Online Maps

NEW! ArcIMS Mapping Services for San Diego 2007 Wildfires. http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu:8080/fire2007

KPBS fire map (updated constantly) showing the locations of shelters, traffic routing, and fire perimeters.
Telascience San Diego Fires Map http://hypercube.telascience.org/fire/ (integrated images from multiple sources) created by John Graham.
ESIP Federation Weblog: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/071022SoCalSmoke

Transportation Update - Real-time: (provided by Kim Dodson): Road Closures: http://www.dot.ca.gov/fireclosures.php. San Diego Region Update: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist11/
San Diego Union Tribune Fire Map http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/
San Diego Live Traffic on Google Maps
CalTrans Real-time Traffic Update Map
SANDAG 511 Traffic Map w/Driving Time Info
Google Maps user created maps
- Discourse Maps
  - Post discourse and upload pictures, links about the fires -- mark your posting on Google Maps
- San Diego Under Siege
- Fuel, wind direction, humnity, and temperature projection models (Go to the 'MM5 Output')
- ...
http://www.cbs8.com/misc/fires_oct_07/maps.html
FOX 6 Active Fire Map (last updated: 10/26, 8:00am)
NOAA Active Smoke Plume Analysis Map http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
Air Pollution Quality San Diego County

Google Earth Files

Destroyed homes:
- October 26 Preliminary List of Destroyed Homes (675 addresses) http://regal.sdsu.edu/~serge/fires07/uploads/Main/dh200710261015.kml
- October 25 Partial List of Destroyed Homes as of 7:30 a.m. (390 homes: Escondido, Poway, Rancho Bernardo) http://regal.sdsu.edu/~serge/fires07/uploads/Main/destroyed200710250700.kml
MODIS imagery and other observations and physical data
- October 25 MODIS (5MB) http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007298.1815.250m.kmz
- October 24 MODIS (5MB) http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007297.1910.250m.kmz
- October 24 MODIS (5MB) http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007297.2045.250m.kmz
- October 23 MODIS (5MB) http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007296.1825.250m.kmz
- October 23 MODIS (5MB) http://hypersphere.telascience.org/PacificOcean.A2007296.2140.250m.kmz
- October 22 MODIS (5MB) http://hypersphere.telascience.org/California.A2007295.2100.250m.kmz
- October Southern California with embedded photos (1MB) http://sdfires.pbwiki.com/f/2007-10-SoCal-Fires.kmz
- http://strabo.pictearth.com/2007sdfires/2007-10-SoCal-Fires.kmz
- October 21-24 Wind Pattern Animation from JPL
One KMZ that links to various KMZ and KML files posted on this site:
- http://socalfires.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/SDFires2007_SDSU.kmz
KMZ with large amount of data from various sources, including
- MODIS Terra and Aqua satellite imagery beginning 10/21
- E01 Satellite Overlay 10/23
- Smoke Animation basded on GoesWest satellite imagery beginning 10/21
- NASA thermal imagery
- Flickr photographs of fire areas
- Fire extents from several sources
- JPL Wind Patter animation
- Destroyed homes from various sources
- Updated daily

Maps for Download

17:00hrs Printable PDF maps with county-wide overview (1, 2) and active fires on topo sheets (Harris, Horno, Poomacha)

Printable Letter-Size PDF Maps visualizing spread of fires over time (last updated 10/26, 5pm)
- FireMap_10262007_1700PDT.pdf
- FireMap_CountyOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf
- FireMap_HarrisOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf
- FireMap_PoomachaOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf
- FireMap_HornoOnTopo_10262007_1700PDT.pdf
- previous maps:
  - October 25, 18:00 PDT
    - FireMap_10252007_1800PDT.pdf
    - FireMap_CountyOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf (as above, but on topographic map 1:500,000)
    - FireMap_HarrisOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf (detailed view of Harris fire, on topographic map 1:250,000)
    - FireMap_HornoRiceOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf (detailed view of Horno and Rice fires, on topographic map 1:250,000 [problems with base map quality])
    - FireMap_PoomachaWitchOnTopo_10252007_1800PDT.pdf (detailed view of Poomacha and Witch fires, on topographic map 1:250,000 [problems with base map quality])
  - October 25, noon
  - October 24, 8pm FireMap_10242007_2000PDT.pdf
  - October 24, 1:30pm FireMap_10242007_1330PDT.pdf
  - October 24, 11am FireMap_10242007_1100PDT.pdf
Fire maps: Oct 22, 23, and 24 (as pictured above) - created by Lauren Rizzo and posted on the Grossmont College Earth Sciences web site
Fuel Moisture Map derived from indices taken from MODIS surface reflectance data with fire perimeter overlay FuelMoistureMap_26Oct07.pdf

GIS Data and Resources:

Wildfire Alert (Field Stations collaborative work @ SMER) http://wildfirealert.sdsu.edu/ (including Weather and WebCams pictures), created by Field Stations, San Diego State University.

The USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station http://www.fireimaging.com/
ESRI Map Links of the California Wildfires http://www.esri.com/disaster_response/wildlandfire_support2007.html
USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing Application Center: http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/
USGS Wildfire Science Applications and Support http://wildfire.usgs.gov/
GeoMAC (USGS) Wildfire Mapping Services http://geomac.usgs.gov/viewer/viewer.htm
http://newweb.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/sat/sat-loop.php?satfile=VIS1SAN.java.txt&title=1km%20VIS%20Animation%20for%20San%20Diego&url=http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/1km/Sandiego/animation/
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=NKX&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
US Forest service active fires: http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/activefiremaps.php?op=maps&rCode=cgb
Active fire map: http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/fireplots/cgb2007297_0700.pdf (The good part of this site is that it provides information on the Mexico fires as well. This is something that is needed for all the sites because fires don't stop at borders.) provided by Titcomb, Matthew.

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