The interactive map below displays the perimeters of 16,069 wildfires that have spread
across California since 1950.
California has a long history of being engulfed in smoke and flames on the daily and that hasn't changed.
Whether the fires were started purposely by humans, on accident, or as the result of climate change, California
and those that live in high risk areas are hurting.
Find a way that you can help California and those affected by the fires here, here, or
here.
Click the arrows on the left to view the map legend. The fire perimeters are colored based on the amount of acres they spread across.
YEAR_: The decade the fire occcurred
STATE: The state the fire occurred in
FIRE_NAME: The name of the fire
ALARM_DATE: Date the fire was reported
CONT_DATE: Date the fire was contained
CAUSE: What caused the fire
GIS_ACRES: How many acres the fire spread across
Data Source: California State Geoportal