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USDA Forest Service Active Fire Mapping

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Summary

A link to the USDA Forest Service Active Fire Mapping Program webiste. The Active Fire Mapping Program is an operational, satellite-based fire detection and monitoring program managed by the USDA Forest Service Geospatial Technology and Applications Center (RSAC). The Active Fire Mapping program provides near real-time detection and characterization of wildland fire conditions in a geospatial context for the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Canada. Detectable fire activity across all administrative ownerships in the United States and Canada are mapped and characterized by the program.

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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2012-05-01 00:00:00
End datetime 2012-06-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 42.06574, Minimum (South) Latitude: 24.96023
Minimum (West) Longitude: -106.76535, Maximum (East) Longitude: -84.94339

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EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

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