WILDFIRE INFORMATION
NATIONAL SOURCES:
Daily National Situation Report: Large fire listing by Geographic Area
National Fire News: Summary of the SITREP and To-Date Statistics
National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook: 7-Day and Monthly
National Fire Weather: Scroll Down for "Fire Weather Outlooks"
Inciweb: Specific Info/Maps on large fires; Can sort by state; multiple pages; top report is the last incident that inputted data
Real Time Satellite Fire Maps on Google Earth: Look below map of Continental United States in middle. Click “Current” in KML column next to Fire Detections(MODIS). Google Earth will come up with map of US. Zoom in on area of interest. The pixels are time color-coded in upper right, with red indicating most recent.
REGIONAL SOURCES:
Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center Report: Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska
Wildfire Interactive Map: New York Times Interactive Wildfire and Airquality Map
LOCAL SOURCES:
Montrose Interagency Fire Management Unit: Montrose BLM and GM-GUN-UNC National Forest
Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit: Grand Junction BLM and White River National Forest
Fire Weather Forecast: Western Colorado And Northeast Utah
AIR QUALITY SOURCES:
Office of Satellite and Product Operations - Hazard Mapping System (noaa.gov): To determine areas locally and nationally that are impacted by varying levels (low-extremely high) of smoke particulates.