California Fire Perimeters (all)

The fire perimeter and prescribed fire feature service provides a reasonable view of the spatial distribution of past fires. Because of missing perimeters (see Use Limitation) this layer should be used with care in statistical analysis and reporting. Includes separate layers for just large fires (5000+ acres and last 5 years) and by decade (since 1950). The data and service is updated annually with fire perimeters from the previous fire season. This service represents the latest official release, and is updated annually when a new version is released. As of May 2022, it represents fire21_1.California Fire Perimeters (all): Includes all CAL FIRE fire history.  It is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale. Recent Large Fire Perimeters (>=5000 acres):  Includes a subset of large fires  last 5 years of fires 2017-2021, symbolized with color by year and is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale. Year-only labels for recent large fires.California Fire Perimeters (1950+):   

Full labels included only for 2015+ Large Fires, symbolized by decade, and those all display starting at country level scale. Prescribed Burns:  begin displaying at country level scale. 

Data and Resources

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issued 2019-12-20T00:26:17.000Z
modified 2022-06-02T17:11:13.000Z
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  • united-states
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maintainer_email tiffany.meyer@fire.ca.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T19:23:14.088898
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T19:23:14.088902
notes <div>The fire perimeter and prescribed fire feature service provides a reasonable view of the spatial distribution of past fires. Because of missing perimeters (see Use Limitation) this layer should be used with care in statistical analysis and reporting.<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'> Includes separate layers for just large fires (5000+ acres and last 5 years) and by decade (since 1950). The data and service is updated annually with fire perimeters from the previous fire season. This service represents the latest official release, and is updated annually when a new version is released. As of May 2022, it represents fire21_1.</span></div><div><br /></div><ul><li>California Fire Perimeters (all): Includes all CAL FIRE fire history.  It is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale. </li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li>Recent Large Fire Perimeters (&gt;=5000 acres):  Includes a subset of large fires  last 5 years of fires 2017-2021, symbolized with color by year and is scale dependent and starts displaying at the country level scale. Year-only labels for recent large fires.</li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li>California Fire Perimeters (1950+):    Full labels included only for 2015+ Large Fires, symbolized by decade, and those all display starting at <span style='display:inline !important; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(76, 76, 76); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;,&quot;Avenir&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:left; text-decoration:none; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>country level scal</span>e. <br /></li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li>Prescribed Burns:  begin displaying at <span style='display:inline !important; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255); color:rgb(76, 76, 76); font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;,&quot;Avenir&quot;,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:left; text-decoration:none; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'>country level scal</span>e.</li></ul><div><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div> <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'><br /></span></div>
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title California Fire Perimeters (all)