USGS; National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC); National Weather Service and Bureau of Land Management at NIFC; Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC, USFS); U.S. Forest Service (USFS); Bureau of Land Management (BLM); National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC, NOAA)
This site provided by the USGS features GeoMAC, an internet-based mapping tool that fire managers and the public can use to access online maps of current fire locations and perimeters in the conterminous 48 States and Alaska. To pinpoint affected areas, information can be downloaded with a standard web browser. The site also has a users' guide.
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Wildfires, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Biology Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools Special Interest: Visualization, Hazards Data Derived: Data Derived Data Source: Observational Data, Real-Time Data Earth System Topics: Human Dimensions:Natural Hazards Science Background Required: Broadly accessible Topics: Climate, Biosphere:Ecology
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