{"id":1789514,"date":"2020-10-07T18:36:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T22:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789514"},"modified":"2020-10-07T18:36:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T22:36:21","slug":"california-wildfires-mapping-the-bigger-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/california-wildfires-mapping-the-bigger-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"California Wildfires: Mapping the Bigger Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"100Two maps:<\/p>\n

John Nelson\u2019s 100 Years of Wildfire<\/a> is a static map showing a century of California wildfires, simplified into zones of 100 square miles. The map measures the cumulative burn area for each zone over that entire time: this can exceed 100 or even 200 percent if large fires are frequent enough, or the whole damn area burns down more than once.<\/p>\n

The California Fire Observatory<\/a> combines longer-term data about forest cover with up-to-date information about wildfire hotspots and wind speed. \u201cWe map the drivers of wildfire hazard across the state\u2014including forest structure, weather, topography & infrastructure\u2014from space. […] By providing these data for free we hope to support the development of data-driven land management strategies that increase wildfire resilience\u2014for forests and communities\u2014enabling people and nature to thrive.\u201d [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two maps: John Nelson\u2019s 100 Years of Wildfire is a static map showing a century of California wildfires, simplified into zones of 100 square miles. The map measures the cumulative burn area for each zone… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[323,775,487],"class_list":["post-1789514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-california","tag-fires","tag-wildfires","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5284,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/10\/california-wildfires-mapping-sonoma-county\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789514,"position":0},"title":"California Wildfires: Mapping Sonoma County","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 October 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"Sonoma County's wildfire information page points to a number of useful maps: fire perimeter boundary maps, current evacuation areas, road closures, rapid evaluation safety assessment (RESA) maps. 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