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The USGS fire science mission is to produce and deliver the best available scientific information, tools, and products to support land and emergency management by individuals and organizations at all levels. Below are news releases and featured stories associated with our fire science portfolio. 

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Level-3 Burned Area Product Saves Preprocessing Time, Answers Fire Questions

Level-3 Burned Area Product Saves Preprocessing Time, Answers Fire Questions

A new Landsat Level-3 science product that tracks the presence of burned areas in Landsat imagery today and back through the satellite system’s...

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LANDFIRE Reflects on Successes, Preps for Busy Year

LANDFIRE Reflects on Successes, Preps for Busy Year

The LANDFIRE team has been busy lately, particularly with the ongoing rollout of the LANDFIRE Remap (LF Remap).

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Black Hills Perfect Laboratory for Multi-Sensor Fire Science Research

Black Hills Perfect Laboratory for Multi-Sensor Fire Science Research

After the Legion Lake Fire at Custer State Park in South Dakota’s Black Hills erupted in December 2017— burning across private, state, and federal...

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Wildfire Risk in California No Longer Coupled to Winter Precipitation

Wildfire Risk in California No Longer Coupled to Winter Precipitation

Recent large fires in California may be harbingers of things to come.

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LANDFIRE Remap Begins to Roll Out

LANDFIRE Remap Begins to Roll Out

With a vegetation and fuels base map that was over 15 years old and a commitment to keep LANDFIRE (LF) data relevant, LF staff at EROS has produced a...

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A Comparison of Fire Potential Index Rasters

A Comparison of Fire Potential Index Rasters

The purpose of this study is to make a quantitative comparison of Fire Potential Index (fpi) rasters created by identical processes and on coincident...

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USGS, EROS Offer Insights to National Fire Strategy Discussion

USGS, EROS Offer Insights to National Fire Strategy Discussion

With California burning in the fall of 2018, the conversation came up yet once again.

How do we prevent monster fires with names like Camp and Woolsey...

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Post-fire Sagebrush Recovery Looks to Landsat Time Series Data for Solutions

Post-fire Sagebrush Recovery Looks to Landsat Time Series Data for Solutions

A new multi-CASC funded project will explore post-fire sagebrush recovery using Landsat data.

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Post-fire Sagebrush Recovery Looks to Landsat Time Series Data for Solutions

Post-fire Sagebrush Recovery Looks to Landsat Time Series Data for Solutions

When a wildfire rampages through a sagebrush domain, restoring the landscape’s natural vegetation afterward is often a dicey proposition. But now...

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Post-Wildfire Playbook

Post-Wildfire Playbook

New post-wildfire resource guide now available to help communities cope with flood and debris flow danger.

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USGS Burned Area Products Group in Denver Touts Value of Landsat ARD

USGS Burned Area Products Group in Denver Touts Value of Landsat ARD

For all the great Federal records and remotely sensed products out there that have documented fires across the United States through the decades, it...

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A Database Tool for Estimating Fuel Loadings Across a Range of Intact to Degraded Sagebrush Habitats in Southern Idaho

A Database Tool for Estimating Fuel Loadings Across a Range of Intact to Degraded Sagebrush Habitats in Southern Idaho

USGS researchers created an interactive Fuels Guide and Database, providing vegetation and fuel loading information and photographs for big sagebrush...

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