The Fire
This map contains four different types of data:
- Fire origins mark the fire fighter's best guess of where the fire started. The data is provided by CalFire and the Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination.
- Fire perimeters are the latest known extent of where the fire has burned. This data is provided by GeoMAC.
- Hotspots are areas suspected to be on fire according to satellite imagery analysis. The data is provided by Descartes Labs and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Descartes Labs data is sourced from NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite satellites. Additional data is provided by NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product, which is human reviewed and sourced from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite satellites.
- Mandatory evacuation zones and evacuation warning zones are provided by local government agencies.
- Air pollution data is provided by AirNow.
The fire, the most famous in American history, claimed about 300 lives, destroyed some 17,450 buildings covering almost 3.5 square miles (9 square km), and caused $200 million in damage. Roughly one-third of the city lay in ruins, and an equal proportion of the population—nearly 100,000 people—was homeless. The Dolan Fire has burned for nearly a month, scorching more than 125,000 acres of forest in Big Sur, but the cause is still under investigation. The man who told law enforcement he lit the fire to.
This map was created and is maintained by Casey Miller.
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