FireLedger — Two decades of fire, one consistent record

FireLedger

Two decades of fire, one consistent record.

Methods Language

Map layers Harmonized density Live hotspots NASA true-color imagery

Month

1 · Choose an area

Search a place

Country / region

Enter coordinates

Latitude

Longitude

Radius (km)

Bounding box W,S,E,N

2 · Date range

From

This month vs history

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fire-cell-days (VIIRS-equivalent)

Median: –
Anomaly: –
Percentile: –
Rank: –

Burning activity calendar

Color mode Counts Anomaly vs median

View Calendar Fire Season Clock Read as table

Include static / industrial sources Advanced: MODIS-only series (not harmonized)

Trends and season

Annual totals and trend

Seasonal profile

Ten busiest months

Compare two areas

Pin the current area as A, then choose another area. Both use the same date range and settings.

Live hotspots and advisory

Time window 24 h 48 h 7 d

Watch zones

Name for the current area

Zones are saved in this browser and checked against live hotspots when this page is open. E-mail alerts need the scheduled server function with the exported file.

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We acknowledge the use of data and/or imagery from NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/firms), part of NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observations (LANCE) (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/lance) and NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).

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