesdays bringing the total to 69. An evacuation warning for the Snag Lake area has been lifted and there are currently no evacuation orders in Butte County.Ĭal Fire reported 134 additional structures destroyed in the fire Tuesday bringing the total to 1,027. Previous evacuation orders for the Butte Meadows, Jonesville and Lake Philbrook areas have been reduced to evacuation warnings, Cal Fire announced Tuesday afternoon. The fire started July 13 in the Feather River Canyon near the Cresta Powerhouse. The fire is the second-largest fire in state history. However as of Tuesday night’s Cal Fire incident report the acreage has grown to 490,205 acres. The current map may contain hot spots up to 48 hours old.The Dixie fire consumed an additional 2,441 acres Tuesday and its containment is now 27 percent contained, a 2 percent rise from Tuesday morning’s incident report.Ĭal Fire previously lowered the acreage spread of the Dixie fire on Monday from 489,287 acres to 482,047 acres due to better mapping by fire officials. Hot spots should be considered points with no radius or resolution. every 30 minutes, and otherwise as time permits. NOAA's Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product (HMS) is based on locations of fires and significant smoke plumes detected by meteorological satellites. But because of the distance of the satellites, the nature of the measurements and obfuscation by smoke, the resolution is coarse and not 100% accurate. CalFire and others use this same data to help identify fires and their hot spots. The hot spots are an approximation and do not include all areas affected by fire, nor do they indicate with certainty an area was affected.

Hot spots are locations identified by satellite analysts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). VIIRS-I also has improved nighttime performance. The 375-meter spatial resolution provides a greater response over fires of relatively small areas and provides improved mapping of large fire perimeters. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS-I) provides data from sensors aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. At this time, there is no way to discriminate between these two possibilities.

The identification of a fire can be the result of a hot fire in a relatively small area or a cooler fire over a larger area. The identification of a 'fire' by MODIS does not necessarily mean the entire area represented is on fire. Thermal information is collected at 1,000-meter spatial resolution. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) displays fire detection data and uses fire and thermal anomalies data compiled via MODIS satellites Terra and Aqua. But because of the distance of the satellites, the nature of the measurements and obfuscation by smoke, the resolution is coarse and not 100 percent accurate. CalFire and others use this data to help identify fires and their hot spots. They are an approximation and do not include all areas affected by fire, nor do they indicate with certainty an area was affected. The perimeters are intended to provide a picture of the scope and extent of the fires in California, as well as parts of Nevada and Oregon, with the most current data possible. Perimeters are not available for every incident.įire perimeters for incidents before Jare based on infrared and thermal imaging from NASA's MODIS and VIIRS-I products. Perimeters do not include prescribed or incident complex fires. This map displays all current wildfire fire perimeters available through NIFC that have not been 100% contained. Fire Perimetersįire perimeters are based on geographic data from the National Interagency Fire Center, updated once an hour. Butte/Tehama/Glenn Lightning Complex (Butte Zone)Ĭamp Fire Visual Essay: A ballet rises from the ashes in fire scarred Paradise About this data Methodologyįires are labeled when they are larger than 500 acres, cause damage to property, or when people are injured or killed as a result of the fire.

Dixie fire map update